South African rugby fans are fuming at a "strange occurrence" in South Africa's Rugby World Cup match against Italy which forced the scrums to be uncontested for most of the match. GETTY IMAGES Italy prop Marco Riccioni receives medical treatment after a tackle in his side's match against Italy. An uncontested scrum sees both teams form the normal eight-man formation, but neither side is allowed to push. That means it goes to uncontested scrums for that 10 minutes then we'll have another conversation." GETTY IMAGES Italy prop Simone Ferrari is consoled by his captain, Sergio Parisse, on Friday night.

Source: Stuff October 04, 2019 10:41 UTC