Rugby

well it is hard to explain but ill try.

its where the team trys to change the direction of play e.g if the ball is being passed out left and they want to go right they will use a switch pass, the player with the ball runs at a slight angle to the left and the receiver runs at a slight angle to the right and their paths should cross but the player with the ball is slightly ahead, turns his torso to the left and pops the ball at the receiver who is running in a different direction. look at this the path of the receiver is R and the player with the ball is B, where they cross is C.

......B......R

.......Z...R

.........C

......X....B

....R........B

..R............B

R ...............B

(IGNORE THE DOTS) the Z represents when the player with the ball passes and the X represents where the receiver catches it.

hope this helps and this was the easiest way i could demonstrate it to you i hope this clears things up

William Webb Ellis, picked up (as far as I know), a football during a soccer match and proceeded to run with it in hand over the opposing team's goal line.

Joe Schmidt, the head coach of Ireland in 2017, is from New Zealand.

The game is increasing in it popularity across the world. Some countries where the game has a high level of popularity are:

Australia

England,

Ireland

Argentina

Italy

Romenia

Georgia

Scotland

France

New Zealand

Wales

Some polynesian countries

Madagascar

Quenia

South Africa

Namibia

It you are talking pressure as in stress -- yes . Like all occupations a play is expected to perform for the 80 minutes they are on the pitch. When doing well players react well because their mood is high. When games are being lost pressure is brought on by the potential of being dropped, take out of the squad, replaced or in some instances transferred or plain sacked.

When that pressure is on the player can lose focus on the job in hand and try to "go it alone". This means that team mates see mistakes, passes not ,ade, essential kicks being missed as the concentration move from the game to the "what if I dont get this done,".

260

In the very early days of football it was rare to see a lineman that weighed over 250 pounds. But as training regiments became more sophisticated the weights have risen. Hall of Fame offensive guard Gene Upshaw, who played between 1967-1981, weighed 255 pounds. Hall of Fame defensive end Gino Marchetti, who played between 1952-1966, weighed 245 pounds. Today's linemen almost always weigh at least 280 pounds and many weigh over 300 pounds.

Plus steroids play a large part in the drastic weight increase in today's linemen.

The Worcester Rugby Football was founded in 1871 by the Reverend Francis John Ede. The first known game was played on November 8, 1871 against the Royal Artillery Rugby Club.

The color blue is used by the majority of Italy's sporting teams including their successful national soccer team, commonly known as the azzurri- meaning blue in Italian. The color is used by the teams as it was the color of the royal family that unified Italy. It is probably for this same reason that the Italian national rugby team adorn this color, as opposed to the green, white and red found in their national flag.

Brive in 1997 and Toulouse in1996, 2003 and 2005

Swansea and Neath Ospreys, Newport Dragons, Cardiff Blues and Llanelli Scarlets. Plus the feeder clubs associated with each region added to this are the range of age related teams, gender, School, College, Corprate and ameture "pub" teams

This information is somewhat complicated as its reported that many schools played a version of the Rugby Schools Game - This had no limits on the amount of players on each side and some reports indicate that a "try" was not a scoring situation - When the ball was placed down in what we know to be the "in goal area" it allowed a kick to be taken at the goal posts - it was this that scored a goal similar to that of the soccer version. This was the scoring system

Darren Lockyer, 335 games as of 29 March 2011. There are still 20 games he will play this year before he will retire.

Terry LAmb has. 328 games. Then Beaver Steve MEnzies 272

Terry LAmb has. 328 games. Then Beaver Steve MEnzies 272

The simple answer is yes. Like all contact sports there is a high level of risk involved in the game and sadly there have been significant injuries resulting in paralysis and there have been some deaths

The French Rugby team is hosted in the sports centre of Marcoussis, a small town 26 km south-west of Paris. (links goes to the town's page on Wikipedia and to the French Rugby Federation site)

Its origins are associated with William Web Ellis a student of Rugby School, Warwickshire. England Who in 1823 picked up a football and instead of retreating backwards as the rules of the day required he ran forward toward his opponents goals carrying the ball.

1(1)NEW ZEALAND91.682(2)SOUTH AFRICA89.463(3)AUSTRALIA84.414(4)FRANCE82.755(5)IRELAND82.036(6)ENGLAND81.827(7)SCOTLAND79.818(8)ARGENTINA79.709(9)WALES78.5810(10)FIJI74.3911(11)ITALY72.9712(12)SAMOA72.7413(13)JAPAN72.4914(14)CANADA69.4315(15)USA67.8616(16)TONGA67.0617(17)GEORGIA66.3818(18)RUSSIA65.8019(19)ROMANIA65.1020(20)NAMIBIA62.69

There are many frequently asked questions about Rugby. Many people who ask questions about Ruby might ask what it is.

Italy has won the World Cup 4 times. 1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006.

Micheal Luck of the New Zealand Warriors made 74 tackles on the 25th of April 2009 against the Melbourne Storm in a 14-14 draw after extra time.

Nathan Hindmarsh, He currently holds the world record for the most tackles made in a single game in the 2007 NRL season amassing 75 tackles against the Melbourne Storm in round 23.

None. a National team is one that covers all teams in one country

there are 13 on the field per team and 4 reserves on bench per team.

so total of 26 at any one time.

The actual start of rugby union is difficult to define. This is because the emryonic start was in 1823, during a game of soccer at Rugby School in England, 16 year old William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it towards his opponents' goal line.

However, by the 1840s running with the ball had become the norm in the new game format, and by the 1870s rugby clubs had sprung up all over the UK and in the colonies. But different rules were being used by different clubs, and a meeting was held in January 1871, attended by representatives of 22 clubs, to resolve the situation. It was at this meeting that the Rugby Football Union was founded.

The meeting on 26 of January 1871 was initiated by Edwin Ash, Secretary of Richmond Club, who submitted a letter to the newspapers which read: "Those who play the rugby-type game should meet to form a code of practice as various clubs play to rules which differ from others, which makes the game difficult to play".

Along with the founding of the Rugby Football Union a committee was formed, and three ex-Rugby School pupils, all lawyers, were invited to formulate a set of rules. This task was completed and approved by June 1871. So technically the Rugby Football Union which started June 1871 as the name of the game and the rules which form the basis of the ones now in existence was born.

80 minutes.

yes 80 mins but with 40mins halves

and if both teams have the same score by the 80th mins

(eg Wests Tigers 14 Bulldogs 14)

then there will be 10 min extra time

or more commonly known as golden point.

this is spilt into to 5 mins half at each teams advanage

whoever scores a point first (try, field goal, penataly goal)

wins the match (eg Wests Tigers 14 Bulldogs 15)

Presently hes a flanker (Sam Warburton) Openside number 7