Forwards are often required to do a lot of hard work such as making openings for the backs and gaining metres in field position. Backs are usually smaller and faster, though a big player who can run can be of advantage in the backs. Their roles require speed and ball-playing skills, rather than just strength, to take advantage of the field position gained by the forwards.
Winger and Forward
Prop forward Scrum half
center/forward - it stands for two positions
These two teams have never met in a match to decide on a winner of the Rugby World Cup
Typically, there are five (5) main positions: two guards, two forwards, and a center. By rule, there is nothing that any one of these postions can do that the others cannot
left and right strickers or forwards
There are 22 positions but 18 can be on the field. There are: 2 Back Pockets, Full Back, 2 Half Back Flanks, A Center Half Back, Two Wingmen, A Center, 2 Half Forward Flanks, A Center Half Forward, 2 Forward Pockets, A Full Forward, A Ruck, A Rover, A Ruck-Rover and 4 Interchanges.
The two-guard is the shooting guard. The name comes from the numbers coaches use to reference the five positions on the floor in basketball. The one is the point guard, the two is the shooting guard, the three is the small forward, the four is the power forward, and the five is the center.
The positions in basketball are: point guard, shooting guard, small/power forward, forward, and centre. The centre and the forward are generally the tallest players on the court, and often get most of the rebounds. However, due to the dynamics of any given team, all positions have the potential to take that statistic.
In ice hockey there are three forwards, Right wing, left wing, and center. There is two defenseman and one goalie.
Italy played in the Rugby World Cup for the first time in 1987 - winning one match and losing two, the same as two other teams in their group, but having an inferior points difference to either, finishing in last place.
Point Guard, Shooting Guard, Small Forward, Power Forward, Center