People get necks and backs broken in real scrums too. A real scrum is a violent fight for control between opposing teams.
A lot of these analogies were not well thought through. I will wager the methodology merchants behind scrum were neither runners nor rugby players ever.
Ah yes, the shenanigans that occur in a real scrum are no joke. Some of our forwards would wrap tape around their entire head (including ears) to prevent their ears from being torn off.
We used to play rugby when I was at school, it was banned when a kid in the next town ended up in a wheelchair, then my school switched to tennis or something. Nowadays I only watch, the atmosphere at Twickenham is incredible
