The rare sight of a scrum being called from a mark will be outlawed from 1 July in one of several law changes World Rugby will be introducing. The Springbok scrum is the most feared in rugby. New laws ...

World Rugby's announcement last week that teams from July 1 will no longer have the option to take a scrum from a free-kick got many South Africans in a froth. Many Springbok fans, in the belief their ...

Have you been watching the Women's Rugby World Cup and wondered what the commentators have been talking about? Don't worry, we've got your back. Rugby union is played by two teams of 15 players, with ...

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 ...

1 UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 2 Department of Public and ...

Rugby fans will have a new programme to enjoy as they get ready for the kick-off of the United Rugby Championship (URC) 2024-25 season. Scrum V: The Warm Up will begin on BBC Two Wales, BBC iPlayer ...

How often do we hear it said by the French, South Africans and even these days the New Zealanders, that the scrum is a religion, a way of life? It is seen as primal, tribal, a battle pitching two ...