As a collision sport, rugby union has a relatively high overall injury incidence, with most injuries being associated with contact events. Historically, the set scrum has been a focus of the sports ...

The scrum-half's basic role is to deliver the ball from the base of the scrum, ruck or maul to spark the backline, but that is too simplistic and ignores hundreds of other key characteristics. The ...

The aim of this study was to identify peak areas of pressure in the foot during three different positions related to the rugby scrum and their association to lower limb kinematics or stud formation.

This scrum is one of the best ways of cranking up the pressure on your opponent's defence. It is given to the attacking side after one of the defending team has grounded the ball inside their own goal ...

European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) has also confirmed there ... reach through rucks or spin out of mauls to collar scrum-halves; a practice that will be outlawed from the third round of ...

Further innovations include ensuring the scrum-half is not contestable ... resulted from the controversial practice. In addition to these law changes, World Rugby is conducting six closed law ...