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 ...

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 ...

Then come the rugby players. Eight guys lock arms and put their shoulder against the practice pads. It's a formation my British friends tell me is called a scrum. And it is how rugby players lock ...

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.

Springbok prop Steven Kitshoff prepares to scrum down against Romania during the Rugby World Cup in France in 2023. Picture: Alex Livesey/Getty Images Injured Springbok and Stormers prop Steven ...