IT takes 16 beefy rugby players, patience and a whole lot of power – but the scrum is what makes rugby union truly unique. Because the ball is largely hidden once it enters the scrum, armchair viewers ...

The scrum remains one of rugby union’s great contradictions: eight enormous humans willingly folding themselves into a kind ...

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Empire Wealth Strategies, the New York City agency of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, is using a novel approach to grow its ranks: recruiting rugby players. Empire, which has $1.45 billion of ...

Background Rugby Union scrums which collapse possess a higher injury risk than completed scrums. A mechanically stable scrum should limit the motions which generate uncontrolled and hazardous ...

BBC Sport looks at another tumultuous 12 months for the men's game in Wales with Welsh rugby close to rock bottom.

Gloucester confirmed on Monday the signings of his Wales team-mates Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake from Ospreys for next season.

Rob Hoadley, the Englishman who is the head coach of the San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby, has been around the game for most of his 39 years. He played rugby professionally with a couple of ...

2025 season: Itoje’s dominance in the lineout underpinned England’s four Six Nations victories and autumn wins, as well as ...