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Rugby League The Aim of The Game is..

It’s fast, exciting and spectacular and is played by skilful and powerful athletes.

The sport demands that players show determination, sporting ingenuity and courage.

The action on the field happens at high speed so here’s advice on some of the things to look out for when you’re watching …

The Aim of the Game … is to win by scoring more points than your opponents during the 80 minutes of play, like most teams sports it is a game of two halves each lasting 40 minutes.

There are three ways to accumulate points by Scoring Tries, Goals and Field goals. Okay I can hear you asking what on earth is a try, well in Rugby each team has a try-line it's at each end of the pitch and runs from corner to corner. You must try to ground the ball (that is to place the ball on the ground.) over your opponents try line. If your successful you gain four points, it doesn't end there though by grounding the ball you earn the chance to increase this by two points. You now have a place kick that is the ball is placed on the ground a set distance away from the try line and your kicker must kick the ball through the uprights of the post and above the crossbar.

A FIELD GOAL which is worth one point, like a place kick the ball must also pass through the posts but it is kicked instaneously after being dropped to the ground by the player in possession.

Also Penalty GOALS are worth two points and must be scored by a place kick. A team will be offered an attempt at a Penalty GOAL if the referee decided that their opponents have broken some aspect of the rules.

Sounds Easy doesn't it the Problem … Is that all thirteen players on the opposing team can stop you getting over their try-line by tackling you. A tackle involves a fierce physical collision followed by a short but demanding ‘wrestle’.

your opponents will be trying their best to stop you from carrying the ball into their ‘defensive line’ again and also trying to slow down the attack in general.

another problem is you only have a limited number of tackles before you have to give the ball to the other side. The attacking team is allowed to be tackled six times (seven if you receive the ball from an opponent’s mistake) as they attempt to try to score. After these tackles the ball must be ‘handed over’ to the other team. They then become the attackers and you'd better be good at defending.

The sensible thing to do when your sixth tackle is done is to kick the ball as far away from your try line as you can.

After a Tackle … The defenders must get off the man with the ball and allow him to bring it back into play by a PLAY-THE-BALL. This involves the player in possession heeling the ball backwards in a controlled manner to a teammate. The position taken up by the teammate collecting the ball in this position is known as Dummy-Half or Acting-Half.

Before the PLAY-THE-BALL, the defending team have to retire ten metres, apart from two defenders who may guard or ‘mark’ the play-the-ball area, one stood squarely behind the other.

The match Referee polices this aspect of the game and may from time to time award PENALTIES against players for not letting the man in possession play the ball quickly or for the other defenders being less than ten metres away (i.e. they are ‘offside’).

Occasionally the team in possession may be penalised for not playing the ball properly.

Scrums Involve a Maximum of Six Players and Take Place When …
A player fails to catch a ball cleanly and knocks it forward. If such an event happens on the last tackle of the ‘set of six’, however, possession is handed over to the other side. A scrum is also formed when a player is tackled into touch or when the ball is kicked into touch. But if it’s kicked on the last tackle and goes in touch without bouncing, it’s a handover to the defending team

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