The shot clock.

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On 2/1/2019 at 10:39 AM, Bulliac said:

They open up the game for a few seconds by getting the forwards in a big bunch. If the ball can be cleared quickly it gives the backs a bit of an edge.

Usually resulting in a pass out and a hit up one out! Can't remember the last time I saw a play from a scrum

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On 2/1/2019 at 3:01 PM, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

re kicks: there is no 'in game' punishment for allowing the clock to run down.

Repeat/serial offences/offenders of running down the stop clock when taking a kick will be referred to the Compliance Panel who may impose a sanction. What that sanction may be is anyone's guess, but it will not affect the (outcome of the) game it occurs in. 

What's the point of the shot clock if you can't run it down?

The whole point in other sports is you have x amount of time to have a shot/ make your play.

In basketball you loose possession

In NFL it's a 5 yard penalty( maybe 10 yard?)

But in both you are allotted the set time.

So I don't see how you can say you have 30 seconds to get the ball back in play and penalise a team for taking 30 seconds to get the ball back in play.

Additionally didn't the refs used to let the clock run 30 secs before stopping the clock on kicks and wait until one side had formed a scrum before stopping the clock? 

Does a team still have to start the scrum with the players that formed the scrum?