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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.

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  • I never was in a big battle, just one little scrummage.
  • The scrum get its name from the huddle scrummage of rugby players.
  • Mujati, Hartley and Soane Tonga'uiha scrummage like a French front row.
  • They seldom go into the scrummage, but must have more coolness than the chargers.
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