American Reacts to How to Play Rugby - The Rules of Rugby Union
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In this video I react to Rugby for beginners, a guide to the rules of Rugby Union. This is actually the first time I'm learning how to play Rugby. It actually looks like a really fun game. After learning how Rugby is played I'd really like to watch a Rugby match.
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We dont have rules..we have laws
Exactly and the first law I learned is respect the refs word at all time, he could be wrong he could make a mistake but you never talk back or argue with the ref, you can converse calmly but don’t ever jump in his face or call out forward yellow card so on and so forth
@@scott4600 Yep the rule changed, the scrum half can throw it in to his side
@@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart
I was taught that players, other than the captain, must:
a) never speak to the referee unless spoken to
b) use only two words, 'yes' and 'sir' when spoken to
Makes life very simple.
@@scott4600 the opposing team still has a good chance of disrupting the scrum, forcing a penalty or putting the scrum-half and 8 under a lot of pressure. I thought that after the rule change it would be too uncontested but I was surprised that may scrums don't go to the team in possession and that there are less resets
Lawns
You can only pass backwards to make your team have to face the other team head on rather than throwing over the opponents to your player. The game encourages physical battles, and out smarting opponents with clever well timed runs.
A player can pass the ball sideways which is neither forwards or backwards.
Clever? Clever Boof-heads?. Rugby-heads don't do clever.
@@mattyboy8270even sideways it has to be slightly backwards.
@@aDifferentJT A sideways pass does not have to be backwards.
@@mattyboy8270 A sideways pass considers the laws of perpetual motion - a backward aimed pass may in fact travel forwards due to the motion of the release to the intended target at speed.
'American' Football evolved directly from Rugby. Rugby was played in a lot of the Canadian and US Schools and Colleges in the late 19th century and over time it was adapted by 'coaches' to their own model.
I still find it interesting how american football vs rugby in a way reflects the US military vs other countries. (At the time)
Rugby is all about moving forward as a unit and trying to find an advantage by tactical retreats (i.e. passing backwards).
If you look at American football they have very specialized roles and a squadron leader that calls the plays (i.e. quarterback).
And on top of that they use a completely different team for offense & defense.
I can honestly enjoy both of them, but Rugby is way more about humans competing against each other on an equal playing field. American football feels like chess with human bodies in comparison.
A try is a little bit like a touchdown, except unlike a touchdown a try has to touch down, whereas a touchdown does not have to touch down. Makes sense.
And there has to be a downward preassure on the ball (you can't cross the try line and then drop the ball to the ground) and where you score your try matters as the conversion kick has to be taken in line with where the try was scored. This means the kick is taken at a more difficult and less favourable angle if the try is scored near the sides of the pitch, and it's an easy kick from directly in front of the goal if you managed to score the try in the centre of the pitch between the goal posts. The kicker can take their conversion kick from any distance, so if the try is scored near the side of the pitch they'll normally take their kick from further away to improve the angle at the expense of distance. This is probably the biggest difference between scoring in rugby union vs American football because it means that in rugby the player may choose to continue play even after they've crossed the try line so that they can place the ball on the ground and score nearer to the centre of the ptich for an easier conversion. A player can still be prevented from scoring by the other team tackling them, even after they crossed the try line though, so it's a risk trying to continue play to score neaerer the centre.
A try is literally a touchdown. America skipped the “touchdown” part somewhere along the line
Wow just when you think it's in the name. 😅
@@julesc8054 Another American misnomer like their 'football'🙂
If you want to see the kind of respect for the referee there is in Rugby, watch any video highlighting Nigel Owens(Referee), he’s fantastic! The sportsmanship between players and fans, with the brutal but friendly play and banter is one of the best parts of the game
If you go back far enough in history, a "try" did not afford you any points at all. What a "try" did award you was a chance to kick the ball between the posts. In other words you had a chance to "try" and kick the ball between the posts and earn points, hence the name "try."
For example when
Scotland & England first played that was the case if you look at the results you can see this was the case.
