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Sentence Examples He chipped on to force a touchdown behind the line and from the five metre scrum Ilkley were rewarded with another penalty. In the fifth minute of injury time Ireland won a scrum to the right of the English posts. They can meet you when you arrive in each area, which makes dealing with the inevitable scrum of touts distinctly less daunting. As soon as the scrum broke up it was all in, punches traded, insults thrown and another lecture from the referee. Their outhalf scored a fine try on 30 minutes when they won a scrum against the head and he cut through the Port defence. Cortez made the short walk to the feverish scrum in McBride's corner and raised the Irishman's right arm in victory. The utility player returned from a torn shoulder capsule to feature at scrum half during last week's win against Hull. With seconds remaining Philips exploited space on the blind side from a scrum on the French 10-metre line. Ilkley regained possession but some of the worst examples of poor passing and a knock on allowed Heath to attack the blind side from the scrum. They kept the game tight up front for long periods but were absent on the blind side when scrum half Barry McCann took off on a 40 meter run. One Scottish scrum disintegrated completely and the Springboks are not noted for giving a sucker an even break. Sweeney's conversion edged the Dragons a point in front but just as quickly, a stupidly errant hand in the scrum proved their undoing. Standing next to the hulking metal scrum machine, its curving shape like the shell of a giant red insect, he urges them on. Good work by their pack allowed scrum-half Ian Wilson to pick up from the base of a scrum and race unhindered to the line to score. Bolton then looked to have scored as they attacked the blind side from a scrum, the referee was however unsighted. Set play includes the scrum, line-out, drop-out, free kick, and penalty kick. They combined as early as the third minute, a break by the scrum half putting Dixon through a gap to score. If league want to continue with the scrums let them watch Union scrums or speak to the players of the 50s or 60s how to pack and play a scrum. He was moved through the media scrum surrounded by a phalanx of Dallas police officers. The game began with aerial ping-pong, Simon Binns the winner finding touch close in where a crooked throw gave Otley a scrum. Show More Sentences The home pack was soon in trouble, feeling the full weight of Otley's controlled aggression from the first scrum. They started on fire and an accurate cross kick from scrum half Barry Corbett put right winger Jon Cole in for an early unconverted try. They swiftly heeled a scrum on the champions' line, and Thomson cleverly waited while he assessed his options. I was kneeling on the floor beneath his feet and nearly got trampled to death in the scrum. A rugby player who was injured in an accident on the field sued the referee for failing to protect him from a falling scrum. After a drop goal attempt they drove well to gain a scrum just 15 metres from the try line. The scrum is supposed to be an equal contest and you would expect a pack of 900 kg to dominate a pack of 800 kg. Carlow might have had a final say of the half when they wheeled a scrum, won the put-in for Melville to drive on the right. The result remained in doubt until the Windermere pack won a crucial scrum on a Blackpool put-in near the posts. Equally ominous was the manner in which the French forwards shunted the Scottish pack off successive scrum put-ins. At this stage the referee yellow-carded both scrum halves and a Pontefract forward for a professional infringement. Fred Matthews replaced Wade up front and he was soon in the thick of it as Ilkley won yet another scrum out right. Kavanagh was again on target on 33 minutes when Navan were penalised for collapsing a scrum after an extended period of Portlaoise pressure. It took a technical offence to wear them down, with the referee awarding a penalty try after the home scrum misbehaved. From the restart, the ball failed to cross the 10 metres, resulting in a scrum on halfway. The next was a great try set up from a solid Ilkley scrum which set up a superb passage of back play in which Hinchliffe was twice involved. The Papua New Guinean scrum half is making rapid progress in the treatment room and could return to the starting line-up to take on the Rhinos. Peter Stringer has occasionally been charged with a lack of extravagance behind the scrum, but his antennae are never down. Taylor's slip prevented him from intercepting Robert's cross and a scrum of bodies stopped the ball crossing the line. The early pressure was only eased when the front row again conceded a penalty at the set scrum. Show More Sentences Paul was impressive last week against Salford after switching from scrum half to hooker early on after Aaron Smith suffered a head injury. Again, so many Orcadians circle around and pile on behind me that