The purpose of a scrum is to restart play with a contest for possession after a minor infringement or stoppage. Minor infringement are like a knock-on or forward pass. The team who did not make this error gets to throw the ball into the scrum.
@rugbybasics4269 thanks.. i watched 10-15 more vids last night so have a better idea.. so you throw the ball in, hope your hooker catches it, then drive forward hoping to take some ground.. either that or pass out from the scrum.. that's my current understanding but still a few grey areas... is it very common for the opposition hooker to win the scrum?
@ckush928 somewhat, there has to be an advantage to the team putting the ball in the scrum. There are a lot of nuances though. For example if the pressure is on the attacking scrum the ball is messy for the backs which makes it harder for the attack from the scrum to occur. It also means the loose forwards are on the back foot which impairs 'go forward'. The angle which the scrum moves is also important. A solid attacking scrum normally wants the ball angled towards the backline which moves the offside line (making it harder for the defending openside flanker) while also providing a better line for the initial pass from half back to first five. There are lots of subtleties. Being a dominant scrum is also a huge moral booster for the forwards in general. Forwards and trying to dominate physically throughout the game, and the is a large part of that. I could go on but these of some of the basics. If you're interested you should watch a number of high level games and it will make more sense.
I get this. But what happens when the referee throws the ball in between
The referee should not be throwing the ball in.
no mention of what the scrum objective is, i still don't know.. Who throws the ball in and why? How do you "win" a scrum?
The purpose of a scrum is to restart play with a contest for possession after a minor infringement or stoppage. Minor infringement are like a knock-on or forward pass. The team who did not make this error gets to throw the ball into the scrum.
@rugbybasics4269 thanks.. i watched 10-15 more vids last night so have a better idea.. so you throw the ball in, hope your hooker catches it, then drive forward hoping to take some ground.. either that or pass out from the scrum.. that's my current understanding but still a few grey areas... is it very common for the opposition hooker to win the scrum?
but why
Mate it's a sport
I love scrummin oh YEAH
It's an amazing part of the sport. It's like grappling in MMA but with 8 men. So many intricacies.
@@TheGuiseppe90 I am new so don't know much about this. Isn't the outcome of the scrum predictable?
@ckush928 somewhat, there has to be an advantage to the team putting the ball in the scrum. There are a lot of nuances though. For example if the pressure is on the attacking scrum the ball is messy for the backs which makes it harder for the attack from the scrum to occur. It also means the loose forwards are on the back foot which impairs 'go forward'. The angle which the scrum moves is also important. A solid attacking scrum normally wants the ball angled towards the backline which moves the offside line (making it harder for the defending openside flanker) while also providing a better line for the initial pass from half back to first five.
There are lots of subtleties. Being a dominant scrum is also a huge moral booster for the forwards in general. Forwards and trying to dominate physically throughout the game, and the is a large part of that.
I could go on but these of some of the basics. If you're interested you should watch a number of high level games and it will make more sense.
This seems silly and very unnecessary for something as simple as a reset.
Maybe but that's why they created League Rugby there they don't push in the scrums.