scrummages
Tight rugby formations
Scrummages is the plural of scrummage, a variant of scrum in rugby—the formation where players from both teams bind together and push against each other to contest the ball.
The word also works as a verb meaning to form or engage in such a contest.
Outside rugby, scrummage describes any disorderly struggle or jostling crowd: There was a scrummage at the doors when the store opened.
Rugby's ground-level contest
- maulAttack with brutal force
- lineoutCaught batted ball
- hookerSex worker, informally
- propSupport or stage item
lock · flanker · scrumhalf · try · conversion · tackle · offside · penalty
Forceful contact between objects
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- pushingApplying force to move
- shovingPushing with force
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
wrestling · tussle · struggle · exertion · strain · power · leverage · binding
Creation or arrangement
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- timingArt of choosing moments
- hookingCatching with curved end
channeling · setpiece · possession · advantage · pressure · dominance · gameplan · execution
ruck
Rugby's ground-level contest
prop · lock · flanker · scrumhalf · try · conversion · tackle · offside · penalty · fullback
collision
Forceful contact between objects
grappling · wrestling · tussle · struggle · exertion · strain · power · leverage · binding · engagement
formation
Creation or arrangement
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- timingArt of choosing moments
hooking · channeling · setpiece · possession · advantage · pressure · dominance · gameplan · execution · tactics
struggle
Labored effort against resistance
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- jostlingPushing and bumping others
- scrambleMix into disorder
melee · chaos · disorder · crowding · pushing · shoving · disorganization · commotion
scrummageslineouts
Rugby set pieces
kickoffs · penalty kicks · drop kicks · free kicks · conversions