is there a difference between the games Rugger & Rugby?
351933
rugger is union for puffs rugby id league for real men with nice bodies
1132737
Fat rednecks who play rugby. Sigh... I hate stupid people. One, Rugby is an english sport. Two, most rugby players are in decent shape. Three proponents of football cannot say anything about fatness in rugby when there are an ass load of fatasses in the NFL. Its called the offensive line.
968746
I think its rugby and they play a game of rugby...LoL i dont know that a far out guess because i know most of all the sports but rugby so yea...
813574
Hey there\n\nI would recommend the website www.rugby365.com\nIt is a fantastic rugby website and covers all the big tournaments across the globe.\nThey have news, fixtures, results and a whole host of other stuff (like wallpapers, polls and games).\nThere is a menu option, "Pick&Go Stats" which covers every single game between major nations sinve 1871 - that's almost 140 years worth of rugby!\n\nCheck this website out, they should have practically everything you need on rugby.\n\nCheers
1047223
Ive played rugby for my college and now that im no longer in college im having withdrawals!! I love rugby it spans oceans overcomes racisim and bigotry....its not life or death....its more important than that!!
667481
There are two different types of rugby, try these two sites.\nLeague:-http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/rugby_league/rules/default.stm\nUnion:-\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/rugby_union/rules/default.stm
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I am assuming you are American, so think of rugby like American football. Two "lines of scrimmage" hitting against each other, wit hthe purpose to break through the lines and score in an end zone. Played on a rectangular field, 13 or 15 playes per side.\nAustralian football is more like basketball - in terms of the way the players move. Playes play more of a position style game, and must dribble (in Aussie football we call it bouncing) or pass the ball with foot or hand. Lots of high jumping to catch the ball in contest. Score by kicking ball through posts. Large oval field18 players per side.\nBoth games are supported passionately in Oz. Little if any padding is worn by the players. Lots of consistent play and hard tackles.
3191
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it comes from Assoc., which is short for Association, because soccer is the game of football, as played under Association rules. Rugby football likewise became Rugger, though this is rarely used today.
51551
i'de have to say flanker because you are like the outside linebacker in football you are the first one out of the scrum and looking for that first tackle.  it is usually the best combination of size, athaletic ability, agressiveness, and meanness.  i played prop and flanker and second row and an occasional hooker.  hooker sucks because contrary to somebodies opinion your fists are behind your prop's back and have nothing to protect yourself with if the scrum does collapse which you will be on the bottom of head first.
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Rugby is one of the toughest contact sports out there. Players wear minimal protection (not like NFL players) and they make full physical contact. Injuries do occur and different players in different positions are susceptable to different kinds of injuries.\n\nNew Zealand are currently the number 1 team in International Rugby and Rugby is the country's National Sport. It's played from the youngest ages in schools right up to International level.\n\nYou can read some of what NZ is doing about Injury Prevention here:\nhttp://www.nzrugbynet.co.nz/NZRFU/Resource+Library/RugbySmart.htm\n\nOne bullet point from that page reads:\nThe finding of ACC in the late 1980's that rugby cost the taxpayer over $20 million dollars per year in new and ongoing entitlement claims. There were, on average, 2 deaths, 1500 hospital admissions, and 20,000 Accident and Emergency consultations per year as a result of rugby.
207763
There is no strict dividing line between a game and a sport.  Golf is a game and also a sport. Any sport will also be a game but all games would not be sports e.g. snakes and ladders or monopoly.  There is more of a competetive aspect to sport. Sports are more physical whereas games can be physical or mental.
330716
Rugby league teams have only 13 players.  Flankers are left out during rugby league.  Rugby union teams have 15 players, 8 in the pack, scrum half and 6 backs. Perhaps the biggest difference is during play.  League is more similar to football in that play is stopped after tackles and teams are allowed six tackles before turning over the ball to the other team.  This style is much more like the downs involved in football.  League seems to be a quicker game because the ball does not get tied up as much in rucks and mauls.  Rugby league also does not use lineouts to restart play after the ball goes into touch.
684855
Im not sure, I've got the actuall game tho. IT ROCKS! Good luck, its a great game.
