As a collision sport, rugby union has a relatively high overall injury incidence, with most injuries being associated with contact events. Historically, the set scrum has been a focus of the sports ...

The scrum-half's basic role is to deliver the ball from the base of the scrum, ruck or maul to spark the backline, but that is too simplistic and ignores hundreds of other key characteristics. The ...

The Stormers are set to announce a replacement for the retired Springbok loosehead prop Steven Kitshoff, with their coach admitting he got his prop profiles wrong.

It was Clayton Blommetjies’ missed attempted match winning conversion that most DHL Stormers blamed for the derby defeat to the Vodacom Bulls just over two weeks ago, but coach John Dobson had a ...

The Bulls scrum is expected to play a major role in which way the second north-south derby goes. Picture: Gordon Arons/Gallo Images Bulls director of rugby Jake White said he selected a heavy ...

There have been many times in rugby history where what is a dominant scrum in one particular game can find itself under pressure against the same opponents a few weeks later. That’s because ...