With the Rabo direct Pro 12 and Premiership going into their second weeks the new scrum laws are causing some bother among some.

Here’s the IRB’s explanation bellow

 It’s aimed at enhancing player welfare by reducing impact on engagement by up to 25 per cent in elite competition.

Approval of the sequence on player welfare grounds, is coupled with a call for Game-wide commitment from law-makers, match officials, coaches and players to ensure a fair and positive attitude is applied to deal with scrum issues facing the elite level of the Game.

Implementation will begin at the start of the next season in both hemispheres and follows extensive evaluation of the sequence during the recent IRB Pacific Rugby Cup, which indicated the possible delivery of a more stable platform leading to fewer resets and more successful scrums.

In a revision of the 'crouch, touch, set' engagement sequence currently being trialled, props will be expected to bind using their outside arm after the referee has called "bind" in the sequence.

Should this trial become incorporated into Law, the text for Law 20.1(g) and (i) would read:

So that’s the law explained in written word Referee Wayne Barnes explains more in audio form.