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| Compiled by Ciaran Cronin |
You ever been to New Zealand and bought one of those wickedly funny, and graphic, 'Crouch, Hold, Engage' t-shirts? Well if the answer is yes, on 1 January 2007 your garment will be out of date as an experimental scrum ruling comes into play for the first time. The 'crouch, hold, engage' call by the referee at scrum-time will now be replaced by a not so catchy 'crouch, touch, pause, engage' direction as the IRB attempt to make the front row a safer place to do business. On 'crouch' the front rows will bend and lean forward at the same height and then at 'touch' each prop will reach out with his free arm and place it on his opponent's shoulder. On 'pause', the prop will remove his hand from his opponent's shoulder and then, and only then, will the 'engage' command be uttered by the referee. The idea of all this is to ensure that the arm length's distance between the two front rows becomes more accurate and also, to ensure that both sides engage at the same height. Let's hope it works.
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