![]() ![]() ![]() “Should that be a modified game initially I’m all for it, but when the time is right to go back to the way rugby should be played – including the model that’s always had scrums – then that’s important. Scrums occur more often, and are now of greater importance, in union than in league. Depending on whether it is in rugby union or rugby league, the scrum is used either after an accidental infringement or when the ball has gone out of play. ![]() “I wouldn’t be sitting here now if it hadn’t been for club rugby so I think we’ve got to get clubs up and going again,” the former All Black coach told a remote news conference ahead of England’s opening Autumn Nations Cup match. A scrum is a method of restarting play in rugby football that involves players packing closely together with their heads down and attempting to gain possession of the ball. The unique nature of contact in rugby has meant the sport has remained on the sidelines as others have returned, and when it does come back, probably in the new year, it is likely to be without scrums and mauls, as tested in the women’s elite game in recent weeks.įor gnarled England defence coach John Mitchell, who earned his stripes across the back row in his native New Zealand, it looks like something of a necessary diversion on the RFU’s “return to play roadmap”. FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - England Press Conference - Twickenham Stadium, London, Britain - MaEngland defence coach John Mitchell during a press conference Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge ![]()
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