The scrum remains one of rugby union’s great contradictions: eight enormous humans willingly folding themselves into a kind ...
IT takes 16 beefy rugby players, patience and a whole lot of power – but the scrum is what makes rugby union truly unique. Because the ball is largely hidden once it enters the scrum, armchair viewers ...
Since 2023, World Rugby have cracked down on ‘escorts’ and altered laws accordingly to pre­vents play­ers run­ning block­ing ...
Exeter's Italy scrum-half Stephen Varney has signed a new contract with the Prem club. The 24-year-old moved to Sandy Park in ...
South Africa started and finished 2025 as the world's number one-ranked side, and their extraordinary depth and monstrous ...
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Empire Wealth Strategies, the New York City agency of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, is using a novel approach to grow its ranks: recruiting rugby players. Empire, which has $1.45 billion of ...
Background Rugby Union scrums which collapse possess a higher injury risk than completed scrums. A mechanically stable scrum should limit the motions which generate uncontrolled and hazardous ...
Rob Hoadley, the Englishman who is the head coach of the San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby, has been around the game for most of his 39 years. He played rugby professionally with a couple of ...