In every sport, there is a position on the field that scrutinizes and mediates the match. They come in the form of an umpire, referee or competition judge. In order to enforce the rules and regulations of a sport, these governing members are on the field keeping a constant eye on the match and players ...
A big change to rugby union's international eligibility rules has been approved by World Rugby. As of January 2022, a rugby player can now represent a different country so long as they meet two criteria ...
In 1871, England’s governing rugby body—the Rugby Football Union (RFU) —decided that rugby could not be played as a professional game, which meant that people could not be paid to play rugby. However ...
World Rugby, the governing body for the sport of rugby, has introduced some new laws to the game. Two of these are the 50:22 kick rule and the goal line drop out rule...
The lineout is a common way of restarting the game after the ball goes out of bounds, or into touch, which is the area outside of the touch lines. There are many aspects to this manoeuvre — the following is a brief description of what it is.
Today, we're going to give a brief introduction to two very common competitive points of contact in rugby: (1) the ruck and (2) the maul.
Today, we're going to look at the scrum, a common method for restarting play in rugby. A scrum consists of 8 players from each team pushing against each other, using their feet to retrieve the rugby ball, which has been placed between the 2 pushing groups by the scrum half.