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What is a scrum?

What is a scrum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.
  2. (Canada) Specifically used in the Canadian media to describe a tightly-packed group of reporters surrounding a member of the Canadian House of Commons while in the Parliament Buildings.
  3. (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way. Also known as a scrummage.
  4. In Agile software development, a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.
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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.
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.
From the restart, the ball failed to cross the 10 metres, resulting in a scrum on halfway.
A rugby player who was injured in an accident on the field sued the referee for failing to protect him from a falling scrum.
I was kneeling on the floor beneath his feet and nearly got trampled to death in the scrum.
Fred Matthews replaced Wade up front and he was soon in the thick of it as Ilkley won yet another scrum out right.

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