scrum
Speech parts
1. scrum - Noun
2. scrum - Verb
3. Scrum - Proper noun
Meaning
(rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
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Examples
A scrum is formed by the eight forwards from each team binding together in three rows.
A team may also opt for a scrum if awarded a penalty.
Brink dug the puck out of the scrum and made a feed to rookie Savoie, who was wide open in the left circle.
Coles and Clarke had tries rubbed out by the TMO but there was no question of any intervention when Mo’unga swept around the back of a scrum and beat Wallabies hooker Brandon Paenga-Amosa for pace to touch down in the 21st minute.
A cofounder of Scrum, Ken draws from decades of experience, answering your questions through case studies of proven practices and processes.
Didn’t have major involvements but the Wallabies scrum was reasonably solid while he was at the helm.