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Hookers should be pinged for ‘foot up ‘

WE all know by now that referees have been given permission to change laws in the rugby handbook. It is now obviously legal for a No.9 to help his side with ‘crooked feeds ‘.
But I wonder if referees have been given permission to change another scrum law?
When I was playing – okay, that was a time when there was no such thing as a gum shield and our boots were black with white laces – there was a rule commonly called “foot up “ or technically “striking before the ball is put in “.
Did anyone notice that against Scotland not only did the NZ scr...

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