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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grubber kick

Sports; Rugby

A tough-to-handle kick that sends the ball bouncing along the ground. Also known as "grubber".

halftime

Sports; Rugby

There are two halves of 40 minutes. Halftime lasts 5 minutes and the teams change sides during halftime. The referee will add on anytime for stoppages.

conceding the penalty

Sports; Rugby

A team can deliberately concede a penalty in order to prevent a try being scored. A penalty can be conceded on purpose in a number of easy and different ways.

These are placed on each touch line and goallines. They are used to assist players and officials to see the touch lines and when and where the ball went out of bounds. The posts have to be at least 4 ...

cough

Sports; Rugby

When a player loses the ball forward for no obvious reason.

crossbar

Sports; Rugby

The crossbar is the post that joins the two goalposts. The crossbar is 9 feet 10 inches (3 meters) off the ground and is 18 feet 4 inches (5.60 meters) long. On penalty and drop kicks the ball must ...