A try got you an attempt (try) at scoring in the goal. That is why it is called a try.
thats a lie it was called a try bcause then a try was 3 point not 5 and got 5with corvertion
@@benbrits6638 No - that happened later. It went from zero, to 3, to 4 to 5 points across history.
@@benbrits6638 No. For touching the ball down in the in-goal area, you got a "try" for a goal. It was the same in Rugby League in the early days. The number of points you got varied over the years. Rugby League has favoured giving more points for tries over kicks - currently 4 (try), 2 (goal), 1 (field goal), and in the NRL (Australia) 2 points for a field goal kicked from outside 40 metres.
You don't have to get rid of the ball before you land in a lineout. You can land and then pass, or run with it or form a maul.
The reason it is often passed on in the air is the vulnerability of the player landing with the ball with the opposition forwards so close.
Yes 100%. They’re trying to show the basics of what a lineout is, and they made it really simple.
Personally I think they oversimplified it because it does suggest you always tap the ball down and creating a maul is certainly a huge part of the modern game, even when you’re not driving to score.
In the clip shown, the player who the ball in the line out was being lifted by the team so it was safer to pass before landing safely. I think. That's the impression I got.
@@Rhianalanthula It all depends on how your manager or captain wants you to play in that moment. If you think that speed is where your advantage over the opponent is, it's a clear choice, get the ball to your team-mates quickly to start an attack, as the catcher cannot be legally tackled in the air. As Eloise says, the maul is part of the modern game. It can be because you think you have physical dominance in that part of the field and can gain ground, or it can be to tie up the opposition players in one area, potentially creating space to attack elsewhere.
A good watch is Rugby referee Nigel Owens, an iconic Rugby referee that commanded huge respect and didn’t take any nonsense from players and was also very funny in his comments.
Nigel Owens is the GOAT
+1, any (or all) of the Nigel Owens videos, shows how the players interact with the referees (and vice versa) on the field, and Nigel is ALWAYS good for a laugh.
The only Welsh referee to be allowed to officiate a game when Wales was playing ❤️
Love his amazing one liners "I'm straighter than that one " "this is not soccer" "I'm the referee on this field not you" and so many more
Brilliant ref, and a very good advertisement for all that is good in Rugby union
They mentioned the yellow and red cards but didn't tell you the difference. A yellow card means that you have to sit out the next 10 minutes of the game. It's referred to as the sin bin. This is usually for multiple infringements or for cynical play, such as a deliberate foul. A red card is usually given for something that is very dangerous and reckless. This card means that you take no further part in the match. Rugby is a very physical sport and as such players have a duty of care to all other players.
Well said.
Also that player that receives a red card or yellow cannot be replaced by another player untill 10 mins up for yellow or end of game for red
It's said that getting tacked by a rugby player has the equivilant force of a fridgefreezer dropped on you from about 1.5m
You can’t mention carding without mentioning the bunker scenario… if the ref has two TMO reviews and still can’t decide the award then the player gets a yellow and an independent panel decides if a red should be awarded or not during the ten minutes of the sin bin. Just ask Owen Farrell…
Steve, there are bound to be full matches on UA-cam that you can watch. One of rugby's strengths is the camaraderie among spectators. You can go into a pub wearing your club's colours only to find everyone in there supports your team's opponents. There won't be any trouble and you'll probably find yourself having a drink with them.
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I was the only Red shirt in a Walkabout in Bristol during the six nations Eng vs Wales I had such a good time got loads of grief as we got ballbagged but had a great time.
@@drunkenbarbarian8211 I used to get the same in Manchester. They were never into rugby where I lived until I started putting the TV in the front garden. The neighbors joined in and then Henson made that kick and even the English were cheering for us. It's about the play and quality. Not the team that wins. I remeber a few years ago the finals of the 6 nations and the last games scored so many points it was probably the best rugby I ever witnessed. This was in about 2017/2018. Long as the play is fast and exciting it doesn't matter who really wins
@@drunkenbarbarian8211 I was the same in a pub in South Wales in my England rugby shirt amongst 70-80 Welsh fans. We started the game looking for a grand slam but lost 30-3. It was humiliating!
