The sport is either American football, or rugby (not sure which one). I'm trying to think of the name of that move they make, where each player puts their arms around the the other players' backs, and they move forward against the other team. There was a scene in The Departed where Matt Damon and his police officer friends did it against the firemen, who they were playing with. What is this move called? Thank you c:The sport is either American football, or rugby (not sure which one). I'm trying to think of the name of that move they make, where each player puts their arms around the the other players' backs, and they move forward against the other team. There was a scene in The Departed where Matt Damon and his police officer friends did it against the firemen, who they were playing with. What is this move called? Thank you c:

a scrum, in departed there was a mistake. Matt Damon had a 9 on his back and he was scrumming in the flanker (number 6 or 7) position. Number 9 is the scrum half and he does not from part of the scrum. Just a bit of useless information

It's called a Scrum.

Yup it's "Rugby union" and that move called "the scrum" they form the scrum by using 8 players (3 in 1st row / 2 in 2nd / 3 in back) Rugby is really a fun game due to the non stop feature, it's not as dangerous as it appears , the "Rugby world cup" is 3rd most watched sporting event. here's an old short easy guide that helps's me understand the game: