When a team does not have suitably skilled front-row players the referee will order uncontested scrums. On all occasions of uncontested scrums:

• If you have front row players available that are not skilled in that position, they must still be used in the front row of the uncontested scrum.
• The referee may decide to go to uncontested scrums for safety reasons as a team that does not have suitably skilled players.

The team that is the cause of uncontested scrums plays with the following number of players:

• Injured front-row player = 14
• Yellow card front-row player = 13 (remove another player selected by the captain/coach)
• Red card = 13 (remove another player selected by the captain/coach)
• Foul play injury to a front-row player = 15
• Front-row player blood bin = 15