without moving a step I'm near the middle of the scrum. Their first scrum was screwed away from the open side, and it all went downhill. Hawks seemed to have won the battle of wills when they were awarded the scrum for an accidental offside. They managed it by surviving the first scrum and forcing their opponents offside, allowing O'Gara to kick them ahead from short range. Pock remained in the driving seat and Allen kicked a penalty then converted John Ainslie's try when the number eight powered over from a scrum. Manuel Dallan picked up the ball after Canada fluffed a scrum and popped it to the number eight to bundle his way over the line. There was a bit of argy-bargy in the scrum, but nothing worth reading too much into. The re-start was returned to touch with interest by Binns and a scrum given. In terms of pace, mind you, things are at long last looking up for Scotland, even behind the scrum. The pack were excellent throughout, controlling the scrum and line-outs and aggressively rucking and mauling. South Africa began their comeback a minute later when Jon caught Italy napping, breaking through a loose scrum for a try. Chords shift like tectonic plates in a rugby scrum and Todd remains calm, focused and deals in a very dry, biting, intoned vocal delivery. Physically, he looks as if he wouldn't be out of place in the front row of a rugby scrum. The resultant changes to the French front row saw the next scrum become a horrible mis-match. Hams-Tech, who played like terriers, scored through penalties kicked by fly half Warren Gower and scrum half Andre Bosman. Ilkley's powerful front five had worn down the Heath pack and were pushing the Heath scrum backwards. City responded immediately when Crooks forced the ball home through a scrum of players from a corner. For the first time in ages, the opposition scrum was actually going backwards and the psychological boost that gives you is immense. It's great for a front-row forward to look up from a scrum and see the ball trickling into touch 40 metres down the pitch. Show More Sentences I guess that was so they didn't disturb the scrum of journalist crowded round a wide-screen telly watching the football. Fifteen minutes later the gig descended into a scrum with Ryder and Bez brawling on the floor. I guess that was so they didn't disturb the scrum of journalists crowded round a wide-screen telly watching the football. At Galashiels station there was a huge crowd and a media scrum as I shook hands with the driver and the provost and boarded the train. Taxi wardens will patrol Manchester city centre to stop revellers brawling in the scrum for a Christmas cab. A huge scrum developed around the vehicles as desperate people tried to get places. And it was the scrum half, whose drop goal separated the sides in the Grand Final last year, who sent in a kick for the next score. Hewitt set Barley up with a great inside pass to put his scrum half clear and through for try number two. Bored kids and frazzled adults were clustered in every corner and a dangerous-looking scrum had formed by the main door. They had the smooth half combination of Jupana Jayawardena the scrum half and Haren Malwatte as fly half. Despite this Muir conjured up their fifth try with their livewire scrum half Cussiter scorching in from 30 metres. The replacement scrum half deftly fly-hacked the ball and chased for his side's eighth. From the start, it had looked as though the home side were going to run riot with Ian Wilson, the scrum half, scoring after five minutes. Leigh were put under pressure early on when the Sandbach pack turned over the Leigh ball to enable their scrum half to score wide out. But the ball bounced unkindly for the scrum half and it was hacked down field. Loosing our scrum half and a back row forward through injury changed the whole game. Uni scored first from a backline piece coming after a scrum about 20m out, with the ball spinning wide to winger Johnson Porykali. Especially Dave, who had to feed the scrum, swipe the ball from the back of the black spider, and dive-pass it out to the waiting back line. The pack were excellent throughout, controlling the scrum and lineouts and aggressively rucking and mauling. Furthermore, the driving maul and the scrum began to gain ground and the backs started running on to the ball. Show More Sentences Apart from the scrum, where tight head Gavin Kerr had a torrid afternoon against Sylvain Marconnet, they competed admirably. Old and young alike emerge dustily from the scrum, flourishing their trophies. Blackburn once again converted but again Vale couldn't hold their lead and just five minutes later they lost possession at an untidy scrum and conceded a converted try. It was lovely to renew acquaintance with Gareth Edwards in particular, possibly the greatest ever scrum half, whose fine Welsh accent endears him. Slowly, they wave toward the harbor, a sign that somewhere deep in the scrum the Doonies have wrestled the ball away and are ready to start moving back. Another