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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]
Scrum-half 23 February 1992 (aged 31) 35 Leinster: Conor Murray: Scrum-half 20 April 1989 (aged 34) 116 Munster: Harry Byrne: Fly-half 22 April 1999 (aged 24) 4 Leinster: Jack Crowley: Fly-half 13 January 2000 (aged 24) 14 Munster: Ciarán Frawley: Fly-half 4 December 1997 (aged 26) 4 Leinster: Bundee Aki: Centre
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. This makes them important decision-makers in attack.
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 ...
Ben Youngs, for instance, made his debut as a replacement wing but is best known as a scrum-half. The "date first cap obtained" column lists the date of their first cap obtained while at Leicester Tigers not their international debut.
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.
Johnny Sexton becomes Ireland's all-time top points scorer in the Rugby World Cup victory over Tonga in Nantes.
Many fly-halves are also their team's goal kickers. The scrum-half is the link between the forwards and the backs. [53] They receive the ball from the lineout and remove the ball from the back of the scrum, usually passing it to the fly-half. [54] They also feed the scrum and sometimes have to act as a fourth loose forward. [55]