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Originally Posted by Chess Ref
I am lead. Ball bouncing around at division line. 5 kids going after it. We got scrum action...
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Not trying to sound like an esoteric, Mr Know-It-All smart a$$ nor meaning to go way off topic, but this action does not metaphorically describe a "scrum". In rugby, a scrum is a set, controlled movement to put a dead ball back in play with an equal number of positioned opposing players. A scrum most certainly is not a random, flailing, helter-skelter, looks-like-a-soccer-brawl type action. Instead, the jabillions and jazillions of people who incorrectly refer to any example of a cluster-f*** as a scrum would perhaps be more correctly describing a "ruck" or a "maul", actions to keep a live ball in play which can, indeed, sometimes appear to be a cluster-f***.
Sorry. As on old rugger it just always pains me a bit to hear a scrum (one of the few things on a rugby pitch that I actually had some skill at) so disparaged. Okay, off the soapbox and back to life as I know it........
