Word: scrum
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...have more big men in the scrum this spring," Barlow says. "They get a real good push and help us control the ball...
...scrum half pitches the ball into the midst of the assembled bodies. Within, players from each team try to move the ball with their feet into their half of the scrum...
...this time the scrum has broken up and released a swarm of forwards chasing the ball. In rugby the big men are allowed to run with the ball, so they're always ready for a pass...
Both play at wing forward--a position requiring strength, since it's a part of the scrum, as well as speed, since wing forwards are the first to unbind and pursue when the ball leaves the scrum...
McKinley, who at lock calls the signals for the rest of the scrum, has been a leading scorer for the past three years. "It looks good," McKinley says. "We've got about fifty guys out for the team and nearly a dozen of those are football players...