[gaius]

People get necks and backs broken in real scrums too. A real scrum is a violent fight for control between opposing teams.

A lot of these analogies were not well thought through. I will wager the methodology merchants behind scrum were neither runners nor rugby players ever.

[joejerryronnie]

Ah yes, the shenanigans that occur in a real scrum are no joke. Some of our forwards would wrap tape around their entire head (including ears) to prevent their ears from being torn off.

[gaius]

We used to play rugby when I was at school, it was banned when a kid in the next town ended up in a wheelchair, then my school switched to tennis or something. Nowadays I only watch, the atmosphere at Twickenham is incredible