How do you play rugby?
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I am describing rugby union here.\n\nIt depends on what position you play.  Players are usually placed in positions that utilise their natural ability.  In other words, each position is played by a person with the best physical abilities for that position.\n\nTo make it easy for you, and not explain every position, I will explain only the functions of the forwards, and of the backs.\n\nThere are 8 positions in the forwards, and they all differ in their responsibilities.  If you are a forward, you will have to:\n- pack into scrums.\n- run around the field and join any ruck and maul you see that is in progress.\n- join line outs and either throw the ball in, jump for the ball, or lift someone to they can get the ball.\n- make tackles.  This could be covering tackles for backs who cannot tackle.\n\nThere are 7 positions in the backs.  Once again, these a specialised positions.  If you are a back you will have to:\n- catch the ball when passed or kicked.\n- pass the ball.\n- kick the ball.  A general idea is good enough, you do not have to kick it 50 metres.\n- tackle opposing players.\n- run fast.\n- pick up the ball on the ground.\n\nThat is the basics.  Now to how to play.\n\nYou keep you eyes on the ball.  This means you watch the ball at ALL times.\nIf your team is kicking off, you usually want to either get the ball from the kick off, or stop the opposing team from gaining ground if they get the ball.\n\nTo stop the opposing team, you usually have to tackle the player with the ball.\n\nA ruck or maul may form, and your teams forwards will have to get into the ruck or maul and try to win the ball for their team.\nIf no forwards are around, a back may have to go into the ruck and maul instead.\n\nIf a team is close to their own [try] line with the ball, they usually kick it out to get the ball further away from their own [try] line.\nA team may want to get ther ball closer to the oppositions [try] line, and will kick the ball out closer to that line.\n\nIf the ball is kicked within the 22 metre line, the line out is where the ball crossed the side line.  This is true also when the ball goes out on the full.\nIf the ball is kicked outside the 22 metre line, the line out is where the ball crossed the line only if it did not go out on the full.  If the ball [kick] went out on the full, the lineout is from where the ball was kicked.\n\nYou and your team want to get the ball to cross the opponents try line and to score a try when there.  A try is scored when you have 'downward pressure' on the ball on or after it crosses the try line.  Beware though, there is a line after the try line that is known as the 'dead ball' line.  If the ball goes on or over this, you cannot score a try any longer.  After you score the try, you get a chance to kick the ball over the crossbar and between the posts of the 'goal posts'.  You must take the kick in a straight line from the position the try was scored.\n\nThere are other ways to score, for instance a drop goal, a penalty goal.\n\nIf you want more information on the difference between rugby union and rugby league, you could check out both answers to this question:\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnwcKAnc9RH6Cy2xZUBk5R_sy6IX?qid=20061112065544AAweXHz
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If you are just playing socially with a bunch of mates you can get away with just a rugby ball, a field and a mouth guard, is all you really need.\n\nThat's all we had when we played rugby as 10 y.o's.\n\nDon't listen to the idiots that say you don't need a mouth guard, for a couple of pounds its a lot cheaper to buy a mouth-guard than to have reconstructive dentistry!\n\nif your serious about playing rugby then you will need to join a club, they will sort you out with anything you need, and probably have a discount deal going on with some local sports shop.\n\nIf you are playing at club level then boots will also be a must.\nYou don't need padding (unless you are South African, they are all a bunch of woosies) but you  will need to purchase a team shirt. don't go buying some cheap brand, get a CCC (Canterbury Clothing Company) shirt if you can, they are the best (been making them for many many years).\n\nIf you are playing in a forward position then its a good idea to wear headgear, as they take the most knocks to the head.\nAlso don't play front row forward (number 1,2,3)  unless you have been given some training.  You CAN break your neck if you go into a scrum incorrectly, so not a good idea to play there unless you know what your doing!\n\nAlso watch some games on TV and learn the rules, they are complicated (a lot more so than learning grid iron or soccer).
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I can't speak to the comparison between the two because I have no idea what rugby is like.  Essentially...  The team with the ball has four chances (called "downs") to advance the ball ten yards.  If successful, they get four new downs to advance the ball another ten yards, and they try to keep going, ten yards at a time, until they reach the end zone (this is a "touchdown," which is worth six points plus a chance for one more if they kick a short field goal).  Probably 95-99 times out of 100 if the team hasn't advanced the ball ten yards after third down, they'll use fourth down to either punt it to the other team or attempt to kick a field goal (for three points).  Football is far too complex to fully explain here (check that wikipedia link that the other person left), but those are the most basic of the basics for the new football-watcher.
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It's similar to American football. That's because American football developed from Rugby.\n\nThe main and most obvious differences are:\n\n- You can only throw the ball backwards\n\n- You don't wear padding or helmets\n\n- It isn't broken up into plays or downs, play continues after a tackle non-stop\n\n- The endzone is called the In-goal area. \n\n- 5 points for a try (like a touchdown), 2 points for a conversion (like an extra point kick), 3 points for a drop goal (like a field goal)\n\nThat's rugby UNION. Rugbly LEAGUE is different in it's points system (4 for a try, 2 for a conversion, 1 for a field goal), and it has a "set" of 6 tackles that are like gridion 'downs'.
