Whats the difference in responsibilites between a loosehead prop and a tighthead prop?

Question

i play both, but like sticking to loosehead.

Answer 1

for a loose head, you should break away and join the play faster . ie loose head has to be faster. because unlike the loose , if the tight head pulls out just after the ball out, you may collapese the scrum.

the tight head iis also different because the opponents ball is put in on your side. so you can twist yourself or tuen slightly to make it harder for your opponent to see and hook the ball to their side. and if  the tight side drives and the left holds, ie rotate, you make it more difficult .

the loose head has your ball coming in on your side so you should be working to get the bal or help to make getting th ball easier.

other then the scrum , there is no diff btw loose and tight.

hope this helps.

i play tight :P

i dont like having only one shoulder to "lean" on , makes me feel unstable . but i have a stronger/better/more exprioences loose head so i have an excuse. haha . but i help my hooker and make life hard for theirs.

Answer 2

The reponsibilities are similar, loosehead must move forward on right hand side of field (to allow flankers closer to the opposition flyhalf, and to keep opposition flanker further away from own flyhalf) and vice versa.

The techniques are very different however. The Loose Head and the hooker must work together (have a really tight bind) whereas the tight head operates a bit more on his own. The loosehead, along with the hooker must get in under the opposition tight head and make life difficult for him. The tighhead must counter the oppositions efforts to get under him by trying to split the LH and hooker and using their right arm to twist the LH's shoulders toward the ground (be carefull for penalty). However, the LH can counter this by getting a long grip on the TH's jersey and keeing his arm locked straight.