Rugby

Originally, running into the try zone and touching the ball down did not give any points. All you got was an attempt or 'try' at goal via being allowed to place the ball and kick (a place kick for goal). Or when William Webb Ellis put the ball down he asked: "Was that a goal?" and the sports master replied, "No, but it was a good try".

In September 2008

Black Heath founded in 1858

Became a leading role in the development of the Football Association and The Rugby Union. in 1863. It was black Heaths decision to leave the Football Association which led to the Amateur game of union taking off.

Blackheath v Newport, was the oldest Anglo/Welsh club fixture, first being played 20th November 1879 .

An official rugby union ball is oval and made of four panels, has a length in-line of 280-300 millimetres, a circumference (end to end) of 740-770 millimetres, and a circumference (in width) of 580-620 millimetres.

They are not an essential item but are advisable. When tackled or tackling there is a strong possibility of the mouth coming in to contact with the ground or other players. The shields do prevent many teeth being knocked out.

15 on each team + subs so 22 in total
Rugby Union:15 on the field (Playing), 7 on the bench (Used as Substitutes), 8 in reserves (Not Allowed for Play) This is the kind of rugby most people associate with the sport. Rugby League: 13 on the field + 4 substitutes. Rugby Sevens: 7 on the field. Shorter games.

An A grade or International Rugby match is designated to consist of 2 40 minute halves.

However the referee is the sole judge of time. If he starts and stops his watch slightly differently to the field it can run a little longer. the time is also only up when there is a stoppage of play. so if the attacking team has possession time will be up once they either kick it out or cause and infringement

Obviously it depends how good you are. The better you are the more you get but almost all rugby players at the top still have to work in another job after they have retired from rugby to get enough for there pension! So put it this way, they don't as much as puffy footballers

These are guidelines put in place by the NGB the RFU. However schools may find it harder to comply with these rules due to space/fund restrictions: A senior pitch must be: * No longer than 100m in length. * No more than 68m in width.
IRB regulations state that the playing pitch length shall not exceed 100 meters with a further 10 - 22 meters at each end for the "in goal" area

The Haka is a traditional Maori War Dance, which is performed before a battle to intimidate foes. The New Zealand All Blacks traditionally do this dance before a match. However, there are versions of this that are done by other south sea Islanders like Somoa.

There are different size footballs for different levels of experience and players. For instance a professional football is going to be smaller then a junior one. A junior football weighs approximately 14 ounces.

because it is so fun

The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games which bear little resemblance to modern sports. It is then important to acknowledge the development of the modern football codes and two separate schisms in football history. In 19th century England, football was most prominently played in private schools. Each school had its own rules based on whatever playing field was available to them. The rules could be categorised as either handling or kicking forms of football. The kicking and handling forms were later codified by The Football Association and the Rugby Football Union (RFU) respectively. Rugby football, as is was widely known, had its main origins at Rugby School, Warwickshire, England. In 1895 rugby football was beset with a schism that resulted in the formation of the Northern Rugby Football Union (NRFU). Although many factors played a part in the split, including the success of working class northern teams, the main division was caused by the RFU decision to enforce the amateur principle of the sport, preventing 'broken time payments' to players who had taken time off work to play rugby. Northern teams typically had more working class players (coal miners, mill workers etc.) who could not afford to play without this compensation, in contrast to southern teams who had other sources of income to sustain the amateur principle. There were similar movements in other countries. In 1895 a decree by the RFU banning the playing of rugby at grounds where entrance fees were charged led to the famous meeting on 29 August 1895. Twenty-two clubs (plus Stockport who negotiated by telephone) met at The George Hotel in Huddersfield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and formed the "Northern Rugby Football Union". There should have been another two persons present, representing the Morley Rugby Football Club, but as travel in those days could only be done by train, and was considered a long journey, the two representatives decided to fortify themselves in readiness for their arduous trip. This they did by calling at several hostelries on route to the station, meaning that they missed their train. This is why the Morley club - despite being based in the Rugby League heartland of South Leeds - still play the 15-man game. Within fifteen years of that first meeting in Huddersfield, more than 200 RFU clubs had left to join the rugby revolution.