On 8 September this year, the Rugby World Cup starts, and I'm sure it will be available to you. You will see some of the best rugby ever if you watch a game here. 😎😎
Greetings from Ireland .. I cant wait for the RWC tbh ..
@@christianmccann9400 kiwi here and we are dreading it, stuck with a shit coach and selectors until it’s over 😢
@@josephharrison7390 looked good last game .. Boks will be the test for you
I love the fact that even though the ball is only past backwards , it's actually constantly moving forward.! Unless it's kicked forward. Sort of like being in a war , if the man in front taken out you pick up from there and carry on pushing forward no matter knowing the man beside you will do the same to achieve teams or divisions objectives.
Hi. Rugby Union Football was played in the US as early as 1874. It was introduced via the ivy league Universities who had based themselves on, mainly, the English Universities where Rugby was very popular. They still play Rugby Union in those Ivey League Universities today.
In the US, the game also caught on and University games attracted large crowds of sometimes 30-50,000. Some "switched on" business people saw the popularity and wanted to take the game professional. But the World Governing body stated that Rugby Union was strictly Amateur.
So, the US designed their own Professional game based around a combination of Rugby Union and other ball games and altered rules to suit their requirements. That's why a few Terms used are similar. In Rugby, to score a Try, you must "touch down" the ball in the Try Zone. So the US just called it a Touchdown. When USA started their own version it was initially referred to as Gridiron Football. Then became American Football and finally, simply Football (even though it's mainly played by hand.)
Those US Universities were very good at the Rugby Union game and their players made up the bulk of players who represented USA at the Olympics in 1920 and 1924 where the USA won consecutive Gold Medals! Then the 15 a side game was dropped from the Olympics and when it was reintroduced in 2016, they used the Sevens version of Rugby Union. Cheers.
George W Bush was apparently a good player at college.....
@@stevefowler3398 I think even Bill Clinton also played. Cheers.
@@johnwilson5743 well he was a player.
Hahahaha
@@stevefowler3398 LOL. Well said. Cheers.
The first college football game in the US (Princeton-Rutgers) was played under something like Cambridge rules, which became the basis of association football. (Essentially, the first college football game was a soccer match.) It was McGill University from Montreal that introduced Rugby rules to Harvard, who initially preferred their own local rules. Rugby then spread to other elite universities in the Northeast, including Yale where Walter Camp decided to start rewriting the rule book.
The US took the game of rugby and took out the more complex components to simplify the rules and the game. One thing that was removed was the concept of being offside, so the quarter back could now throw the ball forward. The really funny thing is it was kept for all the other players who can only lateral the ball. They removed the scrum where opposing teams bind together and separated the two teams' forwards into two lines facing each other. One team has possession of the ball and passes it back to the quarter back. Line outs were taken out of the game. In NRL if a player runs or is pushed out of bounds the team retains the ball. In rugby the ball is given to the other team. In rugby every player is expected to play both offence and defence because unless they have been injured, they are expected to play all 80 minutes. I have never figured out why in NFL it's called a touchdown when the ball isn't touched down on the ground. NFL is a coaches game and so it has timeouts and quarters so the coaches can tell players what to do. Rugby is a players game where players are expected to make on-the-spot decisions.
Yep, they indeed did take out the hard parts, allowed the main 'cheat' in rugby, ie throwing the ball past your opponents instead of 'getting it' past them. Also they took out the bits that needed toughness, the ruck, the maul, the scrum. Face it guys NFL is the version of rugby we'd let our daughters play instead of the dangerous version. :)
No offside? In that case, what are all the penalties for offensive lineman for? I think what you mean to say is there is no offside in relation to the single forward pass allowed per snap. Any game of football that has one team on one side of the field separate from the other team on the other side has offside. No offside would mean anyone can run anywhere at any time, like in Aussie Rules.
