Forcing turnovers in rugby?

Question

how do defenses force turnovers in rugby? i know there are the obvious ways... interceptions, fielding kicks, other teams penalty, winning a scrum or line out, but how do you force a turnover after someone from the other team has been tackled? i understand poaching, going in and scooping the ball up before the support is there to ruck, but how do you get the ball on your team's side in a formed ruck? what is going on in there that we cant see on t.v? are they using their feet to drag it to their side? also how is how much more time left in a game dictated past the 40 min and 80 min marks?

Answer 1

You know when you see the forwards smashing into the ruck?

That's to force the opposition off the ball, the ball has been released after the tackle and you aren't allowed to touch it with your hands until the referee has said it's back in play. The only way to get it in play is by forcing the opposition off it so it appears at the back of your players.

Answer 2

You get a bit of a run up and smash into the ruck as hard as u possibly can and hope for the best really best that could happen is you turn the ball over and if you don't you hurt somebody on the other team! and yes you are aloud to use your feet once the ruck is formed! Its usually decided by the amount of time that the play has stops ie an injury or a sub!

Answer 3

Okay, when a player goes to ground, they have to release the ball. This means that if support isn't there to form a ruck, anyone can pick it up. When a ruck is formed there are no hands allowed in the ruck, so if it hasn't already been turnover then it is unlikely to be. When the player with the ball goes to ground he places the ball at an arms length so that it is harder for opposition to get to it and easier for faster play. When the ruckers arrive, they just step over the ball and make it so that there is clean ball. There isn't that much use of the foot in rucks, but sometimes there can be.

After 40 minutes and 80 minutes, it is classed as the last play. So when the ball goes dead, it is half time or the end of the game.

Answer 4

When a ruck is formed there is more control and thought than it may appear on t.v.  The player going to ground has the amount of time it takes to say "immediatly" to release the ball.  Typically that time is spent rolling towards your team and placing the ball arm reach out from the tackled players body.  Sometimes the defense can pick up the player on the ground and place their body on the other side of the ball.  The defense can strip the ball from the tackled player as they try to place it. Once the ruck is fully formed the players in the ruck use their feet to dig the ball out and roll it back to their scrumhalf.  If the ball is on the ground and the ruck is formed the defense can push the opposing team off of the ball as well.  There is a lot of other stuff that can go on inside of a ruck that the ref cannot see that may secure the ball for the defense. Clear as mud right?  Until you are in a ruck it doesn't quite make sense.  I hope you get the privelage to do so one day.