The University of Bath has received funding from the International Rugby Board to launch a major study of the scrum that will that drive best practice player welfare policy in this critical area of the game. The two-year study the Biomechanics of the Rugby Scrum will provide an in-depth analysis of biomechanical forces acting at the contact interface between the front rows in the scrum, using controlled live and scrum machine situations in order to identify better playing, coaching and refereeing techniques for this key facet of the game...




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