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However, since 1967, player numbering has been standardised by World Rugby for international matches (1–15, with 1 being loosehead prop and 15 being the fullback; the replacements are then numbered from 16 onwards, with the forwards first from the front row to the number eight, followed by the backs from scrum-half to full-back). [2]
Number eights interact with the scrum-half at the back of the scrum to control and provide clean ball for the backs. [80] They can also pick the ball from the back of the scrum and run with it or pass it to the scrum-half. At line-outs, they can be either another jumper or a lifter. [80]
Numbered 7, the scrum-half or half-back is usually involved in directing the team's play. The position is sometimes referred to as "first receiver", as half-backs are often the first to receive the ball from the dummy-half after a play-the-ball.
The 37-year-old former England scrum-half turned provider at the end of the first half, a lovely delayed pass allowing Dombrandt to saunter in for the third try. ... The England number eight had ...
Wearing jersey number 6, this player is one of the two half backs in a team, partnering the scrum-half. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Sometimes known as the pivot or second receiver, [ 4 ] in a traditional attacking 'back-line' (No. 1-7) [ 5 ] play, the five-eighth would receive the ball from the halfback, [ 6 ] who is the first receiver of the ball from ...
Scrum-half is the name of playing positions in both rugby football sports: Scrum-half (rugby league) Scrum-half (rugby union) This page was last edited on 30 ...
Leicester Tigers and England scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet has signed a new deal with the Premiership club. The 23-year-old has made 81 first-team appearances since emerging from the club's ...
(scrum-half) 11 June 2006: v England at Sydney 812: Wycliff Palu (no. 8) 17 June 2006: v England at Melbourne 813: Guy Shepherdson: prop: 24 June 2006: v Ireland at Perth 814: Benn Robinson: prop: 9 September 2006: v South Africa at Johannesburg 815: Brett Sheehan (scrum-half) 9 September 2006: v South Africa at Johannesburg 816: Julian Huxley