Round 1

Sat 2nd Feb 13

13:30

Wales

22 - 30

Ireland

Millennium Stadium

Report | Stats

Sat 2nd Feb 13

16:00

England

38 - 18

Scotland

Twickenham

Report | Stats

Sun 3rd Feb 13

15:00

Italy

23 - 18

France

Stadio Olimpico

Report | Stats

Round 2

Sat 9th Feb 13

14:30

Scotland

v

Italy

Murrayfield

Preview | Stats

Sat 9th Feb 13

17:00

France

v

Wales

Stade de France

Preview | Stats

Sun 10th Feb 13

15:00

Ireland

v

England

Aviva Stadium

Preview | Stats

Round 3

Sat 23rd Feb 13

14:30

Italy

v

Wales

Stadio Olimpico

Sat 23rd Feb 13

17:00

England

v

France

Twickenham

Sun 24th Feb 13

14:00

Scotland

v

Ireland

Murrayfield

Round 4

Sat 9th Mar 13

14:30

Scotland

v

Wales

Murrayfield

Sat 9th Mar 13

17:00

Ireland

v

France

Aviva Stadium

Sun 10th Mar 13

15:00

England

v

Italy

Twickenham

Round 5

Sat 16th Mar 13

14:30

Italy

v

Ireland

Stadio Olimpico

Sat 16th Mar 13

17:00

Wales

v

England

Millennium Stadium

Sat 16th Mar 13

20:00

France

v

Scotland

Stade de France

William Webb-Ellis from Rugby (the town) school in England. Whilst playing football he picked up the ball and put it over the goal line. this is where holding the ball and putting it over the line came from. The word try came from whe William put the ball over the line he said to the official 'was that a goal sir?' and then the official replied 'no but it was a good try'. A spectator watching thought that this could be made into a game and re made the rules and called the game Rugby from its founded area. William Webb-Ellis is well known as he is the full name of the rugby world cup 'the William webb-Ellis cup.'

Five Union, League, , Sevens, Mini and touch rugby.

There is also a different form of rugby being played in the southern Hemisphere than the Northern. ELV's or Experimental Law Variations were used in this seasons Super 14 (2008)

Richard Lindon (1816 - 1887) and William Gilbert (1799-1877) started making balls for Rugby school out of hand stitched, four-panel, leather casings and pigs' bladders. Both men owned boot and shoe making businesses located close to Rugby school. Originally, Gilbert's business was located at 19 High Street and Lindon lived next door as a young man at number 20 . The High street led directly to Rugby schools quad entrance which is where the boys played football (quad ball) before Rugby school gained its playing fields.

All forms of Rugby (League, Union, Sevens, etc) are divided into halves.

The only time I can recall rugby games played in quarters was during the year 2000, when the (Australian) National Rugby League competition introduced breaks at quarter and three-quarter time.

This was because the first few weeks of the competition had been pushed forward to earlier in the year (ie: Summer) to accomodate the Sydney Olympics and there were public fears about player safety.

Definitely not Shane Williams.

It depends on whether you include the tournaments prior to the inclusion of Italy. I.e. "Five Nations" . If so, its Scotlands , Ian Smith who I believe scored 24 tries.

If not its Brian O Driscoll who has scored 20 whereas Shane Williams is on either 18 or 17

Rugby Union is alot bigger everywhere. The only places they seem to play it is Australia and northern England. Rugby union is a much better sport anyway.

Rugby Union is more popular than Rugby League because Rugby Union is much older than League. Rugby Union players get much more than League players and union is played in more places than league. I recon League is much better than union.

the cats are by far the richest rugby club in the world with a fanbase of over 15 million people. there lack of playing ability is leading to a huge loss of equity(money) but even still they remain super rich..... hope this gives you a fair idea

Wing, scum half - if you have a big frame - hooker

With a drop kick.

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A team kicks off with a drop kick which must be taken at or behind the centre of the half way line.

If the ball is kicked off by the wrong type of kick, or from the incorrect place, the opposing team has two choices:

To have the ball kicked off again, or

To have a scrum at the centre of the half way line and they throw in the ball.

To motivate team members

to assist in team selection

to be the ONLY person that speaks to an official in regards to decisions made and convey that back to the team (and not as we see in the other ball game when its a free for all)

to maintain discipline of team players

make pitch related strategic decisions

lead from the front

and when old enough to do so - buy the first round at the bar after a successful win (this is not mandatory but it helps!)

depends on how good they are, whether they play nationally or regionally, and how many appearances they make for the team they play for.