Comments on: Rugby Skills: Scrummaging, Lineouts and Tackling

By: Blub

Blub — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:48:12 +0000

Indeed they did. Not only that, but they used the over-arm “bowling” throw, which would be fascinating to see again.

By: Pablito

Pablito — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:12:18 +0000

Didn’t wingers used to throw in normally back in the 70s and earlier?

By: Blub

Blub — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:55:58 +0000

Interestingly Matt, I read an interview with Tom Youngs who asked exactly the same question. He pointed out that given the hookers work in the scrums, and their upper-body efforts therein, they should be the last people expected to produce an accurate throw-in.

By: engine mechanic

engine mechanic — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:26:22 +0000

Our props are even worse then our hooker, our no. 8 used to throw, but he became a centre, so he can’t throw it anymore. So we just resolved to steal all the oppositions line-outs, and hope for the best with ours.

By: Matt The Hooker

Matt The Hooker — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:40:44 +0000

I need to learn how to throw straight. I’ve been a hooker for a while and we’ve lost games down to my throwing. Luckily they’ve decided that the 8 is going to throw in from now on…

Why in the professional age is it purely up to the hooker to throw line outs? A logical way of doing it would be the whole front row should be potential throwers, being the shortest on the team.

By: engine mechanic

engine mechanic — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:56:28 +0000

This is real handy, seeing how I am still one of the worst technical tacklers of the team after 4 years!

And maybe we could learn our hooker how to throw straight, would be awesome!