Rugby - 101
The Laws of Rugby
The Basics - Scrummaging - Line-out - Ruck - Maul - Offside - Tackling
5-metre Scrum - Mark - Sin-Bin
This scrum is one of
the best ways of cranking up the pressure on your opponent's defense.
It is given to the attacking side after one of the defending team has
grounded the ball inside their own goal area.
But it is only given if a member of the defending team has carried or passed
the ball back into their own in-goal area before the ball is touched down.
If this is not the case, the defending team is awarded a 22-metre drop-out.
The other way a five-meter scrum can be awarded is if the attacking team
gets within five meters of the try line, but is held up by the opposition's
defense.
Because the attacking team has the momentum going forward, the referee will
award it the feed at the scrum.
