For all that, the maul has apparently developed a bad rep. It was not too long ago that one of rugby’s most respected minds, the Kiwi Wayne Smith, was advocating its total abolition and, in some ...

However, no player can bring down a maul on purpose. This is because it could be very dangerous and cause serious injuries to those players fighting to get their hands on the ball. So if the referee ...

Most offside decisions in rugby union happen at rucks and mauls, especially when the ball is being recycled a lot. Like the scrum, an imaginary line is drawn through the foot of the last player in the ...

The biggest surprises of the Men’s Rugby Europe Championship 2025 were saved for the final weekend, as Belgium knocked out ...

Watch live coverage and listen to radio commentaries as Gloucester-Hartpury face Saracens in the Premiership Women's Rugby ...

COLCHESTER Rugby Club failed to hold off a storming second-half Sevenoaks fightback as the Kent side won a thrilling match between the National League 2 East relegation rivals at Raven Park, writes ...

The scrum is a way to restart play after certain stoppages, like a forward pass or knock-on, or when the ball becomes unplayable in a ruck or maul.

There are two changes in the pack, where James Ryan replaces Joe McCarthy in the second row and Jack Conan starts at ...

New South Wales Waratahs coach Dan McKellar was frustrated by his side's performance in Saturday's 35-15 defeat to the ...

Furious Waratahs coach Dan McKellar labelled the 22-metre rolling maul try conceded by his team as “borderline embarrassing” ...