a quick overview of rugby - tom cannavo
DESCRIPTION
Tom Cannavo goes over the very basics of Rugby the sport and touches on the history as well.TRANSCRIPT
WHAT IS RUGBY?
Rugby is a type of football.
The term - FOOTBALL itself refers to all sports where a ball is kicked
to score a goal.
Colloquially it refers to American football if you are in the United States and soccer
if you’re not.
SCORING POINTS
The objective of Rugby is to score a try.
A try is similar to a touchdown in American football, and is achieved by touching the ball to the ground behind the opposing team’s goal line.
Teams can also earn points through conversions, penalty
goals and drop goals.
GOALSGoals can be kicked between the two posts
similar to a field goal. However, this can be done during open play or as the result of a penalty.
CONVERSIONSThe team that scores the try given the chance to
score two additional points by kicking a conversion, similar to an extra point in American
football.
There are two types of Rugby
RUGBY LEAGUE RUGBY UNION
Rugby union is more popular world-wide. At a high level Rugby league’s rules tend to allow
for a faster game.
1 point
try: 5 points try: 4 points
Conversion in both: 2 points
a drop goal during open play3 points