Scrum-halves shouldn’t count sheep in their sleep – they should count the number of passes they’ve hopefully made in that week’s training. And it should run to hundreds, because they need to deliver ...

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 eight forwards are the players who form the scrum. The hooker, two props, two second rows, two flankers and the number eight all bind together in a 3-4-1 formation, ready to lock heads with the ...

Participants Front-row rugby players with scrum-related neck injuries. Assessment of risk factors We compared the estimated rate of injury with the same number of injury events, but with varying ...