Why? To fight for the ball, of course. Welcome to Rugby Skool, where we make sense of this magnificent madness. A scrum happens when the game pauses, usually after someone fumbles the ball ...

8 14 Jimmy O’Brien: Caught out defensively a couple of times and had limited interaction with the ball in hand. Will wish to make more ... 7 7 Josh van der Flier: Wearing his trademark red scrum cap ...

while scrum-half is the lowest paid. Figures in the latest Premiership Rugby salary cap report show senior player salaries dropped by 11.4% between the 2022-23 season and 2023-24. However ...

"They both loved it from the beginning," remembers Joel. Louis would sleep cuddled up to a rugby ball. The red scrum cap that has become a trademark was initially a present from his parents.

Scrum-half is also ... Peel needs from the five-cap international. As for Ball, it'll be interesting to see what he offers after some time away from Welsh rugby.

Exeter Chiefs are understood to have secured the services of Gloucester Rugby scrum-half Charlie Chapman ... impact at Kingsholm that despite the 64-cap Welsh international still having another ...

Major League Rugby (MLR) made the rather odd choice of tinkering with the laws, trialling new decrees in an attempt to limit the set-piece in their upcoming season. Knock the ball on or forward ...

Background Scrummaging is unique to rugby union and involves 2 ‘packs’ of 8 players competing to regain ball possession ... regions. A modified scrum cap was used to reinforce the attachment of the ...

Xannie Quiring passes the ball moments before being tackled during a drill at Patriots rugby practice on Oct ... Patriots players practice forming a scrum during practice at Cooley Park on ...

New Zealand ensured a strong finish to their Rugby ... on the scrum cap for Harry Wilson from his teammates, the number eight’s face twisted in anguish after a basic dropped ball as he lined ...