@@Michael-D.-Williams Yes, I could have made it clearer that I was referring to offside relating to the quarterback pass.
@@occamraiserThere’s a reason American football players wear body armor, and it’s because a lot more would die if they didn’t…or they’d have to do what rugby did and adapt the game.
Actually, the rules were changed to make the game more complex and allow for deeper strategy by coaches. Take a look at the NCAA and NFL rule books versus the Laws of Rugby to see what I mean.
The two versions of Rugby are VERY different but the base rules are reasonably similar. Rugby is rough and tough, you WILL get bruised and battered during a game (because who the heck needs padding? pfft!) but it's an absolute blast to play! 😜 Aussie rules is a fun sport to watch as well.
Hi Steve, you cannot play the ball if you are in front of the ball. That means that even if the ball is kicked you must start behind the person who kicks the ball to legally handle the ball. This is why you don't pass forward. That is the principle of the game. If you are in front of the ball, you must go back behind the ball or else you will give away a penalty for offside.
Rugby Union is certainly a more flowing game compared to the stop/start of American Football. There are videos explaining the differences between Union and League. Two quite different games. Rugby is definitely worth it. Good luck.
Rugby is designed to be flowing, but in reality the players habitually flout the rules, particularly in defence, and the referee creates a lot of stop start stop.
It should be said that American football always takes conversion kicks from infront of the posts. In rugby the kicks are from the line of where you scored, making the kicks much harder - sometimes all the way from the sidelines
“Cricket is a gentlemen’s game played by gentlemen,
Football is a gentlemen’s game played by thugs,
Rugby Union is a thug’s game played by gentlemen,
And Rugby League is a thug’s game played by thugs.”
This quote is from an era when there was a clear class and geographical division within sports in the UK. The dividing lines have blurred somewhat since then, but still exist to some extent today; cricket and Rugby Union are generally taught in the private school system, Rugby League is taught in the north of England, and Football is taught in the state school system.
You forgot the final line: "Australian Rules Football is a madmans' game played by madmen".
@@ianjackson1674 Hurling is a warriors game played by warriors
Grammar schools always used to teach rugby and cricket.
I have to agree with those. Obviously there are exceptions - but in aspiration they are pretty accurate descriptions of the games. Now, what is NFL. A game for coal miners played by combination papered millionaire althetes and steroidal thugs?
The proper saying is,"football is a game for gentlemen played by animals,rugby is a game for animals played by gentlemen.." Football is a game with men pretending to be hurt for 90 minutes,rugby is a game for men pretending not to be hurt for 80 minutes.
That was a great video- I liked the use of both animation and RL footage to illustrate the points. I have watched rugby in the past- I much prefer it to football/ soccer - but learned a lot more from this!
It's definitely worth looking up one of the many videos of referee Nigel Owens. Will give you an idea of the respect in the game.
Personally I'm more familiar with League myself (being Australian), but the biggest _fundamental_ difference between both versions of Rubgy and American Football is that, in general, you are almost exclusively supposed to _carry_ the ball forwards. This is why you can only pass backwards- you're not passing to gain ground, you're only passing to hand the ball off to a teammate who's hopefully in a better position to run and break through.
lad they pause every 4 seconds and wear bloody armour. League is a shit sport to begin with try some union and start hyping up mark nawaqsomething
Steve, with the Rugby World Cup coming up soon it's worth looking at National teams. I'm English, but I have followed the Welsh National team since 1959, when I was eight years old. New Zealand is consistently considered one of the greatest "sides", fielding some of THE best players. There are tribute videos to Jonah Lomu, who, in my opinion was the G.O.A.T. I don't know of anyone who wasn't in awe of him.
Hi Steve, this English lady won't tell you this because she is most likely still sore about England's loss against South Africa in the last world cup, but the Springboks are the most successful team in Rugby World cup having won 3 world cups (same as New Zealand), but they were excluded from the first 2 competitions due to apartheid. Jonah Lomu looked good against teams with poor defence but their over confidence in his abilities cost New Zealand their defeat in the 1995 world cup because he could not make inroads into the Springbok defence and was handed the ball for every attack wasting all their valuable ball possession. You're welcome, Steve and English lady!
