{"id":8713,"date":"2013-08-07T19:18:17","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T19:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=8713"},"modified":"2013-08-07T19:41:54","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T19:41:54","slug":"scrums-a-headache-for-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=8713","title":{"rendered":"Scrums a headache for Province"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Province coaches: Allister Coetzee, Robbie Fleck, Matthew Proudfoot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The new process of engagement will put the scrums firmly in the spotlight when the Currie Cup competition kicks off this weekend.<\/p>\n

The IRB changed the sequence from ‘crouch-touch-set’ to ‘crouch-bind-set’. Props will now be required to pre-bind before the \u201chit\u201d.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t sound like much of a change, but Western Province forwards coach Matthew Proudfoot said it has been one of the main focus points of their build-up to the start of the competition.<\/p>\n

The Currie Cup will also be the first high-profile competition to use the new sequence ahead of the new law’s introduction to Tests in the forthcoming Rugby Championship.<\/p>\n

It is hoped that the new sequence will ensure the hit will be less powerful, that scrumming will be safer and more orderly – without removing the need for strong, skilled props in the game.<\/p>\n

In addition referees have been instructed to police more accurately the putting of the ball into the scrum.<\/p>\n

Proudfoot, speaking to Rugby365 ahead of the big north-south derby between WP and the Blue Bulls at Newlands on Saturday, admitted there is a certain amount of “apprehension” ahead of their first encounter with the new engagement sequence.<\/p>\n

His remarks come in the wake of suggestions that South African props will need to “learn to scrum””[Springbok coach] Heyneke [Meyer] expressed that in the press and the apprehension about it, starting a Test match that way.<\/p>\n

“We feel similar and I am sure the Bulls will feel similar.<\/p>\n

“No matter how much prep time you do on the field, or live scrummaging practice – and we’ve done two sessions of live scrummaging [in training] – it is not quite game related. It is not quite a real game.”<\/p>\n

Proudfoot admitted there is a level of apprehension and how it is going to work.<\/p>\n

“Our whole focus has just been on the execution – making sure that we can execute and apply what the referee wants us to apply.<\/p>\n

“The team that does that can then start developing a bit of dominance. If you can’t get your execution right you can put yourself in a bad situation. That has what we have been focussed on and what our whole mental message has been about the scrum for this week.”<\/p>\n

Asked if he felt the new sequence will make for a better or more even contests in the scrums, the WP forwards coach said it is too early to tell. – Rugby 365<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new process of engagement will put the scrums firmly in the spotlight when the Currie Cup competition kicks off this weekend. The IRB changed the sequence from ‘crouch-touch-set’ to ‘crouch-bind-set’. Props will now be required to pre-bind before the \u201chit\u201d. It doesn’t sound like much of a change, but Western Province forwards coach Matthew … Continue reading “Scrums a headache for Province”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,700],"tags":[4872,4870,4873,1190,4871,1278],"class_list":["post-8713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sport-news","tag-crouch-bind-set","tag-ibr","tag-orwards-coach-matthew-proudfoot","tag-rugby","tag-scrum-rules","tag-western-province"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/province3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8713"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8725,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713\/revisions\/8725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}