Rugby Union

Up to 2011, England and Ireland have contested 125 rugby matches:

England have won 71 matches.

Ireland have won 46 matches.

There have been 8 drawn matches.

The first six nations was in 2000 which England won. Before that it was called five nations because Italy wasnt involved until 2000. There were four nations from 1883 to 1910, and then France joined.

The song is called mae hen wlad fy nhadau.

For the marjority of the games including the RWC it was David Kirk who took over from the injured Andy Dalton.

My opinion is that it would be a knock on, the Ref will pick you up on the original drop, I think you'd have to make it clear it is meant to be a drop kick.

to set up plays. he is second in charge of making plays after the halfback.

When the game was introduced to the Southern Hemesphere around 1840 The game was taken there by members of the armed forces, missionaries and well to do business people whop had played the game in Private school and thereafter university. The game became popular when small townships opened up and played against each other. The game in Australia is popular due to its physical nature, the spin off game of Australian rules and the weather conditions which compared to the northern hemisphere leads itself to more playable weeks due to the milder winter weather. Added to this is the excellent standards produced by their development academies

Loads of people whoever wrote this is thick

JP Pieterson

Rugby is played in most parts of the world. There are 95 countries on the International Rugby Board's list of rankings. Currently at #1 is New Zealand and #95 is Finland. Traditionally the strongest nations are New Zealand, South Africa, France, Australia, Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales. Argentina, Italy and Fiji are among teams who have gained ground in recent years.

Andy Williams - rugby union - was born on 1981-02-07.

Ashley Billington, playing for Hong Kong with 10 tries in one match against Singapore in 1994. Marc Ellis, of the New Zealand All Blacks with six tries in one match against Japan in the 1995 RWC.

The Stanley Cup. It was named after the person who created it, Lord Stanley of Preston.

5 points. If it is converted it is worth 7.

The name' All Blacks' was coined on the New Zealand rugby team tour of the British Isles in 1905-06. There are differing theories on the origin of the name. One theory is that the name came from a newspaper misprint; they were being described as 'all backs', that is, the forwards were passing and kicking the ball with the same skill as the backs, but the paper printed 'all blacks' instead. Another theory is that it was simply a reference to the all black colour of their playing strip. Other people believe it was probably a combination of, or confusion between, the two.

They need flexibility in their hips mostly. Flexibility refers to the ability to move a joint and the surrounding mucles through a full range of motion. Flexibility is critical in football because of the joint stress associated with dynamic multi-joint movements.

The Bledisloe Cup is contested by the Australias rugby union team and New Zealands rugby union team.

Back in 1923 when the game was conceived the ball used was more like a football (soccer ball) However, because they used a pigs bladder for the inner tube and segmented leather sections for the outer-casing the ball was not really fully spherical. The shape frequently, especially after some use became somewhat egg shaped. IN that game the players could actually handle the ball but it required the ball carrier to retreat back toward their own team to pass the ball, if it was on the floor they could kick it ahead as we see in football today. When the games went their separate ways in circa 1870 the ball was redeveloped by Gillbert and because the ball was to be passed by hand and only occasionally kicked it became more torpedo shaped. This gave it greater flow through the air especially when spun passed (as we see scrum half doing from a set piece) Because the ball was becoming more aerodynamic the ball travelled further. When torpedo kicked (kicked off the outside edge of the boot along the length area of the ball) the ball spun at high speed and travelled through the air considerable distances and became quite accurate. The grubber kick then became a very tactical kick where the ball bounced end over end randomly making catching and running for the defender difficult. As the game has developed so has the shape of the ball to ball and optimum passing with optimum kicking. It should also be noted that a rugby league ball is slightly smaller than that of union because they do kick less by increase hand passing a lot more.

The set pieces are the scrum and line out, both methods of reatarting the game

No you are not allowed to attempt a drop goal off a kick off in rugby- even if the ball does manage to go through no pints will be awarded.

A line-out is the means by which, in rugby union, the ball is put back into play after it has gone into touch. It is the equivalent of the throw-in in association football.

the forwards normally seven of them from each side line up along side each other at the point the ball went in to touch. The first player from each line must stand on a line that runs parallel to the touch line and is 5 meters in infield. The thrower, normally the hooker (no 2) will then throw the ball in the middle of the 2 lines of players. The players then must jump to take the ball and therefore gain advantage

The first international rugby game was on 27 March 1871, Scotland vs England

1 Goal 1 Try for Scotland

1 Try for England

In the Zurich Premiership, the average yearly pay for a senior squad member was £60,000 in 2005. Some people get paid 3 million though yeh it has gone up to about 80,000 now 2009

Van Bosten "the great" from New Zealand : 25 stones 9 pounds, which makes 163 kg Another answer comes from Fidji : Bill Cavubati (Fidji) at 165kg, heaviest player at an international level