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Originally Posted by bellnier
New scrum offside line for both teams is now 5 m back from the last foot in scrum; old rule was the offside line went through the last foot in the scrum (i.e., the 8-man's back foot). I found the answer to my original question: defensive SH cannot come around side opposite the put-in; the SH is free to roam between her own 8-man back foot and the nose of the ball on the put-in side. If she leaves the scrum she must retreat back to the new 5 m offside line along with the rest of her backline. The whole point is to give the offense more space to be more creative.
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I thought they had plenty of space before. I dislike all these artificial-seeming restrictions, although in retrospect one could see it coming for the scrum in the decades since similar changes were made to the lineout.
Actually I think there was more room for true creativity in cx with the set scrum years ago before all the restrictions regarding its composition & conduct. You used to be able to pack 5, before that you could pack a minimum of 3. And so on & so forth. It's just one person's opinion of creativity vs. another's.
Robert