Definition of scrummage. Meaning of scrummage. Synonyms of scrummage

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Definition of scrummage

Scrummage
Scrummage Scrum"mage (?; 43), n. See Scrimmage.
scrummage
Scrimmage Scrim"mage (?; 48), n. [A corruption of skirmish. ``Sore scrymmishe.' --Ld. Berners.]] [Written also scrummage.] 1. Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle. 2. (Football) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play.

Meaning of scrummage from wikipedia

- A scrummage, commonly known simply as a scrum, is a method of restarting play in rugby football that involves players ****ng closely together with their...
- The 2016 game. The barrel is just visible at the front of the scrummage....
- the forwards, who formed part of the scrimmage (which later was called "scrummage" and then "scrum"), and a few defensive "tends" (from "goaltenders")....
- scrum machine, or scrummaging machine, is a padded, weighty device against which a pack of rugby forwards can practice scrummaging and rucking. The purpose...
- play". For information on a forward's role in the scrum see rugby league scrummage. Forward positions are traditionally named after the player's position...
- and retain possession more easily than was possible in the chaos of a scrummage in rugby. In Camp's formulation, the "quarter-back" was the person who...
- Europe and beyond. Many of these involved handling of the ball, and scrummaging formations. For example, New Zealand had Kī-o-rahi, Australia marn grook...
- relative small stature and light weight for a prop, but still being a strong scrummager, he was known as Piet "Spiere" du Toit. Spiere is the Afrikaans word for...
- when the ball was "fairly held," to put the ball down immediately for scrummage. Camp proposed at the U.S. College Football 1880 rules convention that...
- changes that diverged the American game from rugby were replacing the scrummage with the line of scrimmage and the establishment of the down-and-distance...