In rugby why is a try called a try?

Question

because u havent just tried, you succeeded!

Answer 1

A try in Rugby is so called because the team that scores it tried blood hard to score it!

Answer 2

Actually tri means three, but you get five points for scoring and two more for the conversion.

Answer 3

Mr Sceptic is spot on,in days of old when a player went over the line he was aloud to "TRY" to kick the ball between the sticks to get  2 points.

Answer 4

In the early days of rugby, there were no points for grounding the ball behind the line, but it entitled you to have a "try" at kicking through the posts.

Answer 5

r****d

Answer 6

You have to do a spot kick afterwards and if you get that odd shaped ball over the bar, you have converted your try into a goal.

Answer 7

Many Years ago in a school in Rugby a PE teacher was taking a class in football, when a young lad, picked the ball up an ran with it to the goal mouth and proceeded to put the ball on the ground.

Teacher: "your not supposed to do that"!

Boy: "Yeah I know, but I tried!"

Hence the name Rugby

Hence the word TRY!

That young lad's name was William Webb Ellis!

And that my Friend, is when rugby was invented!

Honest, so why the thumbs down?

Answer 8

n the early days of rugby, there were no points for grounding the ball behind the line, but it entitled you to have a "try" at kicking through the posts.

Answer 9

kk bbz im gunna b nice its a tri ok and like triangle tripod tri means three and in rugby you get three pionts when you score a tri kk darling

Answer 10

Because antidisestablishmentarianism means something completely different.

Answer 11

oh,you are right,but...listen to me,any other where that you try,they will say: you are trying...even if you succeed.

Answer 12

Old days a try was 3 points when scored. Try means 3.