As you may know I really enjoy football, but I know nothing on Rugby. I got inspired to write about rugby when I was flipping through the channels and saw rugby on. First of all rugby balls are more oval than footballs. They are also lighter, so they’re easier to kick field goals. If you get tackled 5 times you can punt the ball, and hope your team gets the ball, which would be a touchdown, or you do something called a skrum. A skrum is when all but two people on each get in a circle. The ball is dropped in the middle, and everyone kicks at one another trying to get the ball back to your team, but you can only use your feet. At a kick-off if you touch the ball and drop it you are down right there. Also, no one can block for you and you have to pass the backwards, not forwards. If you get a touchdown, you have to touch the ground with the ball and you cannot tackle above the shoulders. A try is when a player gorunds the ball in the in-goal area of the opponent and it’s worth 5 points. A penalty try is when an opponent commits foul play, but they would’ve scored. It is also worth 5 points. A conversion goal is when a players team scores a try. They get the oppurtunity to gather two extra points. A penalty is worth 3 points, and is scored when one of the players kicks a goal from a penalty kick. When an opponent makes a foul, a penalty is awarded. A dropped kick, worth 3 points, is when one of the players kicks a goal from a drop kick in general play.
If you want to know a little more about rugby or where I got my information you can go to these links.
http://ky.essortment.com/howtoplaynew_pbm.htm
http://rugby.wlu.edu/rugby/rules.htm
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October 18th, 2007 at 2:09
I tried playing rugby with my brother and his friends and well, you probably know what would happened after my brother jumped on me trying to get the ball (it hurt!)
October 25th, 2007 at 2:09
hey i hears rugby is a kool sport a lot of people play it in australia and england.