scrummage
IPA: skrˈʌmɪdʒ
noun
- (rugby) An ordered formation of forwards, typically bending down, binding to one another with their arms, and pushing opponents shoulder to shoulder, in which each side aims to gain control of the ball; a scrum.
- (American football, rare) A scrimmage.
- Dated form of scrimmage (“a rough fight”). [A rough fight.]
verb
- (rugby) To engage in an ordered formation of forwards in which each side aims to gain control of the ball, as described above.
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Examples of "scrummage" in Sentences
- Mujati, Hartley and Soane Tonga'uiha scrummage like a French front row.
- And it was not to the advantage of the visitors that he generally did not reward their aggressive scrummage.
- I also think that the media scrummage detracts from the really nasty hate fuelled discrimination that really does need to be tackled.
- All concerned are also united on one other thing: that the current mess at the scrummage has to be sorted out for the good of the game.
- They have individuals of their own, such as Maxime Médard, a pack that will be looking to put England to the test at the scrummage if nowhere else.
- If England concede a string of early penalties at the scrummage, the alarm bells ringing in Rowntree's magnificently cauliflowered ears will be deafening.
- Rowntree, who packed down against the Pumas at the 1995 World Cup, is also aware England are in a pool inhabited by numerous "big lumps" who can scrummage.
- The head of referees at the International Rugby Board is a New Zealander, Paddy O'Brien, and he is starting to make noises about not allowing the scrummage to mar the World Cup.
- The tight-head, having to absorb on his own put-in at the scrummage the pincer movement against him by the loose-head and hooker in the opposing front row, is as important as anyone on the field.
- Yet, as observed last week, the 35-year-old Poite is renowned for his stern refereeing of the scrummage and, with the International Rugby Board on the warpath over collapsed scrums, there was always a good chance of acrimony.
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