Rugby

Rugby

Rugby is a competitive sport played in teams with a oval shaped ball. where the object of the game is to score by carrying the ball across the goal line.

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wing forward

Sports; Rugby

A wing plays in a forward position and their main job is to tackle. See our section on player positions.

wrap it up

Sports; Rugby

When the game is all but won, teams will usually wrap the game up by slowing everything down trying to use up the clock by using rolling mauls and constantly kicking for touch.

wrong footed

Sports; Rugby

A player tries to a make a tackle when he is moving in the wrong direction.

50-50 ball

Sports; Rugby

Any ball that can be contested by either side is said to be 50-50, particularly in the case of bombs, or in some lineouts.

advantage

Sports; Rugby

The referee can postpone the award of a penalty or scrum for up to 45 seconds if he feels the infringed team would be negatively affected by a stop of play.

advantage line

Sports; Rugby

An imaginary line that extends across the field from where the last scrum, ruck, maul, lineout or play the ball was formed. This is used as a measure of how much good has been done.

An expression used to describe a brand of rugby that a team plays. It involves keeping the ball alive for as long as possible and using the whole team in phase after phase of play. The theory says ...