You could try contacting Dr BArry Wilson at Otago University, New Zealand
home of the All Blacks!
They have done a lot of work on rugby. I think one of Barry's masters
students has done a bit of work with forces and scrummaging-may have even
developed a new scrum machine?
Contact Barry at [log in to unmask]
Cheers
Iain Ansell
Manager Support Services
New Zealand Sports Foundation
PO Box 1281
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
ph (04) 4738796
fax(04) 4733317
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
web: www.sportsfoundation.org.nz
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Dr Ron Thomson
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 01:24
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Scrummaging forces
>
>
> At 03:42 PM 4/30/99 +0100, you wrote:
> > I have been approached by one of our industrial design
> students who,
> > for his honours project, is re-designing the scrummaging
> machine. Does
> > anybody have information, or know where I can find
> information, about
> > the forces exerted on scrummaging machine by a top class pack of
> > forwards?
>
> Can't give you an answer but you might also try posting to
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Regards,
>
> Ron.
>
> Dr Ron Thomson
> Sports Engineering/Ballistics+Impact Group
> University of Glasgow
> Scotland
> http://www.mech.gla.ac.uk/~rthomson
>
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