There have been no scrums in rugby league since the coronavirus pandemic began last year, but it was hoped players would begin packing down again next term. Earlier this month, the RFL’s laws committee and board backed the return of scrums in 2022, if 85 per cent of players across the top two divisions had been double vaccinated by December 31. Sign up to our daily Wakefield Express Today newsletter The i newsletter cut through the noise Sign up Thanks for signing up! The board has now delayed a final decision until the end of January to “allow more time for vaccination rates to increase and to assess the impact of the Omicron variant”. Boxing Day games - including Leeds Rhinos’ clash with Wakefield Trinity - will be played without scrums.

Source: Express December 23, 2021 18:09 UTC