I wonder will the nettle be grasped or do I just live in hope? Sometime in the new year, probably in early spring, World Rugby will complete a full review of the World Cup and issue a list of new law ...

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 ...

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 ...

If rugby’s a circus, then the scrum is its clown car pile-up. Picture eight players from each team — burly and sweaty — locking arms, crouching low, and smashing into each other like human bumper cars ...

Writing about the scrum is like diving in at the deep end and hoping that it is, indeed, the deep end. But here goes. There has been a huge amount of debate about the scrums in Ireland’s match against ...

The start of the 2015 Rugby World Cup this week is an excellent opportunity to witness the sport’s elite athletes vying to take home the famous Webb Ellis Cup. Players walking onto the field at ...

The Brumbies are the only unbeaten team through three weeks of Super Rugby, after No. 8 Charlie Cale scored post-siren in Canberra to sneak them past the Blues. The Waratahs are also yet to suffer a ...