Talk:loose scrum

RFV discussion
Seems plausible, but Web hits suggest that "scrum" and "loose scrum" might actually be synonymous?

—Ruakh TALK 15:23, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I understand them as being separate terms. A "scrum" is an organised, tight pack, usually put together by the referee. A "loose scrum" occurs during play when the ball becomes free, and is pretty much as per the definition given, being open and not tight. It is part of the sport's terminology. -- A LGRIF  talk 16:51, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Wait, but your explanation doesn't seem to match our definition, either. Our definition says that a "loose scrum" is a kind of scrum, but your explanation suggests that "loose scrum" and "scrum" are mutually exclusive? —Ruakh TALK 17:25, 16 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm not a big fan of rugger, but I used to play it at school, and as I understand it, the terms are mutually exclusive. (Perhaps with a small, grey, overlap) We need the input of an amateur expert. -- A LGRIF  talk 19:42, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 'Pedia give us the following: "Originally there was no distinction between an awarded or "set" scrum (today officially called simply "scrummage") and a "loose" scrum (today officially called a ruck). The side awarded a scrimmage simply had one player put the ball on the ground and let go of it; there was no requirement of a tunnel, although players were required to be onside, i.e. not ahead of the ball. The most common way for a scrimmage/scrummage to be so awarded (there being no referee to actually award one, but as the rules specified) would be the occurrence of a stalemate between the player with the ball (who would declare "held") and opponents holding him (who would call, "Have it down"). A scrummage could also occur as a ruck today, in which opposing players simply close around a ball already on the ground." See also ruck. -- A LGRIF  talk 15:03, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

RFV failed, sense replaced with. —Ruakh TALK 12:33, 10 October 2010 (UTC)