How big is the average rugby player???

Question

How tall and how much does the average rugby player weigh

Answer 1

if you average out the forward pack, approx 6'1 and 105 kg

backs average approx 5'11 and 85kg

Answer 2

On average around 6'1 and 97kg.

Answer 3

I'd say it varies by position, and of course there are exceptions to every rule.  I played 4 years of collegiate rugby, so I think I have a pretty good handle on it, although it's been a while since I rucked.

A prop is going to be well over 200 pounds, probably 250.  I played a bit of prop at 220, but we often had props closer to 300 pounds, as did our opponents.   I'd say 70-74 inches.

Your locks are going to be taller, maybe 6'3" or taller.  Also over 200 pounds 220-230 would be good.

Flankers and the Number 8 might weigh in right around 200 pounds, that's what I played mostly and I was weighing 200-220 for the most part of my college years.  

Scrum-half should be smaller and in great running shape.  Ours was a Japanese exchange student who was maybe 175  pounds and 5'9", who was an honorable mention all american.

The backline is going to be generally leaner and faster than the front 8, but bigger than the scrummy.  They will vary in height, because it's not as important to the position as it would be in the pack.  Exceptions though, like the infamous Jonah Lomu of NZ come to mind, "Le Monstre" as the French called him... He was about 260 pounds I think, and 6'5"

Answer 4

That is kind of an odd question.  Truthfully, the only real averages you are going to be able to find are height regarding the tight forwards, and that's not even always true.  (I will even go on to say that this applies only to the manliest of men on the pitch: Forwards, and DEFNITELY the tight five.) Usually, you want the locks tall, 6'3 or better, and the props and the hooker below that mark. As far as weight/size are concerned, that's another matter.  Some props, even internationals, are taller or slimmer than is expected.  Some examples are Carl Hayman (All Black tighthead prop, stands about 6'3, tall for a prop) and Marcus Horan (Ireland loosehead, who is slim enough to play in the backline), and there are probably more that I'm leaving out.  I've scrummed against props that were 5'10 or shorter, and up to 6'2, and I'm 6'0 myself, and about 3 bills.  (I probably should be sticking at tight, but I prefer loose.)  As far as the backline is concerned....that's a whole different can of worms.  There are backline guys that you would swear have yet to reach puberty, and then there are some real freaks that belong in the pack, but somehow make it onto the wing.  Sometimes, the side you play for will stick a valuable forward on the wing and make a poor go of it, whatever.  A good deal of backs on the international level that are ideal for forward's work, and vice versa.  Jonah Lomu, for instance, was 6'5 270 lbs and was a wing.  Someone that size usually plays lock.  There's a club in Missoula, Montana (The Maggots, who I have the utmost respect for since I played them and scrummed against Papa....that man is the living incarnation of the Rock of Gibraltar) that has a flanker who is suited (size wise) to be a scrummy.  It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.  It depends on each individuals talents.