Sentences with phrase «rugby scrum»

In December, I noted what appeared to be a hint of civility and the prospect that longtime antagonists (one of O'Donnell's co-authors was Stephen McIntyre, a freelance critic and auditor of climate research) might be able to push knowledge forward — even if in the same ugly way that a rugby scrum moves while fighting over the ball.

«It is the rugby scrum that provides a metaphor for my political beliefs,» he told conference.

We picked her up and we danced, and Anne wormed her way in, then Joe wandered upstairs and we were dancing like a messy rugby scrum, shuffling and swaying and out of step, five people crammed into one embrace.

Not exact matches

On Jan. 24, high school rugby programs from throughout the North State will get their competitive scrum on for the first time in 2015.

Sam, in his first year at the University (2011) made a big impact at the rugby club and was suitably rewarded when he was picked to start at scrum - half in the Varsity Match, thus gaining a Blue after just one term here at Oxford.

A: Instead of rugby where it's a continuous game they run a certain number of yards, and they achieve that then they line up in a scrum to throw the ball to their teammates — then they run again.

I just had England vs Australia rugby match (i think) in my head when we 2 men down, under immense pressure, with a scrum under our posts which was defended and the match won.

In a dig at Boris Johnson, he added: «On the rainy rugby fields of West Wales I learnt that it's not a question of just waiting for the ball to pop out from the back of the scrum.

At one point he deliberately resurrected his famous quote about becoming Tory leader, involving rugby balls and scrums.

And in a thinly - veiled dig at Mr Johnson, said: «On the rugby fields of west Wales it's not a case of waiting for the ball to pop out of the back of the scrum.»

A rugby union prop must be great in the scrum, while line out jumpers need to able to jump high in the air over opposition players.

I was recently sent the following video of two exercises which purported to develop scrum specific strength for rugby:

Suitable and experienced staff should teach rugby, and how to avoid injury by adopting the proper posture in scrums and using a correct tackling technique, for instance.

Boots may not necessarily seem like protection, but in terms of your safety, choosing the right pair is essential because a slip at the wrong time, for example in a scrum, can be very dangerous.Traditional rugby boots are very similar to football boots, but the thing that makes them different is a high cut designed to give extra support to the ankle.

Rugby World Cup 2015 features the best teams in world rugby, a new World Cup mode which lets you set up your own tournament, all aspects of a rugby game like scrums, lineouts, tries and conversions, matches with up to four players, new moves, new stadiums and lots of other improvements.

I also don't understand what rugby has to do with software development, but they both have scrums.