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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]
Another common system is to list the backs 15–9, followed by the forwards 1–8, although traditionalists prefer 15–9, 1–5, 6,8,7, i.e. the forwards in scrum order. By 1950, all the home nations used numbers; England, Scotland and Wales used the system described above, while France and Ireland did the reverse, using what would now be ...
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.
A desperate Scotland can’t resist clattering into scrum half Grant Williams. Scotland 15-25 South Africa, 77 minutes. 17:55, ... Two from two for the Scottish fly half. The hosts lead at ...
Scrum-half 2 January 1987 (aged 37) 96 Harlequins: Alex Mitchell: Scrum-half 25 May 1997 (aged 26) 11 Northampton Saints: Ben Spencer: Scrum-half 31 July 1992 (aged 31) 4 Bath: George Ford : Fly-half 16 March 1993 (aged 30) 91 Sale Sharks: Fin Smith: Fly-half 11 May 2002 (aged 21) 0 Northampton Saints
Scrum-half: 20 April 1981 39 Edinburgh: Chris Cusiter: Scrum-half: 13 June 1982 32 Perpignan: Rory Lawson: Scrum-half: 12 March 1981 7 Gloucester: Dan Parks: Fly-half: 26 May 1978 32 Glasgow: Rob Dewey: Centre: 19 October 1983 8 Ulster: Marcus Di Rollo: Centre: 31 March 1978 19 Edinburgh: Andrew Henderson: Centre: 3 February 1980 46 Glasgow ...
Scrum-half 22 July 1985 (aged 23) 0 Northampton Saints: Paul Hodgson: Scrum-half 25 April 1982 (aged 26) 1 London Irish: Danny Cipriani: Fly-half 2 November 1987 (aged 21) 7 London Wasps: Toby Flood: Fly-half 8 August 1985 (aged 23) 22 Leicester Tigers: Andy Goode: Fly-half 3 April 1980 (aged 28) 9 Brive
(Fly Half) 1987-06-02: v Romania at Dunedin 853: Derek Turnbull: Flanker: 1987-06-06: v New Zealand at Christchurch 854: Damian Cronin: Lock: 1988-01-16: v Ireland at Lansdowne Road 855: Andrew Ker: Fly Half: 1988-02-20: v Wales at Cardiff 856: Gary Armstrong: Scrum half: 1988-11-19: v Australia at Murrayfield 857: Graham Marshall (Flanker ...