19 Scrum
Sevens
4 [Replacement]
19.4 Teams must be ready to form the scrum within 30 seconds of the mark being made. Sanction: Free-kick.
Replaced by:
19.4 Teams must be ready to form the scrum within 15 seconds of the mark being made. Sanction: Free-kick.
5 [Replacement]
19.5 When both teams have 15 players, eight players from each team bind together in formation as outlined in the diagram. Each team must have two props and one hooker in the front row and two locks in the second row. Three back-row players from each team complete the scrum. Sanction: Penalty.
Replaced by:
19.5 A scrum must have three players from each team. All three must stay bound to the scrum until it ends. Sanction: Penalty.
6 deleted
7c deleted
7d deleted
23 [Replacement]
19.23 A front-row player must not intentionally kick the ball out of the tunnel from the direction it was thrown. Sanction: Free-kick.
Replaced by:
19.23 A front-row player must not intentionally kick the ball out of the tunnel or out of the scrum in the direction of the opponents’ goal line. Sanction: Penalty.
2 [Replacement]
19.2 The scrum ends:
a. When the ball comes out of the scrum in any direction except the tunnel.
b. When the ball reaches the feet of the hindmost player and it is picked up by that player or is played by that team’s scrum-half.
c. When the number eight picks up the ball from the feet of a second-row player.
d. When the referee blows the whistle for an infringement.
e. When the ball in a scrum is on or over the goal line.
Replaced by:
b. When the ball is played by that team’s scrum-half.