@@charlestruter7171 Most of the All Black team were sick with food poisoning in that final (deliberate?), there is video footage of some of them throwing up during play, and they still managed a full time draw.
@@Pete856 - that is the common excuse used by the Ab's but I live in New Zealand and I know how that works. Who poisoned the AB's in Japan or in Cardif or who poisoned the English in Japan? I watched that game and I don't see any sick people, just a very hard game. By the way the poison consumed by the AB's in Durban was probably Carling Black Label.
You can watch this weekend coming up. Argentina vs New Zealand in Argentina and South Africa vs Australia in South Africa. These teams are the top 10 teams South Africa, New Zealand and Australia winning 8 of the 9 World cups that was played.
While there's shock at passing backwards, American Football had that rule for nearly 40 years, changing it only in 1906 to allow forward passes.
American 'football' rules still allow lateral or back passes at any point during play by a player with possession. Rarely used but typically used on the last play of a game by a losing team.
@@mikebell0315I sometimes wish teams would intentionally make more use of this rule, even if just to mess with their opponents’ heads. The NFL still also has the fair catch kick (“kick from the mark” in rugby): rarely used, but sometimes worth a shot.
I live in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is -
not a very touristy city but is contrary to perceptions a great place to live. I once had a German friend over for his umpteenth visit to South Africa, and his umpteenth short visit to our house (usually passes by to visit some more touristy spot, like a game reserve or winelands). Not being a touristy place, we’d shown everything. He had another school friend with him, who quite liked sports in general, so I suggested a Rugby game. Both were quite keen, and I had four season tickets for the local franchise (the Lions) - kids had other things going and wife was happy to sit out. That afternoon they were playing a New Zealand team, can’t remember which (Blues, Crusaders or Chiefs). So I bought some army men of two different colours at the discount shop, and over breakfast the Saturday morning, I use these army men to gkve them an hour intro into Rugby (from the point of view of two Germans who knew football [soccer] quite well). Going to the game armed with the breakfast session “theory”, it was an early season game so not too packed (but still enough people for vibe), so I could buy us some beers, and I could really explain what was going on as it happened without irritating too many others. The two Germans had a ball of a time, as did I. They still talk fondly of it some years later.
Lineout: The player that catches the ball is not required to pass the ball, passing to the scrum half is just one of the strategies. He can move directly to the opposing players to form a maul or he can carry the ball to set up an attack.
Things may have changed but we played Rugby Union in school from age 9! It was full contact and very few flinched from tackling players. I went to school with Simon Haughton who was twice the size of anyone else. He went on to play professionally until injury ended his career. He's now coaching in Australia I believe.
The name "Try" originates from when a Try was 3 points - hence tri.
You can not kick the ball forwards to another person in your team; any person receiving the ball from a "kick forwards/punt/chip ahead" has to have been behind the kicker when he kicks ahead (otherwise they are off side), BUT can chase immediately in order to collect the ball.
A "chip ahead" is basically just to get the ball over the heads of the defensive line, forcing them to turn around and is a short distance because either the kicker or another player just behind the kicker can run onto the ball as the moment is to their advantage. The opposition have to turn and accelerate.
Sometimes, they'll kick the ball quite far, but put a lot of height on it, so that the chaser can arrive at the time the ball lands in time to contest the ball.
The third option is you kick the ball, low and far hoping for one of two results:
- the ball bounces in the field of play and then has enough momentum to take it across the sideline.
In which case a line will take place from where the ball went out; generally the throw-in is given to the opponent.
- the next reason for a long, low kick is that you hope to gain territory because there are probably only one or two opposition players there to receive the ball AND you want your chasers to get down there and disrupt the opponents line before its properly reorganized.
When kicking the ball forward your team mate must be behind you when you kick it or he will be deemed offside.
For a try the player actually has to touch the ball down.
In the beginning, this allowed the player to “try” to score with a kick.
