HAMAMATSU, Japan, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Japan got a lift from their scrum in their shock victory over Pool A favourites Ireland and captain Michael Leitch said his team's 8-on-10 drills in the lead-up ...

1 UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 2 Department of Public and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A local rugby team with a mission to condemn racism is hoping to share its goal with teams across the country this summer. The Oregon Sharks Rugby team was founded in 2017 with ...

Background Rugby Union scrums which collapse possess a higher injury risk than completed scrums. A mechanically stable scrum should limit the motions which generate uncontrolled and hazardous ...

Last Saturday, a young coach I have been working with asked me to watch his under-16 team play. The match was being played in the shadow of the Pyrenees in Perpignan. While the view was majestic, it ...

It is a challenge to continuously produce a state championships caliber team but for head coach of Summit High School girls rugby team Karl Barth producing a state championship winning team appears to ...

Have you been watching the Women's Rugby World Cup and wondered what the commentators have been talking about? Don't worry, we've got your back. Rugby union is played by two teams of 15 players, with ...

Former referee Owen Doyle has called on World Rugby to find a “solution” to the scrum “shambles” following the Irish interpro derbies. Leinster claimed a victory over Munster while Ulster defeated ...

Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work featured alongside some of Australia’s most prominent sports journalists. The Wallabies and Springboks square off for a scrum.(Photo: Getty Images ...