Word: scrumming
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...good was Barack Obama's speech at the Iowa Democratic Party Jefferson Jackson dinner Saturday night? Long after the event ended, as a scrum of giddy Obama staffers were all-but-forcibly exited from the bar of the Fort Des Moines Hotel, they struck up a spontaneous chorus of the campaign's newly debuted catchphrase: "Fired up!" Beat. "Ready to go!" Beat "Fired up!" Beat. "Ready to go!" This slightly manic release of tension and elation wasn't surprising. What was surprising was the person leading it: John Edwards campaign manager Joe Trippi, who punctuated each explosive slogan with...
Rugby as a Social Scrum If Vivienne Walt had spoken to a single South African rugby supporter [Sept. 24] she would have realized that they just want their team to win every match it competes in, whether the players on the field are white, black, yellow or pink! Willem du Preez, SOUTH AFRICA...
...Bravo, underestimated England, who played some terrific rugby. But what does that mean nowadays? It means they disrupted the opposition's flow of ball and destroyed their scrum. It means they kicked judiciously for position and accurately for goal. Only in parts of the game that hold little appeal for the average spectator could England be rated superior to the All Blacks, who crashed out in the quarter-finals...
...allowing players to touch down a kick that they've gathered in their in-goal and head to the 22-m line for a clearance. The kick that leaves a player trapped in his in-goal is a good one and should be rewarded with a 5-m scrum, and the feed...
...diffi-cult to understand why your reporter Daniel Williams should single out the Springboks for being "brutal." After all, both the South Africans and the New Zealanders were originally taught this game by Scottish Presbyterians. The dour Scots obviously never fathomed the English humor in the ridiculous 16-man scrum. It was all meant as a joke, to keep robust adolescent schoolboys occupied during winter - when they could not play cricket. Deon Thom George, South Africa