The first infringement at every scrum is feeding, yet the referee chooses to ignore this rule then seconds later hit the opposition defence for offside! This area of the game is a joke really, I don't know who has decided to constantly ignore the scrum feeding law.

Put-in or Feeding the Scrum 6. (a) The ball shall be put into the scrum from the Referee’s side by holding it in a horizontal position with a point in each hand and rolling it along the ground into the tunnel formed by the opposing front row forwards.

For me if you are going to ignore the feeding you must then ignore the offside other wise you are giving the team feeding the ball an unfair advantage.

Erm no it isn't it is put in behind the prop forwards outstretched leg. In effect it is put directly to the second row.

Yes it is, the ball is put into the tunnel. Admittedly it's rolled/thrown directly in a gap between the hooker and props legs but it does go in the tunnel. If it didnt then opposition front rowers wouldn't have a chance of kicking the ball, which does happen sometimes. So there is a brief, albeit virtually impossible, chance of the opposition front row getting at the ball. If the ball didn't go in the tunnel then there wouldn't be that opportunity.

Now don't get me wrong, it's definitely feeding. It's just not actually in contradiction with the rule. And personally I'd go back to contested scrums. Or at least look into it.

I don't think the ref should call out at all. It's up to the players to decide for themselves.

That's a lengthy description of him. A mere four letters would have sufficed.

It was always the case that the ball was "in-play" once it emerged behind the 2nd row's feet.