What conditions must be met when throwing ball into a scrum?

Answer 1

The ball is fed in to the "tunnel" by the scum half. It is the job of the loosehead prop (who is on the same side as the scrumhalf putting the ball in) will step forward on the attacking push . Their left foot is employed to stop the ball being pushed back out of the scum. The hooker (no 2) is employed to "hook" the ball with their feet (no hands are allowed in a scrum to touch the ball else is penalty is awarded against the offender) The ball having been hooked is in effect back heeled to the feet of the second row who then will move it with their feet to those of the number 8. This is the ideal scenario. However, it is not unusual for the feet of all the Front Row to be employed in retrieving the ball and for the flankers to channel back to the number 8. The back rows job is to protect the ball and the scrum half and allow the effective delivery to the half backs

Answer 2

A scrum is used for restarting play after some form of infringement during gameplay. Depending on the league rules, 6 (or 8) players from each team will compete for the ball. After the ball is put into the tunnel, each team attempts to move the pack and gain control of the play.

Answer 3

The new laws (part of which are the original laws anyway) for 2017 - 2018 season Rugby Union

The put-in

The scrum-half must put the ball in straight to the scrum, but they are allowed to align their shoulder to the middle line of the scrum.

This means they are putting the ball in a shoulder's width towards their own team's side of the scrum.

So the ball has to be put in straight, but rather than being put in down the middle of the tunnel it is put in slightly towards the scrum-half's own team.

The referee no longer signals when the scrum-half should put the ball in.

The aim is to promote a fair contest for possession while also giving an advantage to the team putting the ball into the scrum. In most cases the opposition will have infringed for that team to be awarded the put-in.

The strike

A front-row player must strike the ball once it is put into the tunnel.

This is traditionally done by the hooker as they are in the best position to strike the ball but either prop is also permitted to do this.

This means the ball cannot be fed straight to the second row, as had previously been happening.

The aim is to promote a fair contest for possession.

If teams don't strike the ball, the opposition will be awarded a free-kick.

Handling

The No 8 is allowed to pick up the ball from the second row.

Previously teams had to wait until the ball came through to the back row but the No 8 is now permitted to collect it from the second row.

The aim is to promote continuity and speed up play.

Answer 4

the ref.

Answer 5

The Scrum Half...