Nick White Scrummaging

1
Nick White - Scrummaging

• Set-up important
• Chin to chest
• Chest out
• Tilt pelvis
• Feet square shoulder apart
• Belly button to spine
• Crouch with straight back
• 120o at hip and knees

2
Nick White - Scrummaging

• Tighthead
• Elbow down and in front of shoulder
• Want TH to control LH position
• TH targets to hit straight
• Punches arm forward to get long reach/grip
• Doesnt want to chase feet as will be too
  extended and go upward
• A TH who is not strong enough to go straight will
  drive into hooker

3
Nick White - Scrummaging

• Loosehead
• Same set up as TH
• Turn outside foot forward so go into TH slightly
• Fire bind long Bind beyond arm
• Important to win the bind first
• Long bind will help straighten back
• Turn hand like opening door to gain extra
  control/strength
• On your ball LH will try to lift TH slightly to
  depower him
• Fire ankles forward most important for go
  forward on hit
• If LH lifts hips will go down or up hinging

4
Nick White - Scrummaging

• Hooker
• Trigger right foot of hooker
• Stance is big toe of left foot opposite instep of
  right foot
• Drops right foot back on engage call i.e. the
  handbrake released
• Hooker binding
• up on seam of jersey
• use forearm for additional control/strength
• Hook preferably 2 channel
• 1 channel has too much twisting

5
Nick White - Scrummaging

• Front Row
• All 3 front rowers crouch and engage together
• Locks
• Props move hips so lockers can slip into position
  without too much movement
• Shortest over tallest
• Outside foot is power foot and doesnt move on
  engage
• A sprinters start position release handbrake
  foot
• Bind through crutch and onto upper hip
• Use forearm to help grip
• Small power steps forward
• Dont want too over shoot forward
• Generally most powerful on tighthead side but
  good to play both sides

6
Nick White - Scrummaging

• No 8 and flankers
• No 8 also have a trigger on the pause he
  drops forward foot back and shunts forward on
  engage call (Watch for this as it is out lawed
  as per IRB Memo date 13 May 2008)
• Flankers use head and shoulder to drive on 45o
  but still pushes forward with spine still in line
• Keep as many people on scrum for as long
• Engagement call needs to be consistent throughout
  game