@mawinza – don’t freak out – have you gone through Parts 1 and 2 ?

I understand.

That’s the refs call – he stands right there when the action happens –

He inspects the scrum…does the “Crouch – Touch -Pause – Engage” thing – and he observes as the scrumhalf feeds the ball. Refs will blow the whistle if they feel the “put in” was skew.

There’s a lot of pushing…and fighting for the ball using feet…

Re: Collapsed scrum

Some scrums collapse because the two front rows didn’t engage properly -in that case the ref will simply order the scrum to be reset.

But in some cases – when the front row cannot cope with the pressure from the opposing pack – they tend to drop one of their shoulders and sometimes knees as well – sending the whole scrum crashing. Again, the ref has to pay attention to spot those infringements…

Also, What causes the scrum to collapse? And how can one tell who which team is responsible for the collapse?

The team that feeds the scrum is not guaranteed the ball at all…

It’s skill and STRENGTH – don’t worry – you’ll see a lot of scrums being won by the team that didn’t put in…

There are a lot of technicalities involved in scrumming – correct binding, legal scrumming position…blah blah and at times you’ll see refs blowing for penalties after a scrum…leading to endless (drunken) arguments.

You’re not going to understand everything that goes on in a scrum right now- I think even refs struggle with some stuff – just do what we all do – if the ref blows for your team CLAP…”yes Ref, thank you Ref” – if he blows against your team THROW A TANTRUM – “oh come on ref – you’re killing us” – that should save you for now.

If the player carrying the ball crosses or steps on the touchline – the ball is also regarded as being “in touch” (OUT).

Re: “throw to ball” – that’s a flippen typo… “throw the ball” is how it’s supposed to read.

I asked you to explain the scrum and I still don’t understand it.

Because the scrum half throws the ball in then the teams push each other but the scrum half’s team always end up getting the ball. What is the point of this if the ball will end up being taken by the scrum half’s team?