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There are four backs: scrum-half, fly-half, centre, and wing. The scrum-half feeds the ball into the scrum. The other three players form the backline. Since play is much more open in sevens, with rucks and mauls generally kept to a minimum, most sevens players are backs or loose forwards in fifteen-a-side teams. [109]
The scrum-half (7) (also known as the halfback) of the team that did not commit the forward pass, knock-on or cause the ball to go out of play over the touch line puts the ball into the scrum through the tunnel formed by the front rows of each set of forwards meeting. When the ball bursts or the referee interferes with the ball, the team that ...
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.
Scrum-half The scrum half, or half back (numbered 7), directs the game and is usually one of the smaller players. The scrum half and the stand off form a team's creative unit. They control the attack, deciding with their passes how the team attacks and if, when and where the ball is kicked.
Semi-final hero Handre Pollard will start at fly half as Faf de Clerk replaces Cobus Reinach at scrum half, meaning there is no place on the bench for either Cobus Reinach or Manie Libbok who both ...
A scrum in an England versus Scotland international. In rugby union a scrum is a means of restarting play after a minor infringement. It involves up to eight players from each team, known as the pack or forward pack, binding together in three rows and interlocking with the three opposing teams front row.
Fijian Drua scrumhalf Frank Lomani has been banned for six weeks for striking Melbourne Rebels lock Josh Canham's head with an elbow during a Super Rugby Pacific match last weekend. Lomani was ...
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 ...