1971: John Noakes and the rugby scrum machine. As the Six Nations begins, we look back to 1971 when Blue Peter celebrated 100 years of rugby union by explaining the technicalities of the rugby scrum. After John Noakes had demonstrated using his fingers as players, he then joined fellow presenter Peter Purves in trying out a scrum training machine under the watchful eye of a terrifying sergeant major. Clip taken from Blue Peter, originally broadcast on BBC One, 29 March 1971. The Six Nations kick

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