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In Rugby union and league a scrum is a means of restarting play after a minor infringement. It involves forward players from each team, known as the pack or forward pack, binding together in three rows and interlocking with the three opposing teams forwards. This forms a tunnel between the 2 sets of forwards (front rows) the ball in thrown in to the tunnel by the attacking scrumhalf. It is the job of both sets of forwards to push each other off the ball to gain control of the game. The ball is channeled through the scrum to the players making up the backrow where the scrumhalf retrieves it and passes it to their halfback for commence an attack. A further strategy is for the number 8 who is the last person in the rear row to pick up the ball one it arrives at their feet, leave the scrum and set up another phase by driving themselves forward absorbing opposing players as they do so. This allow that attacking team to have great opportunity for reaching the try line area and scoring

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