NEW WORLD RECORD:
Largest rugby scrum: Leamington Rugby Club
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Largest rugby scrum: Breakthrough Breast Cancer sets world record
Burnham-On-Sea, Somerset, UK -- 191 players joined in the mass scrum at the town's BASC ground
- setting the new world record for the Largest rugby scrum
while raising awareness for the organising charity, Somerset Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
Photo: Using a giant rugby ball, an amazing 191 players smashed the previous Guinness World Record of 68 players in a scrum. ( enlarge photo
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The previous Guinness world record was 68.
Guinness World Records also recognized the most rugby tackles made in one hour:4,130 - by students from Scots College (all Australia) at Scots College, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The charity event was organised to raise cash for Breakthrough Breast Cancer, at the BASC Ground in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.
Organiser Christine Piper said they were "thrilled" to kick the old Guinness world record into touch.
She said: "We had an absolutely fantastic turnout and are so pleased to have broken the record.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
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