The scrum is one of the most fascinating phases of a rugby match, eight players per team competing in a test of strength to conquer the ball, keep possession and move the oval out to the three-quarters.
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The scrum is one of the most fascinating phases of a rugby match, eight players per team competing in a test of strength to conquer the ball, keep possession and move the oval out to the three-quarters.
To know how a closed melee is formed and how it takes place, just go and consult this article, while to understand how much and how this particular phase of the game has changed and evolved
Until the 90s, front-line players literally had to earn their place in the fray, often pylons and hookers butted heads with their direct opponents for a better position in the engagement. There was no command from the referee, the players came into contact with each other and the ball was introduced
.Then in the 90s, to try to limit injuries, the then IRB (International Rugby Board), now World Rugby, introduced commands that the referee must call before introducing the ball into the central channel of the scrum. In the 2000s, the referee set the timing of the engagement with the calls 'bass and engagement', then in 2007 they switched to the 'crouch, touch, pause, engage' commands (bass, touch, pause, engagement) and at the end of these commands the scrum half introduced the ball. In 2012 the commands were reduced to 3 “crouch, touch, set” (bass, touch, via), and finally in 2013 they were changed to “crouch, bind, set” (bass, league, via). Mode still in use today.
These changes to melee engagement were tested, introduced and again modified to first of all safeguard the health of the players as well as to make the game tidy but also faster and more spectacular for the public.
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