Rugby

john patrick O'Shea was selected for the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa and played in the first international against South Africa. In the match against Eastern Transvaal at Springs he became the first Lion ever to be sent off for foul play, after throwing a punch.[3]

between £19,000 - £40-000 a year, The ruby elite will get paid near the £100,000 a year mark, but you could probably count them on your two hands. The rugby elite will also earn more through sponsorship etc. Bear in mind that in Ruby League there is a cap on what a squad of players can be paid, the cap is up to 1 million pounds a year, but take into consideration that there are sometimes up to thirty players in a Rugby League squad.

Penalties in Rugby Union include (but are not limited to my recalled list):

offsides

playing the ball on the ground

high/dangerous tackling

leaving your feet in a ruck

not throwing the ball in straight in a line-out

feigning a throw in a line-out

using hands to play the ball in a ruck/scrum (unless the player is the scrum half)

forward pass

playing the ball forward with any part of the body other than the player's leg/foot (referred to as a 'knock on')

not releasing the ball upon being tackled

entering a ruck/maul from the side

collapsing a maul

wheeling a scrum

making a play on a player without possession of the ball

shielding the ball after being tackled (no attempt by grounded player to leave ruck)

There are entirely different laws in the sport of Rugby League

The concept started in 1823 at Rugby School in Warwickshire, England. There they played a game similar to soccer (football). In the game the ball could kicked as seen in normal football, tackles were allowed as seen in football but this included "hacking" which in-effect was kicking the legs from beneath the player. The ball was also allowed to be carried. However, this is where the game suddenly changed. William Web Ellis a student of the school technically broke the ball carrying rule. The rule in places was the ball could be picked up BUT the ball carrier had to retire back toward their own players to make a pass either for mare players to carryy the ball or to allow a player to kick the ball ahead and start the attack. Ellis actually picked up the ball and ran forward in breach of this rule but he actually then passed the ball backward for another player to take on the attack. This is where the story of webb Ellis picking up the ball and running comes from in the story.

The new carrying concept continued as students went off to university etc and took the game with them. Circa 1845 and the Football association was formed and removed a number of the existing rules. such as hacking and handing the ball. A group broke away and formed the RFU - Rugby Football Union which it is still called to day.

The All Blacks are the national Rugby Union team of New Zealand.

The Scottish Rugby Union represents the players rights and makes sure that the Rugby Players are always treated fairly and equally. The Union gives the player a piece of mind so they can play and not to have to worry about as much about these issues.

Euan Murray - Scotland and Northampton, prop

The local Super Twelve team for people living in Dunedin is the All Blacks. This team represents all of New Zealand. Other rugby teams include the Kiwis.

number ten on the Irish Rugby team is Jonathen Sexton

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From 1884 in what was later to become known as Croke Park in 1913, Gaelic Football and Hurling were played. Before 1913 it was known a the City and Surburban Racecourse and "Jones Road" sports ground.

I have two people. Niel Watt or Neil Mears

3.15pm after Wales which is the match you should watch! No England v Scotland is the one you want to see!

The open side (7) and blindside flankers (6).

Richie McCaw was born in Oamaru, Otago and attended Otago Boys High School in Dunedin.

Rugby 7s, a smaller version of the game will be in the Olympics in 2016.

The 15 a side game is not.

It was introduced to the Olympics in 1900 (France, Germany, and Great Britain entered teams, France won).

It didn't appear again until 1908 (Australasia, which included Aus. and NZ, Great Britain, which included Ireland, and France competed, Australasia won after France pulled out and GB were forced to field the Cornwall county team).

It was included in 1920 and 1924, both times won by the U.S.

front 5 - 2 props, hooker 2 locks (2nd rows)

scrum half

flyhalf

2 wings playing in field and a full back

The rules are very thin in this game set up and follow many of the 7's rules

Playing Fly half for the All blacks, Being one of the highest paid players in the world (when in France he was paid 30,000 GBP per game)

Being the second highest points scorer in test at 1188 (Jonny Wilkinson is at present first)

rugbystore.co.uk has some excellent additions for the game

Preference is that of the player. Most centres where rugby boots as opposed to soccer boots as the rugby version have 6 sole studs and 2 heal where soccer boots have 4 sole and 2 heal. In rugby the studs used are all "heal" length for grip, soccer use 10 millimeter in the sole

The idea of the game is to gain possession of the ball, keep it and get over the try line to score. With the opposition also trying to do that is vital that in the contact area the strongest person will move their opposition, maul the ball or push other off the ball. Added to this is the running, tackling, line-outs and scrummaging.

When they exceed the ball at the feet of the opposing players of the other team.

13 per team on the field at any one time with 4 on the bench.

A drop goal is when a player receives the ball, drops it to the ground and kicks it off the bounce through the posts in front of them. If a player misses kicking the ball after it bounces, it would be called as a knock-on.

The Yellow strip is sponsored by Brains SA (a Welsh Brewery) The WRU have to meet a specific contract agreements when the shirts are bought in - In this case it is representing Brains Gold (therefore the shirt colour).

In many sponsored games these days the sponsor demand logos on shirts in specific places, can demand a specific strip is worn and the pitch-side displays are within TV camera view so that the viewer sees that advert for product X continually. Sponsorship can bring in very high revenue in the majority of sports