result was a line of TV news trucks and a scrum of photographers outside the funeral as the church filled to overflowing. As the game ended, tension between the two sides boiled over into a scrum of stick swinging, pushing, and punching. Three or four of us huddled around him, almost a scrum, hanging on his every word. Anyone who does not want to talk to reporters knows to skip a walk through the scrum. Among the things which had been so encouraging in the Romanian match was not just the line-out but the set scrum and here, too, Scotland built on the previous week's display. The try-count of 3-1 does not reflect the performance of the Newbridge pack and their control of the scrum and line-outs in a good forward's performance. A backline of young, emerging players struggled to capitalise on a strong forward platform, and the home team showed strength in both scrum and lineout. The young scrum, the front and back rows especially, has been a revelation and should develop into a fearsome unit given a little time and a following wind. The home crowd were enthralled by Latapy, but the scrum of scouts there to watch Darryl Duffy left with one breathtaking moment to relay to their employers. Joe Milner terrorised their scrum half throughout the afternoon. Shortly before half-time Ribblesdale increased the tempo, with depletion of the Cumbrian set-piece allowing more secure possession and also a more stable scrum. He scored again from a five-yard scrum with the last move of the game. Before things escalated Monday, umpires got in the middle of the scrum. It's one thing to be beaten all ends up from start to finish, but quite another to be solid most of the time and then throw in a poor scrum for no obvious reason. No surprise, then, that when the ball squirted out of the scrum in the 38th minute as England rumbled towards Scotland's line, Cohen knocked on the pass from Harry Ellis. Show More Sentences It was the nuggety Troncon who spurred on his forwards, and whose probing runs around the base of the scrum, ruck and maul did so much to unsettle Scotland. Orrell struck back almost immediately and with Drew Hickey picking up at the back of a scrum, the number eight spun out of a tackle to claim a try. This is done by hooking the ball with the soft swinging motion of one of the feet as the teams 8-man scrum pack pushes forward to give the hooker more room to hook the ball. And, despite some stout defence, a feature of York's game this season, they were unable to prevent scrum half Duffy from scoring from short range. Rather than award a penalty try the referee decided on a scrum. They were awarded a penalty and opted for the scrum which was reformed twice and then, inexplicably, the referee awarded a penalty try under the posts. A second try followed four minutes into injury time when from a five metre scrum Cill Dara drove back Portlaoise and in the ensuing pileup Emmett Fitzpatrick got the touch. Their scrum was weak and get-at-able and their lineout was a sham. The scrum turned 90 degrees leaving the put-in to Kirkcaldy. By that stage the Manchester scrum was in the process of complete disintegration and left the referee with no option but to award a penalty try and give Ribb a 10-3 lead. Participants performed a series of typical live scrum drills where two front rowers scrummaged against one opposing front rower. For information on a forward's role in the scrum see rugby league scrummage. He is one of those scrum halves that are in your face the whole time and it is difficult to play against someone like that. A scrum formed around Scott Brison shortly after he announced his candidacy for the federal Liberal leadership. In April 2006, it was announced that noted former New Zealand All Blacks scrum half Justin Marshall had signed to play for Ospreys. The Bravehearts and coaching staff said that the ball was knocked on, and therefore a scrum should have occurred. Firstly from the 10th-minute scrum when Ollie Devoto bulldozed his way over Adam Powell and Ruki Tipuna. However, from the next play, Oldham regained the ball after being awarded a scrum. Newcastle battled hard throughout but could only manage a first-half try from lively scrum half, Ruki Tipuna and a penalty try late on. It was Oxford who scored the first try, Andrew Hoggins going over following a scrum. Show More Sentences If you turn over the scrum you get a penalty, three points for 50 metres, so set-piece and the scrum set a massive platform for us today. A scrum is formed by the eight forwards from each team binding together in three rows. Carl is a phenomenal scrummager, and he is the only person I know who can have a conversation while he is in the middle of an active scrum. Unfortunately, it was probably the last match for Australian star Ben Darwin, who injured his neck in a scrum. Students had no real answer to the Coventry pack's power, who scored three tries from line-out drives and two from scrum pushovers. The put-in of the ball is going to have a big impact, as well as