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  1. Umar says —
    (On Oct 12th, 2007 at 5:58 pm)

    can someone send me some information about what is rugby? what are the positions? how are they played? what are the rules for rugby? what is the terms and definitions used for rugby?

  2. Rob Wilson says —
    (On Oct 24th, 2007 at 6:55 am)

    Essentially, rugby is football (soccer) but has developed over many years. William Webb Ellis (hence the RWC trophy being the Webb Ellis Cup) was playing football and got bored so picked the ball up and started running with it. It all developed from there.

    Positions
    1. Prop
    2. Hooker
    3. Prop
    (All the front row of the scrum)

    4 & 5 Lock forward
    (second row of the scrum)

    6 & 7 Flankers

    8 Number 8 - usually the first link to the backs

    9 Scrum Half

    10 Fly Half

    11 & 14 Wingers

    12 & 13 Centers

    15 Full back

    The forwards primary role is the ‘muscle’ of the team. They are the ones who usually instigate rucks and mauls, make up the scrum and take control of lineouts.

    The Backs are usually quicker runners who would use space to progress forwards instead of brute force.

    The rules are far too long drawn out to be written in a confined space but generally, stay behind the ball, do not tackle anyone who does not have the ball, do not throw it forwards and do not kill the ball.

    That is a brief summary and I hope it is of some help.

  3. CJP says —
    (On Oct 24th, 2007 at 12:11 pm)

    Yes, rugby football (to give it it’s full title) is a form of football. Football was played in many British private schools in the 19th century. The rules were many and varied, each school havng its own variations. Even within schools, the rules were variable and not generally codified. Matches played between different schools posed a problem, whose rules to play by? The answer often was to play two halves under different rules. The habit of playing games in two halves persists.

    As the popularity of the games grew, attempts were made to agree sets of rules etc. The Football Association (still in existence) was formed in 1863 and proposed a set of rules. There were disagreements about what rules should be in and out and in 1871, those who preferred “the Rugby-type game” met and founded the Rugby Football Union (again still in existence).

    Since that time the games played under the auspices of these two organisations have changed a good deal. Football played under the rules of the Football Association, “Association Football” (a corruption of which name could be where the term “soccer” comes from) has developed into the game of Football played across the world. The RFU version, known as Rugby Football continues to develop. The schism in 1895 over payments to players that lead to a number of clubs in the North of England breaking away from the RFU and forming the Northern Union, lead to the development of Rugby League. (Incidentally, a commemorative match was played at the w/e in Warrington to commemorate the centinary of international rugby league. The match was between the Northern Union and “the All Golds” celebrating the tour of 1907 made to the UK by a team from NZ that contained one Australian, Dally Messenger.)

    In the USA during the 19th century, another form of football was emerging from similar proto-football roots in the universities and colleges of the Eastern USA.

    Enough of the history - for a reasonable run down of player positions etc see http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/static/in_depth/rugby_union/features/guide_to_positions/default.stm

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