All posts tagged "scrum"

  • Analysis
    Finding Front Rowers: Super Rugby Scrum Scrutiny 2

    Week two saw the Queensland Reds play their 1st game of the year, away in Dunedin, and the...

  • All Blacks
    Scrum Analysis: The Importance Of The Middle Row

    Last week I analysed the Rebels’ scrum, including a review of the correct techniques for props when scrummaging...

  • Rugby
    The Scrum – It’s Neglected, Not Broken!

    Here’s the first thing you need to know about the scrum: it’s not broken! It’s the same scrum. We all played with this scrum. The positions are the same, the binds are the same, you still push the same way. So why is this scrum falling over? Neglect.Not player neglect and not...

  • England
    Wallabies Vs England Test 2 – First Thoughts

    All the talk in the lead up to this test was about whether the Wallabies front row have learnt anything and parity, or better, would be achieved or would we be in for more of the same? Well, the stage was set, 5 minutes in and we have the first scrum set....

  • Rugby
    Video: Scrum Doctor In The House? Part 1

    Is there anyone who can really work out all of the secrets of a scrum?  There probably are a few around, but we don’t profess to have all the answers.  Perhaps collectively we can act as the Wallabies scrum doctor and decipher what went wrong on Saturday and what to do about...