ESPNscrum was an online news site based in United Kingdom dedicate to providing the latest news in rugby union. It provided live minute-by-minute updates on major international and club games and kept in-depth statistics on every international rugby player and nation.[1]
Founded in 1997 by EMAP, it began as an independent website under the domain "scrum.com". It was later sold to Sportal in 1999. After its collapse in 2001, the site was set for closure but was saved by a consortium of rugby lovers who bought the site for £100,000 from Sportal and ran the site under the name "Scrum Ltd", paying for the site's maintenance from their own pocket for the next six years.
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