NICK CAIN
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THE England U20 scrum is the best in the world, and in winning the 2024 U20 World Championship by beating France in Cape Town last weekend, it shone a spotlight on just how important, and intrinsic, the scrum is to rugby union’s future.
At a time in which World Rugby’s misguided goal-line drop-out and free-kick law changes have attempted to shackle the influence of the scrum, and the England senior scrum’s strength has shrivelled, the U20s were having none of it.
Their message that it remains a game-changing force wa...