Converse of object

• ensue: The ensuing scrum would have done credit to the Eton wall game.

• collapse: In between, Lamb kicked a penalty when Scotland were penalized for collapsing the scrum in front of their own posts.

• dominate: Thought James Graham had a good game - Bedford seemed to dominate the first few scrums.

• win: In the fifth minute of injury time Ireland won a scrum to the right of the English posts.

• join: So often these days joining the scrum at the bar for food orders takes the edge off any meal.

• award: The referee who overall had a good game instead of giving us a penalty try awarded another scrum.

Adjective modifier

• uncontested: In an uncontested scrum, the teams do not compete for the ball.

• 5-metre: From a 5-metre scrum Micky Flitcroft picked up and went over the line, only to have the try disallowed.

• collapsed: A collapsed scrum by Bath gave Goode the chance of 3 more easy points.

• own: Also the introduction of the new scrummage law puts more pressure on sides to hold their own scrum.

• first: With two powerful sets of forward facing each other, the first scrum was key.

• resultant: Mark Lock then picked up from the back of the resultant scrum and was again held up.

Modifies a noun

• half: The former Bath scrum half was forced from the field of play with what appeared to be a shoulder of arm injury.

• machine: Interactive touch screens activate various exhibits; A rugby scrum machine and cinema bring the game to life.

• ball: Coupled to the fact that Manny was stealing scrum ball from the opposition second row IC had no chance.

Noun used with modifier

• rugby: His work was popular locally, queues forming on private view nights, which often seemed like rugby scrums.

• meter: The result should have been a 5 meter scrum with our put-in.

• medium: The actress had earlier said the ceremony had been put back because of fears of a media scrum.

• five-metre: The home side continued to dominate and after Lambert was held-up over the line, Quins extended their lead from the resulting five-metre scrum.

• replacement: With time running out Royston were able to score two further unconverted tries, through center Fox and replacement scrum half Richard Williams.