the referee deciding when the ball can go in, if the scrum is stationary. From a Munster scrum on their own five-yard line, the ball squirted out behind number eight Anthony Foley into the in-goal area. Mum, Aunty and Me performed the age-old initiation ceremony of a giant wrestle bundle scrum to get the chance to hold him. This was increased to six tackles in 1972 and in 1983 the scrum was replaced by a handover. The 28-year-old will start Super League XVIII as the Giants first-choice scrum half to form a half-back partnership with Danny Brough. A FORMER international scrum half has been advising rugby players on their club contracts, with his legal hat on. We made a lot of silly little mistakes and tackled flimsily behind the scrum, so we will need to improve 100 per cent this week. The scrum half played 51 times for England and won a World Cup in the process. Shane Jennings robbed a loose scrum ball in the 63rd minute and ferried it on for D'Arcy to send Hickie shuttling in at the left corner. It was the start of the match and they wanted to show that they meant business and I ended up at the bottom of a loose scrum. Hull should see Shaun Berrigan and Danny Washbrook return to take some of the pressure off scrum half Adam Dykes. A scrum is a way of restarting the game safely and fairly after a minor infringement. Morriston looked sharp behind the scrum with tries from Sion Richard, Mike Pompa, Matthew Half penny and Adam Colclough. The forwards are often collectively referred to as the 'pack', especially when in the scrum formation. Their tries coming from scrum half Gareth Griffiths, No 8 Tristand Rowlands and centre Matthew Lloyd with outside half Dewi Williams adding four penalties and one conversion. Show More Sentences A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced. The abovementioned scenario is illegal, and the referee would order a scrum at the place of the original penalty, with the put in to the black team. The whole point of the laws as drawn is to make the scrum a contest whereby the put-in side has the advantage of timing the feed and having its hooker closer to the ball. Wales game at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wasps supplied the back row of the scrum, James Haskell, Joe Worsley and Tom Rees all made an appearance. Artists took to the city centre to help create the longest linocut ever, using a scrum machine pushed by rugby players from the Tynedale Panthers. Britain's scrum half Bobbie Goulding stepped off the bench for half an hour play in two stints and his precision kicking set up touch downs for Sullivan and Karle Hammond. Common offences include tackling above the shoulders, collapsing a scrum, ruck or maul, not releasing the ball when on the ground, or being offside. Cov hit the ground running to lead 12-0 after just ten minutes, but they came under pressure at the scrum and line-out and picked up two more yellow cards in the first half. England were ponderous with ball in hand, their runners static when taking the ball and their lines obvious, while their front row struggled badly in the scrum. That means even the spindliest flanker can exert great torque because he is a few body lengths away from the fulcrum of the scrum, the hooker's head. Examples from Classical Literature Officers jostled privates, sailors vied with soldiers in the scrum before the entrance to the microbic land of tunnels. She's a little creature who went down in the scrum and has been kicked about ever since. The referee blew his whistle for a scrum, and a certain try was lost. The scrum had formed by now, and further conversation was impossible. I don't profess to know a lot about what goes on at the scrum, but there are six very happy lumpers in our changing room. I suppose I can count for one in the scrum, said the stranger. Tonga were arguably the better side early on, dominating the breakdown and scrum and forcing a host of penalties. The guys want to scrummage properly and they are well-coached towards that, and as a team we want to use the scrum as a platform to attack from. Johnson's men started in enterprising fashion but their scrum was under pressure from the outset against the powerful Springbok unit. There's Moorhouse, first reserve, but he is trained as a half, and he always edges right in on to the scrum instead of keeping out on the touchline. Quins were classier behind the scrum with fly-half Nick Evans a constant threat and the slick passing in the backline leading to tries for wingers Sam Smith and Ugo Monye. England demolished Australia's scrum to Atriumph 26-17 on Saturday. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of scrum? Words that rhyme with scrum What is the past tense of scrum? What is the plural of scrum? What is the noun for scrum? Translations for scrum Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words Scruffy scruffy scruffiness scruffily scruffiest scruffier Scrum scrumhalf scrummage scrummager scrummaging scrummy 5-letter Words Starting With s sc scr scru