CrouchTPEngage
Referees in England
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I was told at a society regional meeting that we have new guidance this season that at level 5 and below that all scrums must now be 8 v 8 players.
So when a team loses a forward ( not a FR ) due to a yellow-card, they must supply one of the backs into the scrum to make the numners even.
At the time, I was told that this was to bring the lower-levels more into line with the U19 variation as there was a safety issue with unbalanced scrums.
However, I can't find any guidance or reference to this in writing. Indeed , I can only find the opposite in the laws which state that we should allow 8 v 7 !
My question is
(a) Has anyone else heard of this guidance this season
(b) If so, is there anything in writing.
I'm starting to get the feeling that I was misinformed.
Cheers
So when a team loses a forward ( not a FR ) due to a yellow-card, they must supply one of the backs into the scrum to make the numners even.
At the time, I was told that this was to bring the lower-levels more into line with the U19 variation as there was a safety issue with unbalanced scrums.
However, I can't find any guidance or reference to this in writing. Indeed , I can only find the opposite in the laws which state that we should allow 8 v 7 !
My question is
(a) Has anyone else heard of this guidance this season
(b) If so, is there anything in writing.
I'm starting to get the feeling that I was misinformed.
Cheers