The line-out is another awesome sight in rugby union. It is a way of restarting play after the ball has been knocked or kicked out of play past the touch line. The line-out consists of three to eight ...

The line-out is a crucial part of modern rugby and matches can be won or lost on how a side performs at the throw-in. Most teams have their two main target men - the "jumpers", usually the second ...

But while rugby league depowered the scrum decades ago to ensure the ball got back in play as fast as possible, rugby scrums are still a full-on contest of strength that can last for several minutes.

Or you are winning, you have got a line-out and you need to secure the ball and kick the ball off. Those are the ones I make sure I have to practice and I quite enjoy it when it does end up like that.

The line-out, it is fair to say, is Borthwick’s pride and joy. On the 2017 Lions tour of New Zealand, he would skip social drinks with his fellow coaches and study England footage on his laptop ...

World Rugby is considering introducing a rule whereby teams that kick from their own half to the opponents' 22 would get possession at the line-out, with the aim of reducing collisions.