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Rugby Union
A full contact team sport, rugby union originated in England. The sport uses an oval shaped ball and involves running with the ball in hand on a 100 by 70 meters field.
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Rugby and cricket player John Garbutt Askew (1908-1942) died of undisclosed causes while in Stannington on August 31, 1942, 2 days before his 34th birthday. He had previously served in the Durham Light Infantry.
Which New Zealand born brothers played rugby union for Scotland?
John Leslie (centre) and Martin Leslie (flanker).
When will kick off Rugby Championship 2013 All Blacks vs Wallabies Sydney Test?
Rugby Championship 2013 All Blacks vs Wallabies Sydney Test kick off and all information in here.
When was the last time England failed to score in a rugby international?
At the World Cup, in the pool stages, against South Africa.
Why did new californians who were northerners exclude all blacks in the state constitution?
Northerners did not want to compete for gold with slaveholders using slave labor or with free blacks.
Is it true that Rugby players can't answer private callers?
i dont think their work can interfer with their private lives. The Rugby players should watch out who they give their number to.
Do Americans know the difference between Rugby league and Rugby Union?
In general those that follow union or league know the difference.
Who is the worlds best player in rugby?
Richie Mcaw has been nominated and won IRB Players player of the 2010 year. This in effect makes him the best player in the world for the 2009/2010 season.
Why is the 'bloodgate' scandal called the 'bloodgate' scandal?
Because a player was encouraged to use a theatrical blood capsule and when it was broken at an opportune time the player fained serious injury claiming dangerous play by an opposing player who was sent off. Later investigations revealed that the "attack as orchestrated" by 2 players one of whom was a well knnown international player. One of whom I believe was banned for life.
The name of all concerned have not been added for obvious reasons
Why does England's rugby team use a white flag with a red cross in it and not the Union Jack?
Because they are representing England, not the United Kingdom. The Union Flag combines the three flags of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The red cross is St George's Cross, which is the English flag) as opposed to the British flag which combined (hence the word UNION) England, Wales and Scotland. However, it is incorrect to refer to it as a "Union Jack" It should be refered to as a "Union Flag" - it is only called a "Union Jack" when the flag is hung from a JACK pole (on naval ships). == == Actually, the Union flag does include Northern Ireland's St. Patrick's cross, the red saltire, as well as St. Andrew's white saltire, and St. George's red cross. Only Wales is not represented. The political union of Scotland and England happened in 1707. This is why Scotland plays under the flag of St. Andrew and the Welsh under the Dragon. Whereas when playing for Great Britain (as with the Olympics) they play under the Union Flag.
Rugby Union would not mathmatically be considered a fair game as it can be won by playing tactically. "A game in which a given player can always win by playing correctly is therefore called an unfair game".It is widely known that rugby can be played tactically, one tactic maybe to pick much larger and faster players than the other team thus creating and unfair game.
How many times have New Zealand beaten England in rugby union?
They have played England - 34 times
All Black wins - 27
lost - 6
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What are the participation rates of rugby in Rugby?
Participation rates of Rugby League in Australia is very high, roughly same about how much people play rugby union in France or England.
How many rugby players are there in Japan?
There are 122,598 registered rugby union players in japan.
What is the history of union try points?
Historically, no points at all were awarded for a try, the reward being to "try" to score a goal (to kick the ball over the cross bar and between the posts). Modern points scoring was introduced in the late 1880s, and was uniformly accepted by the Home Nations for the 1890/91 season.[
The balance in value between tries and conversions has changed greatly over the years. Until 1891, a try scored one point, a conversion two. For the next two years tries scored two points and conversion three, until in 1893 the modern pattern of tries scoring more was begun with three points awarded for a try, two for a kick. The number of points from a try increased to four in 1971 and five in 1992.
Penalties have been worth three points since 1891 (they previously had been worth two points). The value of the drop goal was four points between 1891 and 1948, three points at all other times.
The goal from mark was made invalid in 1977, having been worth three points, except between 1891 and 1905 when it was worth four.
The defence was originally allowed to attempt to charge down a conversion kick from the moment the ball was placed on the ground, generally making it impossible for the kicker to place the ball himself and make any kind of a run-up. As a result, teams had a designated placer, typically the scrum-half, who would time the placement to coincide with the kicker's run-up. In 1958, the law governing conversions changed to today's version, which allows the kicker to place the ball and prohibits the defence from advancing toward the kicker until he begins his run-up.
Date
Try
Conversion
Penalty
Dropped-goal
Goal from mark
1890-1891
1 point
2 points
3 points
3 points
-
1891-1894
2 points
3 points
3 points
4 points
4 points
1894-1904
3 points
2 points
3 points
4 points
4 points
1905-1947
3 points
2 points
3 points
4 points
3 points
1948-1970
3 points
2 points
3 points
3 points
3 points
1971-1977
4 points
2 points
3 points
3 points
3 points
1977-1991
4 points
2 points
3 points
3 points
-
1992-present
5 points
2 points
3 points
3 points
What kicking tee does James O'Conner use to kick with for Australia?
he uses a super tee with a cone tapped on below it
