Are contested scrums now completely impossible ?

This is not an argument to bring them back...I think what we have (or had) was great.....most of the time we don't shove but it's still in the rules you can

However.....it used to be maybe once a month it would happen in one round for a team....usually towards the end it he game ...against the feed in the oppo's 20m....

It was a nice surprise play and was always fun to watch the surprise of the opposition and what happened after.....

I remember Tomkin's initiating one for the Wahs in the NRL too

However now it seems it is always penalized and reset or a penalty.....often when no law had been broken...the team has just legitamtly shoved

Have refs just banned it now ?