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Scrum cap7/1/2023 ![]() His ears would win the best cauliflower growing prize at any local fete and top the Borg’s pumpkin by a country mile. These days, former England prop Graham Rowntree is the most prominent advertisement for the benefits of wearing headgear. Latterly, the scrum cap developed into something like a sophisticated version of a leather flying cap in the early 20th century. ![]() This early form of headgear was intended to protect the ears of the player only and to prevent that nasty inflammation of the ‘shell likes’, cauliflower ears. The scrum cap was a thin cloth helmet with padding over the ears and a chin strap to hold it in place. You may not know this but the first reported wearing of headgear, called a ‘scrum cap’ in England, was at Christ’s College Finchley in London during the 19th century. ![]() Most famous scrum cap exponent: Che Guevara ![]()
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