The forthcoming Aviva Premiership season will be the latest testing ground for the global scrum trial with any permanent change to the engagement sequence set to be confirmed next year. From the start ...

“Stay in the abyss!” screams Tom Harrison, as two of his England forward packs, having thundered into each other moments earlier, wrestle and heave for scrummaging supremacy. When Harrison finally, ...

Aim Biomechanical studies of the rugby union scrum have typically been conducted using instrumented scrum machines, but a large-scale biomechanical analysis of live contested scrummaging is lacking.

Coach Meyer preparing for tough battle against tournament debutants Argentina Cape Town: South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer expects Argentina to live up to their reputation as fearsome scrummagers when ...

Ross back on familiar ground after being schooled in hard knocks of English game Ireland's Mike Ross during squad training Mike Ross gives fellow prop Cian Healy a lift during training at Carton House ...

He seems to get a hard time, the simple farmer from Wexford. Even when describing him as one of the best tight-heads in the world at his pre-match captain's run press conference last Friday, Rory Best ...

Auckland - All Blacks prop Ben Franks says frontrowers won't get credit for the part they're likely to play in deciding the outcome of Sunday's Rugby World Cup final. He's joking, but only to a small ...