The Springboks last played in Gqeberha in 2021, and the city is buzzing again. Over the next six or so weeks leading up to the Boks’ match against Italy, radio personality Daron Mann will break down rugby for any confused bystanders. Here’s episode two.
If rugby’s a circus, then the scrum is its clown car pile-up.
Picture eight players from each team — burly and sweaty — locking arms, crouching low, and smashing into each other like human bumper cars. Why? To fight for the ball, of course.
Welcome to Rugby Skool, where we make sense of this magnificent madness.
A scrum happens when the game pauses, usually after someone fumbles the ball (“knocks on”) or the ref’s had enough of everyone’s shenanigans. The ball is fed into the “tunnel” between the two packs by the scrumhalf (usually the smallest, cockiest player on the team) and each side then pushes like it’s Black Friday at Makro.
