In rugby, the scrum is just a conduit for the backs to line out for.
Nowadays, at least. You very seldom see a team gain a lot of yards in a scrum anymore unless they seriously outweigh their opponents and will go for a short push over the line.

Watch how the backs (those not in the scrum) position themselves either side of the scrum and how quickly the ball is fed outwards and the amount of yards covered in the process - very fast! Very exciting!

If you get a kick out of that and dont enjoy the bang!crash!wallop! aspect, try the rugby sevens or rugby league - it's all running and ball-handling. Pretty much non-stop action.

I enjoy what our colonial cousins call soccer also though - looking forward to manu v wigan and chelsea v southend tonight. Should stir up the standings a bit.

American football can be enjoyable but try getting to the end of a game without getting slaughtered as there are simply too many opportunities to go to the fridge.

I used to love NBA but it's never on here anymore.

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(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 9:12, Reply)