The five metre scrum is one of the best ways of putting loads of pressure on your opponent's defence. It's given to the attacking side after one of the defending team has grounded the ball inside ...

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 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.

In rugby league a scrum is a way of re-starting play after: The ball has gone out to touch The ball has been knocked on A forward pass Play is too dangerous to continue Not everyone can join a scrum.

The luckiest man on planet rugby is South African prop Steven Kitshoff. The recent neck injury he suffered, as a scrum engaged, apparently came within a few millimetres of being catastrophic.