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2/6/2021 11:06pm
2/6/2021 11:06pm
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2/8/2021 2:49pm
Sport.
So after the Supercross ended this came on and for some odd reason I started watching it.
I must admit I know absolutely nothing about rugby it made no sense to me whatsoever other than these guys are completely insane the way they pound each other with no gear.
They toss the ball from out of bounds and one of the teammates hoist the other to grab the ball, then there is a scrum and outta the blue they will kick the ball nearly in the face of a player.
And what is with the scrum?
The lock themselves all up and then a player from the outside has the ball and drops it then grabs it and runs and kicks it!
Haha
I must really be missing something in this game that I don't understand. I do know that there will be no way if I had a kid I would want him to play this sport. How many players get concussions, torn knees, broken limbs? Oh wait that sounds like Motocross!
I did see a few guys that looked like they had wool beanies? WTF is up with that?
So after the Supercross ended this came on and for some odd reason I started watching it.
I must admit I know absolutely nothing about rugby it made no sense to me whatsoever other than these guys are completely insane the way they pound each other with no gear.
They toss the ball from out of bounds and one of the teammates hoist the other to grab the ball, then there is a scrum and outta the blue they will kick the ball nearly in the face of a player.
And what is with the scrum?
The lock themselves all up and then a player from the outside has the ball and drops it then grabs it and runs and kicks it!
Haha
I must really be missing something in this game that I don't understand. I do know that there will be no way if I had a kid I would want him to play this sport. How many players get concussions, torn knees, broken limbs? Oh wait that sounds like Motocross!
I did see a few guys that looked like they had wool beanies? WTF is up with that?
Also pretty big at the grassroots level, my local village rugby club is a pretty big part of the community. Most of my friends who play rugby also have been motocrossers. They have been hurt way worse through rugby than moto.
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After that day I was always out on the wing, pity I found out about alcohol, cannabis & Magics not long after but hey those were the days.
how you score points.
I thought I saw some field goal post as well but I do not understand the game at all. I am sure I could Google it but I was hoping some of you experts could give me some cliff notes.
I don't have time today, getting ready to Smoke a Turkey and running behind schedule.
It makes as much sense to me as the Olympic Sport known as Curling.
What a crazy sport!
Forwards
The main responsibilities of the forward players are to gain and retain possession of the ball. Forwards play a vital role in tackling and rucking opposing players. Players in these positions are generally bigger and stronger and take part in the scrum and line-out. The forwards are often collectively referred to as the 'pack', especially when in the scrum formation.
Backs
The role of the backs is to create and convert point-scoring opportunities. They are generally smaller, faster and more agile than the forwards. Another distinction between the backs and the forwards is that the backs are expected to have superior kicking and ball-handling skills, especially the fly-half, scrum-half, and full-back.
There are different ways to score:
Penalty, if it is within range one of the backs takes a kick at opponets posts (think of a field goal in NFL). There is no opposition so it relys on skill of kicker. Worth 3 points.
Drop kick, rare but during play a kick is attempted at opponents posts. Harder as it is very opportunistic, Worth 3 points.
Try, scored when ball is touched down over opposition line. Ideally ball is touched down as near to goal posts as possible to make conversion easier. Worth 5 points.
Conversion, awarded after a Try, very similar to field goal, kick is taken at oppoents goal, again unopposed but is taken on the same line that try was scored. Worth 2 points.
The field is divided into 2 halves with other dividing lines, 5 metre & 22 metre lines.
The object of the game is to move the ball and touch it down over oppsosition touch line. When passing the ball it CANNOT be passed forward. At anytime of breaking rules the referee will award one of the follwoing. Usually involves a period containing rucks, mauls, scrums & lineouts (when the ball goes sideways out of play).
A games last 40 mins each half but wil only be ended when ball is 'dead' - yesterday Scotland player kick it out, today Wales Ireland went over 84 mins. In a normal match the ref is given respect and at times, its great to listen to a good one (Welsh ref recently retired Nigel Owens was brilliant).
That about covers the basics.
and I'll have more questions later.
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