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  • n  (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession

  • Steve Coz, editor of the National Enquirer, says he swore off overly aggressive photographers a year ago when he saw the scrum that formed around certain celebrities.
  • Among the scrum of reporters waiting for Corsi outside Kenya's immigration office on Tuesday, one local Kenyan television correspondent was wearing an "Obama '08" T shirt.
  • 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 .
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  • Ian McGeechan in guardian.co.uk
    Head coach Ian McGeechan said in a statement on the Lions official website (lionsrugby.com): "Jerry has had a terrific season and he anchored the Irish scrum during Ireland's Six Nations grand slam season. It is disappointing that after selection...
  • Sebastien Chabal in The Age
    It is tough to play at lock with the scrum,Chabal said. "I use quite a lot of energy in the scrum, more than if I am playing No.8, and after I am less fresh and it's a bit more difficult for me to be explosive and to use my quality. But...
  • Richard Cockerill in SkySports
    We just had to keep the belief that we could still play,Cockerill said. "Sometimes it can affect you psychologically when you go a man down. We have a good scrum and we want to use it as a weapon and Julian's physicality is a key. You have...

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