Rugby Terms
For the first time rugby player or viewer the sport can appear to be a chaotic collection of indecipherable movements and haphazard collisions.
Rugby terms. Once a ruck has been formed players cant use their hands to get the ball only their feet. Lineout the setplay restarting play after the ball has been taken out or kicked to touch. Part of rugby for dummies cheat sheet. Back a mainly defensive player behind a forward back row the forwards at the rear of a scrum ball a round or roundish body either solid or hollow of a size and composition suitable for any of various games.
Abbreviation for rugby world cup a tournament. Nobodys knowledge about this sport is perfect including mine so i decided to write this article to make some terms and situations clearer. Glossary of rugby league terms. It is scored by crossing the try line and placing the ball with downward pressure.
Scrums are formed at the place where infringements occur and cannot be within 5 metres of the touchline or goal line. Loose forwards the combination of the flankers and eight man. Obsolete markers in the past were allowed to strike for possession of the ball when at the play the ball. A player that receives one of these from the referee.
Knock on losing dropping or knocking the ball forward from a players hand resulting in the ball being awarded to the other team in a scrum. This is considered misconduct under section 15 law 1 a. The most important rugby term. Refers to a permanent ban from the remainder of a game.
Similar to a maul this occurs when a runner contacts the ball once it has reached the ground. If you play rugby or just enjoy watching it. By mathew brown patrick guthrie greg growden. When at least three.
Use of the foot to attempt to gain possession of the ball in the scrum. In reality rugby is highly technical and organized with specific laws governing all aspects of. Open play has ended. A maul is formed when at least three players from either team are standing up in contactchallenging or driving the player with the ball.
A try is the primary way of scoring points. All the players involved are on their feet and moving toward a goal line. Football golf billiards etc centre a player who plays in the middle of the forward line conversion a score made after a try by kicking the ball over the crossbar from a place kick crossbar a horizontal beam across a pair of goalposts drop goal a goal scored with a drop.