Setting up maul directly from a penalty
Why donât teams set up a driving maul directly from a penalty, rather than risk losing a scrum or line out?
Ade CollinghamSpectator, England
ANSWERS
Jessie HOther, England
Hello Ade,
It has been shown in international test matches and premiership matches statistics that the scoring rate from Penalty Line-outs and scrums are significantly higher then from a "tap" and go penalty forming a maul.
By law a maul includes two attackers including the ball carrier and a player of the defending team. Meaning that a player would have to "risk" losing the ball in a maul from a tap and go penalty. However, if they set up a driving maul from a set piece the likeliness of ball retention and scoring is significantly higher as the ball is protected by more then two players.
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