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what does this have to do with rugby????
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why not? Unkkown to some arrogant fools, rugby is NOT a rough game and anyone can play it!
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Assuming you mean rugby union, Wikipedia has an excellent summary of the game.\n\nSports Authority and Modell's won't have rugby gear.  The internet is your best bet.  \n\nThe only tip I can share is that if you can't avoid being tackled, run into the tackler low, shoulder first, and at full speed.  Make him wish he'd let you run by him.
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What for? Football? Rugby? ETc..
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Well ive been playin lacrosse for 4 years. You should start off with cradiling, the movement in which you move the head of teh stick back and forth to keep the ball in. Then work on pasing and catching. To spice it up throw in a rainbow whihc is when you have the ball in your stickand you move it over your head to avoid defenders. Also work on checking on defense. (When you hit the other oponents stick to get the ball out.)
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Okay, I asked what you specifically wanted to know about in Rugby, and you mentioned scrums and scoring points.\n\nScrums are used to restart play after the ball is not in play but is not because a penalty, out-of-bounds, or score. This is for accidental things such as a knock-on or forward pass. A scrum can be chosen on more serious infractions if it helps the team.\nThe other team gets to put the ball into the scrum on a re-do if the original scrum is turned 90 degrees.\nPoints can be scored in multiple ways:\n* Penalty kick - when a penalty is awarded a team, the kicker has the option of "kicking for goal". This is worth 3 points\n* A drop goal - when you kick the ball through the goal posts while the ball is in play. Worth 3 points\n* A try - when you touch the ball down to the ground in the goal area - worth 5 points\n* A conversion - you get one chance to kick the ball through the goal posts after a try, and a successful attempt brings you 2 points
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DUH!!!! In rugby you wear basically no padding and you tackle each other! DUH Rugby is more dangerous!
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I played soccer from about age 6 to age 12 then switched to American football until 18.  I started playing rugby at age 14 and played through college until an elbow injury caused me to quit.  I would say soccer is the easiest game to learn, followed by rugby, then American football.  In terms of how hard each is to play, soccer is the easiest followed by American football and then rugby.  American football is the hardest to learn because there are so many plays you have to learn and you have to be able to read what the other team is going to do, then put it all together.  It is a little easier to play than rugby because you have specialized positions and only have to do what your position asks you to do.  In rugby there isn't much to learn and there aren't that many plays.  You use more of your instincts than intelligence.  And it doesn't matter what position you play.  Once you are past the scrums and line-outs everyone on the team has the same responsibilities.  You'll see the big forwards in the back line, smaller backs in the rucks, everyone tackling and everyone scoring.  Plus rugby has by far the most fit atheletes in the world.  Its like an 80 minute sprint while running into a brick wall over and over again.  When I was in high school my American football season (including summer practices) was from June until November and rugby went from December to May (including winter practices).  I was at my fittest at the end of the rugby season and most out of shape at the end of the football season.
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If you are good enough, (and can afford it) you should consider playing in another country over your summer. Travel to NZ/Aust etc and play some club rugby. You'll likely get to learn far more that way.\n\nCheers :)
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They play rugby all-year round now.\nSuper 14 starts in Feb!!
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Rugby!! No pu$$y protective gear like in American football. It's significantly more physical and requires more braincells to play.
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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...
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Rugby Union 15 players in a team - 8 forwards and 7 backs\nRugby League ( a slight variation) 13 platers in a team 6 forwards and 7 backs.\nGround length about 100 metres\nThe basic idea is to run with the ball and touch it down over your opponents goal line. You can only pass the ball backwards to your team, if they drop the ball and it goes forwards that is a knock-on and it is penalised by awarding a scrum to the opposong team in which the forwards from each team form a group and crouch opposite their opponents and the ball is thrown between them. They are only allowed to use their feet to get the ball to the back of the scrum and mount an attack.\nIf the ball crosses the sidelines then a lineout is awarded against the team who last touched it unless it came from a penalty kick in which case the same team throw in the ball.\nThe two lots of forwards line up facing the sideline and the team who have the line-out awarded in their favour throw the ball down the gap between the two lots of forwards, trying to ensure that it goes to their  best catcher.\nIf they touch down the ball over their opponents line then they are awarded 5 points which can be converted to 7  by subsequently  kicking the ball over the crossbar and between the posts.\nThere are two other ways of scoring. One is the penalty kick after an infringement of the rules by the other side and the other is the dropped goal in which aplayer anywhere on the field can drop the ball on the ground and in the same movement kick it over the cross bar and between the posts. The score for both of these is 3 points\nThere is a lot more to the game but I hope this helps.-