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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]
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.
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]
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Fullback/Fly-half/Centre 8 Willie le Roux: 2013– 98: 83 ... Flanker 10 Joost van der Westhuizen: 1993–2003 89: 78 11 Scrum-half Most points. Player Period Points ...
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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 ...
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.