Historically, the set scrum has been a focus of the sports medicine community due to the perceived risk of catastrophic spinal injury during scrummaging. The contemporary rugby union scrum is a highly ...

Watch live coverage and follow text updates as Italy host France in the Women's Six Nations.

France secured a 42-12 victory against a resilient Wales after a lacklustre first-half performance. If you enjoy being active ...

New Year's Day saw the introduction of new scrummaging rules designed to improve player safety in rugby union. The ...

All scrums must take place at least five metres from the touch or trylines. However the scrum is one of the hardest areas of the game to referee because of the many infringements, particularly in the ...

Venue: Cardiff Arms Park Date: Friday, 14 March Kick-off: 19:30 GMT Coverage: Watch live on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport ...

Objectives This cross-sectional study investigated the factors that may influence the physical loading on rugby forwards performing a scrum by studying the biomechanics of machine-based scrummaging ...

Smith has earned a reputation as one of the most destructive scrummaging looseheads in European club rugby, whether playing for the Ospreys or, more recently, Leicester Tigers. While he may not ...

For a man who has 52 Test caps, Nicky Smith has never really been given his flowers when it comes to Wales. This Saturday's clash against Scotland is just the fifth time in his Wales career that ...

Throwing a pinpoint line-out ball and scrummaging are still key facets ... but it helps when you come from a family as rich in rugby as Tuipulotu's. His father Sione played a good chunk of ...