Quote ="Asgardian13"Looks like this is set to be adopted here for the rest of this seaon at least: https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/ ... nges-2020/ Perhaps more controversially, we may be abandoning scrums for 2020 on health grounds. Question: if the RFL finds a way to replace scrums for this season, will they ever return to RL?'" Scrums aren't allowed because of health reasons, yet tackling is? Simply shows how ridiculous this whole thing is.

Quote ="Asgardian13"Looks like this is set to be adopted here for the rest of this seaon at least: https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/ ... nges-2020/ Perhaps more controversially, we may be abandoning scrums for 2020 on health grounds. Question: if the RFL finds a way to replace scrums for this season, will they ever return to RL?'" Scrums aren't allowed because of health reasons, yet tackling is? Simply shows how ridiculous this whole thing is.

Here here..my grandson plays for crosfields and his last 2 games around march they weren't allowed to shake there opponents hands at full time..yet could tackle...sheer bonkers

According to a report in the Guardian, the following is why scrums are different: [ithe hearing (was) informed that if a one-on-one tackle constitutes one occurrence of close contact, a single scrum represents 132 instances.

With 12 scrums per game on average in Super League this season, that results in over 1,500 occasions of close contact in every fixture[/i

That's absolute nonsense. I've just watched the Manly-Broncos game this morning.

We had plenty of 3 man tackles (So that's 4 people in contact). We also had coverage of about 20 blokes all crowded into changing rooms at half time. And then we had plenty of shots of players spitting and clearing their nostrils all around the pitch, which the players will be falling into..

Yet we are concerning ourselves with a 5 second scrum... you really couldn't make it up....

Perhaps to avoid unnecessary contact in the tackle stiff arm & tripping should be allowed .