How is rugby played?

Question

league or union. it doesn't matter.

Answer 1

league or union?

Answer 2

sorry, league or union does matter... really quite significant! Like saying how do you play tennis or badminton?

@pukebob... might be badly, but the only team we haven't beaten in the last 2 years is South Africa, so about as bad though sometimes better as everyone else except the current World Champions then?

Answer 3

badly by england

Answer 4

Its played By men with odd shaped balls.

Answer 5

jump on  a bee

whispering "RUG...BEE! RUG....BEE!"

i would know

i am a dog gohn bee milker!

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Answer 6

,at it`s best. hard and fast.

Answer 7

Union: A match consits of two halves 40 minutets long, 80 in toatal. Two teams, and a ball. What happens is that a player of choice from the team kicks off, at the start of an half or after a goal has been scored and it has to go at least ten meters, then each team drives for the opponents line. There are rucks, When the ball is grounded after a tackle and two players cover him, and t has to be dug out by foot by the Scrum Half, Linouts when the ball is out of play, Scrums, Mauls, penalties ect

Points are scored by Penalties worth 3 points drop goals 2 i think, and tries, 5 for the try 2 for the conversion. Tries are scored when the ball is over the try line and there i no cse of double movement when the player goes down short of the line and wriggles forwad to put it down, he may reach out to put it down but not wriggle forward. Penalty tries can be scored when there are scrums and the opposition persistently coollapses it into the ground, in the 22, and a Penalty try is awarded.

Answer 8

A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes, with a short interval (not more than 10 minutes) [2] after the first 40 minutes; at under-19 level and below, games are limited to a maximum of 70 minutes, with an interval after 35 minutes. [3]

A match is controlled by a referee, who is assisted by two touch judges. For professional matches, a television match official (TMO), commonly called the video referee is often employed, usually to advise the referee on matters pertaining to the scoring of tries and dropped goals.



The Try, 1930s boys' comic illustration of play in a school rugby match.The object of the game is to score as many points as possible. The team that scores the greater number of points is the winner.

Points are awarded for scoring a try or kicking a goal. A try, which is worth 5 points, is scored when the ball is grounded within the opponent's in-goal area. A goal is scored by kicking the ball between the posts and over the crossbar of the opponent's goal.

There are three ways to score a goal: (i) a dropped goal (scored in open play where the ball must hit the ground immediately before it is kicked); (ii) a penalty goal (awarded after the opposing side infringes against the laws of rugby and may be kicked from a stationary ground position or by drop kick); and (iii) a conversion (awarded after a try is scored) by either a drop kick or a place kick. A penalty or dropped goal is worth 3 points; a conversion is worth 2 points.

A typical passage of rugby takes the following form: the team in possession of the ball moves the ball up the field in an effort to ground the ball over the opponents' goal-line in order to score a try until such time as the ball carrier is tackled. They then form a ruck in order to win the ball back. This process repeats until one team makes a mistake that violates the Laws of the game, moves off the field of play or a try or goal is scored.

The team in possession may choose to advance by kicking the ball forward. The ball may be passed from one player to another as long as the ball is not thrown forwards. Rugby union is one of the few ball games where the ball cannot be passed forwards. Any team mate nearer the opposition goal than the ball-carrier is off-side and must not interfere with play, meaning that American football-style blocking is forbidden.

The team not in possession attempts to stop the ball carrier by tackling them, which consists of grabbing hold of them and bringing them to ground. A tackled player must pass or release the ball, allowing the opposition to contest possession of the loose ball. Play does not stop unless there is an infringement of the laws, or the ball / ball-carrier leaves the field of play.

If the ball goes into touch (out of the field of play), the game restarts with a line-out. If the game stops because of an infringement, play restarts with either a scrum, free kick or penalty kick (depending on the severity of the infringement) awarded to the non-infringing team.

The attacking team may score by kicking the ball between the posts and over the cross-bar. When attempting to kick for goal the ball may only be kicked from the ground, either from a place kick or drop-kick following the award of a penalty or from a drop kick in open play. A successful kick at goal is worth three points.

The attacking team may also score by grounding the ball in the in-goal area. This is called a "try" and is worth five points. A team that scores a try is given the opportunity to attempt to kick a goal, known as a conversion kick; the conversion kick is worth two points if successful. The conversion kick must be taken from in line with where the try was scored; it can be taken from anywhere along that line.

Tries are the main form of scoring, and the primary aim of most teams is to score tries. Drop goals and penalty kicks are usually augmenters, a safer option against a steadfast defense or to punish ill-disciplined opposition. On some (usually rare) occasions, a team may be awarded a penalty try, if their opponents commit a foul which is deemed by the referee to have illegally prevented a try, or if they have persistently stopped play close to the try line through foul play.

1 Loosehead Prop

2 Hooker

3 Tighthead Prop

4 Lock  

5 Lock

6 Blindside Flanker  

7 Openside Flanker

8 Number

9 Scrum Half

10 Fly-half

11 Left Wing

12 Inside Centre

13 Outside Centre

14 Right Wing

15 Fullback

Answer 9

by hard men with leather balls!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

with an oval shaped ball

Answer 11

League and Union are like two completely different games.  Look on the links for general info about the two, but you should watch a game to really see how it is played...

And for everyone who said by men...women play it too!!