428435
OK - I don't claim to be an expert, but here is my version of what makes them different in terms of rules.\n\nLeague does not allow the ref to "play the advantage" as much. This means if someone does something wrong (such as a forward pass) the ref has to stop and penalise in league. Not so in union. The ref may let it continue on to see if the other team ends up in a better advantage than the other.\n\nRuck and Mauls - OK I don't get this with union. Something about depending on whether the guy with the ball gets rolled over or something, he has to release the ball whilst he is being tackled.\n\nScrums - actually still a point to this in union. In league a scrum very rarely results in a turnover in possession because the rules basically state that players aren't allowed to push in the scrum. In union they can.\n\nUnion has lineouts. Once again - I don't really understand union so I don't know why they do this. but basically each team lines up and one guy throws the ball and both teams throw one of their guys in the air anf try to catch it.
1009568
The difference is that MLB is a real sport;\n\nrounders is just a throw away game.
243612
Mark Zupan is not a Rugby player.  He plays a different sport altogether that is nothing like Rugby.  For some reason, it is called Quad Rugby, among other things.  Don't ask me why, because I have no idea.  My best guess is that Quad Rugby is a rough sport and the players wanted to associate it with the toughest game on the planet.
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Here are some basic rules:\n\n1. As you notice, there are no shoulder pads or crash helmets in rugby.\n2. The ball must be pitched backwards to your teammates. No Forward passes like John Elway.\nA team can pitch the ball back and forth to each other as many times as they wish.\n3. THERE IS NO BLOCKING to assist your runner.\n4. Everyone runs with the ball and tackles equally. Unlike American Grid-Iron Football where 2 or 3 guys get all the glory and the rest of the team is never given the opportunity to prove themselves and run for a score, every player on the rugby field will run with the ball and tackle over 20 times a game. If you were an offensive lineman and never ran the ball and never tackled this game is for you! Everyone will be a running back and linebacker. When a set dead-ball scrum is formed, that is when the team will get in their SET POSITIONS, but shortly after that when mass chaos breaks out, all players will run and tackle with the ball.\n5. When you are tackled you have 1 second to let go of the ball and purposely “fumble” the ball. Don’t touch it again until you are up from the pile and standing on your two feet again.\n6. When you TACKLE someone, you can’t pick up the fumbled ball until you are ON YOUR FEET. This is one of the most called penalties on new players. You must be standing up to pick up the ball. You cannot dive on a loose ball.\n7. When you are on defense, and a tackled player is put to the ground, you must make sure you are on YOUR SIDE OF THE “scrumage line” BEFORE you engage in any physical contact with the other team. This is called offside and is one of the most called penalties for all levels of players. This happens when a defensive player is chasing down a runner from behind. The defensive player must run around the ruck pile and enter from the other side to give contact on the ruck pile. This is a very big yardage penalty if you get caught not being on sides on a loose ruck pile.\n8. The game will have 15 players from each team taking the field\n9. When you teammate pitches the ball to you as you are running down the field, and you accidentally drop the ball. THAT IS A PENALTY, it is called a “Knock On”. The other team will get the ball automatically right there for their possession. As you can see, this is the kiss of death when you drop or “Knock On” the ball deep in your own territory by their scoring end zone. This is why we run so many ball-handling drills in practice, to cut down on these penalties.\n10. There are no “Downs” in rugby like football. An offensive team may have the ball for 20 “phases” or “downs” in a row, if they can keep winning the ruck pile and push over the tackled player to win the ball and regain possession. It is very important to always be in “support” and chasing after your ball carrier at all times. When your offensive player is tackled and there is 4 offensive players running right behind the ball carrier, they should no doubt be able to push over the 2 or 3 defensive players that are at the tackle area or the “ruck pile”. On the other side of the coin, if no offensive players are in support and the ball carrier is tackled, the defense will simply just step over the ball and the ball carrier, to pick up the loose ball. The offensive player must “REALEASE” the ball in 1 second. The Defensive team will just pick it up and run the other way if no offensive support is right there. It is VERY IMPORTANT TO BE IN SUPPORT AND HAVE 4 PLAYERS RIGHT BEHIND A BALL CARRIER. (1)You will be there for a pitch-pass. (2) You are there for a ruck over to win the ball.