Rugby

Rugby

Rugby is a competitive sport played in teams with a oval shaped ball. where the object of the game is to score by carrying the ball across the goal line.

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A high kick into the air designed to put pressure on the opposition fullback. This pressure comes from the chasers who try to regain control of the ball or at least take out the fullback. In rugby ...

Collapsing the scrum

Sports; Rugby

When a scrum goes to ground it has collapsed. That is the front line of players has gone to the ground. The scrum is reset after each collapse. If a referee feels that a team has deliberately ...

Cheap yards

Sports; Rugby

When a ball carrier is able to cover a lot ground up the field because of poor or non-existent tackling, they have made cheap yards.

Cleaned out

Sports; Rugby

When a team is not winning any ball in the lineouts.

Bullocking

Sports; Rugby

Pronounced 'bollocking' by most commentators and with usually the same effect, a bullocking run is usually made by a forward with the ball in hand, scattering tacklers as he goes.

Changing the angles

Sports; Rugby

When one player comes into the backline at a different angle to the rest of the backline players it is said he is changing the angles. The goal of changing the angles is to disrupt the opposing ...