What is thebasic rules & regulations for game Rugby .Could be kind enough to educate me on this game.?

Question

In a nutshell I would like to know how many players are involved, the ground length, and what are the rules and how is played and how the scores are awarded.

Answer 1

Brainstorm has given you a good answer, but I am not sure whether you mean Rugby Union, or Rugby League. I will try to say about both.

The playing field for Rugby Union is 100 metres long and no wider than 70 metres wide. (Rugby League specifications below.) At both end is an in-goal area where the opposing team can score tries and get points. The length of the in-goal area varies and is generally smaller for league than union.

The pitch dimensions for Rugby League are

For Australia, as all grounds are the same size for the NRL:

68 metres wide,

116 metres long. This includes two 8 metre in-goal areas at both ends of the 100 metre field. [1] p2

For England and others:

68 metres wide.

112-122 metres long. The in-goal area can vary from a inimum 6 metres to a maximum of 11 metres. The variance is allowed, as grounds have different sizes, and some are soccer (football) grounds and do not have the space for the in-goal area. [2] p2

The point system is also different, although both union and league use the same scoring methods.

For a try, league gives 4 points, union 5 points. (The ball must have downward pressure and grounded in the opponents in-goal area).

For a conversion, both codes give 2 points. (A kick, the ball is placed on the ground elevated by a kicking tee, or pile of sand, awarded after a try is scored).

Penalty goal, league gives 2 points, union 3 points. (Similar to a conversion except can be taken when given a penalty).

Drop goal (field goal), league gives 1 point, unoin 3 points. (The ball must bounce off the ground before kicking it).

In all instances of kicking the ball, the ball must go between the posts, and above the crossbar.

The method of play.

In both games the object of the game is to get the ball into the opponents in-goal area and score a try. If scoring a try cannot be achieved, some teams resort to attempting penalty goals (if any penalties are given) and also field goals.

The player with the ball usually runs towards the opponents and attempts to get past them. This can be achieved by passing the ball to other team mates, or being able to beat the player (opponent) in front of you, and sometimes by kicking the ball. Most of the time you get tackled.

This is where the codes differ.

Rugby league.

When a player with the ball gets tackled by the opponent the player holds the ball, waits for the opposing players to stop tackling him and then gets to his feet and plays the ball by putting it on the ground just before his feet and using one foot to move the ball backwards so the ball ends up behind him.

A team mate, called the dummy half and usually the hooker (no 9), will get the ball from the ground and pass it to another teammate or attempt to run or kick himself.

The team with the ball gets a maximum of 6 tackles, times the opponents tackles them, to get the ball to the opponents in-goal area and score some points. The teams usually kick the ball down field on the 5th tackle, so as not to have to give the ball to the opposing side where they get tackled on the 6th tackle.

Sometimes there is a 0 tackle, and the team gets in effect 7 tackles. This is usually after a kick down field from the opposing side.

If the opposing side deliberately plays at the ball, and you get it back, your team gets the 6 tackles restarted or "6 again".

If the ball goes over the side line, the game starts again with a scrum where the ball went over the side line. A scrum is composed of 6 players from each team binding together and resting against each other. The half back (no 7) then feeds (puts the ball into) the scrum and this team usually wins the ball, and the halfback gets it at the back of the scrum.

If the ball is kicked out on the full, the scrum is where the player kicked the ball, not where it went over the side line, unless the kick was after the 5th tackle, then it is a turn over (the opposing team plays the ball as if tackled).

If a player puts the ball down in their in-goal, the team has to drop kick the ball from their own goal line (the line seperating the in-goal from the normal field) to the opposing side. This kick must go 10 metres.

Rugby union.

Instead of a maximum of 6 tackles, union has rucks and mauls. When a player gets tackled with the ball, if he stays on his feet, and his team mates are able to bind (kinda cuddle) him, and there are at least 3 players (the maul is formed with the 3 players), can be opposing team or team mates to make the 3, it is called a maul, and the ball is allowed to be passed backwards through the maul. This allows advanced techniques like rolling the maul where the player holding the ball is pivoted around the other players to gain an advantage over the opposing team. The ball eventually gets back to the half back (no 9) who can either run, kick, or pass to a team mate.

