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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Rugby

An expression used to describe a brand of rugby that a team plays. It involves keeping the ball alive for as long as possible and using the whole team in phase after phase of play. The theory says ...

Back wings

Sports; Rugby

Weak and strong wings are back positions utilised to cover the sides of the fields for defence and run and kick the ball for offense.

Backline

Sports; Rugby

The backline is made up of players who are not part of the scrum. The back line players are the Wingers, Centres, Fullback, Five-Eight Stand Off and Halfback Scrum Half.

Backs

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Players who are in the "back unit" and their main objective is to move the ball down the pitch

Ball

Sports; Rugby

The ball is oval shaped is made of leather and weighs between 14- 16 ounces.

Ball back

Sports; Rugby

A scrum is formed at the point where the ball was kicked after it entered touch on the full. Got it?

Blind side

Sports; Rugby

From scrums, rucks and mauls the shortest side to the touchline is known as the blind side. Most teams always seem to "work the blind" every time they try an attacking move.