If the player with the ball gets tackled and goes to the ground, the tackled player must release the ball, pass quickly to a team mate, or reach over a score a try (if close enough). If any player is on his feet (not on the ground) and a ruck has not formed (at least 3 people), this player may pick the ball up with his hands, or kick it with his feet. If the ruck has been formed, then ball get only be handled by the feet (not be the hand). The ball should be 'rucked' back to the halfback, and he can do whatever he needs to.

If the ball goes over the side line, a line out is formed where some players, can be 3 to 7 of each side, stand in a line perpendicular to the side line. One player, the hooker (no 2), throws the ball in from the side line between the two lines of opposing players. The compete to catch this ball by lifting people into the air. The team that catches the ball may form a maul or pass the ball to the half back.

If the ball is kicked out on the full from inside the team 22 metre line (22 metres from the try line) the line out is where the ball went over the side line, otherwise it is where the player kicked the ball.

If a player puts the ball down in their own in-goal area, the team must drop kick the ball to the opposing side before the 22 metre line. The ball must go over or onto the 22 metre line.

I will provide some links to the actual laws and regulations of Rugby Union.  Rugby Legue laws are in the source as 1 and 2.

You can get a document that contains all the laws at

http://www.irb.com/NR/rdonlyres/5FB8A13C...

But, be aware it is about 12.83MB in size and will take a while to download or view.

Alternatively, you may want to download or view each law individually, you can go to this page

http://www.irb.com/EN/Laws+and+Regulatio...

Then you can select each law individually. To help you out, I will provide the list of current laws, so you do not have to open each one to find out what it is about.

"BEFORE THE MATCH

"Law 1 The Ground

"Law 2 The Ball

"Law 3 Number of Players - The Team

"Law 4 Players’ Clothing

"Law 5 Time

"Law 6 Match Officials" [3] p. ii

"DURING THE MATCH

"Method of Playing the Match

"Law 7 Mode of Play

"Law 8 Advantage

"Law 9 Method of Scoring

"Law 10 Foul Play

"Law 11 Offside and Onside in General Play

"Law 12 Knock on or Throw forward" [3] p. ii

"In the Field of play

"Law 13 Kick off and Restart Kicks

"Law 14 Ball on the Ground - No Tackle

"Law 15 Tackle: Ball carrier Brought to the Ground

"Law 16 Ruck

"Law 17 Maul

"Law 18 Mark" [3] p. ii

"Restarts

"Law 19 Touch and Lineout

"Law 20 Scrum

"Law 21 Penalty and Free Kicks" [3] p. iii

"In-Goal

"Law 22 In-goal" [3] p. iii

You can get the regulations for Rugby Union from this web page

http://www.irb.com/EN/Laws+and+Regulatio...

It also provides a list of the regulations so you can already see what they are for, before opening them.

You can get the complete regulations here, it is about 6.08MB in size

http://www.irb.com/NR/rdonlyres/CB71FB9A...

My apologies if that is not 'in a nutshell'.

Answer 2

Rugby Union 15 players in a team - 8 forwards and 7 backs

Rugby League ( a slight variation) 13 platers in a team 6 forwards and 7 backs.

Ground length about 100 metres

The basic idea is to run with the ball and touch it down over your opponents goal line. You can only pass the ball backwards to your team, if they drop the ball and it goes forwards that is a knock-on and it is penalised by awarding a scrum to the opposong team in which the forwards from each team form a group and crouch opposite their opponents and the ball is thrown between them. They are only allowed to use their feet to get the ball to the back of the scrum and mount an attack.

If the ball crosses the sidelines then a lineout is awarded against the team who last touched it unless it came from a penalty kick in which case the same team throw in the ball.

The two lots of forwards line up facing the sideline and the team who have the line-out awarded in their favour throw the ball down the gap between the two lots of forwards, trying to ensure that it goes to their  best catcher.

If they touch down the ball over their opponents line then they are awarded 5 points which can be converted to 7  by subsequently  kicking the ball over the crossbar and between the posts.

There are two other ways of scoring. One is the penalty kick after an infringement of the rules by the other side and the other is the dropped goal in which aplayer anywhere on the field can drop the ball on the ground and in the same movement kick it over the cross bar and between the posts. The score for both of these is 3 points

There is a lot more to the game but I hope this helps.-