This evolved to give 5 points for the try and then a further 2 if the kick is scored to give a converted try.
When we played at school, you always had the home team form up in a funnel, at the end of the game, at the edge of the pitch. You clapped and shook hands with the opponents as they passed through. Then the away side would form their own funnel and clap the home team with handshakes as they pass through. Respect was alway so important.
It's a dangerous sport, especially if people don't play by the rules even when they can get away with not being caught i.e. punching people in the face during a scrum, studding someone in a ruck, groin aimed tackles etc.
It's great to watch rugby but no amount of watching can compare to the experience of say being a hooker (front and center, he 'hooks' the ball back with his foot as it comes into the scrum) in the midst of so much weight, power and momentum, bound by a net of arms and bodies. When scrums collapse, it has been deadly.
STEVE!! Here is your opportunity to get fired up on Rugby, the World Cup starts on Saturday 9th September being held in France.
First game is the host nation France Vs The All Blacks (my favourite team).
Although the USA team didn’t qualify (they have a good 7 a side team), you can cheer for Ireland as they are one of the favourites for the cup.
As always I love how you (and all of the other Reactors from the US) go crazy over the musical acts, and some of the run of the mill stuff from the UK that we grew up with and consider normal.
One thing about Rugby Union/League is that there is only one set of players per team on the field. You don't change players for offensive or defensive plays, players on the field do both. There are up to three ( 3 ) player changes during a game but after that player has been replaced he cannot re-join the game.
In Rugby League, there is no ruck and maul. The player who is tackled stands up puts the ball on the ground and pushes the ball back to his teammate
This the play the ball. The team with ball gets 6 tackles then they have to kick the ball before the 6th tackle is completed otherwise they have to hand the ball to the opposition.
No line outs . Different points for tries and goals . Usually played at faster pace.
During a lineouyt, the catcher doesn't have to throw it, he can keep it to form what is called a "maul" so the whole team can go forward but if you give it before, it is easier for the fast ones in the back to make combinations
There are about 100 differences between Rugby League and Union, they are very much different sports.
The most important differences are:
Number of players (13 for league - 15 for Union)
How play restarts (no real scrums or Line outs in league)
League has 6 possesions for a team before you have to hand the ball over (Like American football downs) Union has unlimited "Phases" in theory
Different point for Scores
League is a much better game IMO. I didn't grow up watching either, moved to a "League" town and never looked back.
League is a faster game, mostly because 6 tackle rule that keeps the play flowing
Important to note that the original difference between Union and League was that League allowed players to be professional and earn an income from the sport. All other rule changes came after that break. Since the mid 90s both versions allow professionalism.
@@gmdhargreaves played Union in NZ from 5yrs till 10yrs old changed to League & hang the boots up when I was 47...absolutely love the NRL no contact sport can match it's quality & toughness, can't wait for this season to kick off, bro
As well as Union and league there is also sevens. Technically a subdivision of Union it’s a seven a side game with some of the most entertaining gameplay in the sport. There is more space on the field so speed and acceleration becomes paramount. A wonderful game to watch.
Incidentally it’s the form of the game that is played during the summer Olympics and watching Fiji win their first gold was just emotional.
In rugby League you keep possession of the ball until the ball carrier has been tackle six times then you have to either kick the ball down field or give up possession. In Rugby Union you keep possession of the ball until you score, the ball goes into touch (out of bounds) or the opposing team takes the ball off you.
Great video! It's nice to see Americans embracing rugby, it's good for the world game. A couple of quick answers to your questions...
If you want to kick the ball forward to a team mate, that team mate has to be behind you when you kick it. He then has to run forwards to try and catch the ball. If you kick the ball to a team mate who was already in front of you they are offside.
A try is kind of like a touchdown, only the ball has to touch the ground on or over the try line.
The player catching the ball at the lineout doesn't have to pass it before they land. They can land still holding the ball and either keep hold of it or pass it after they have landed. If they hold on to the ball, the other forwards normally form a maul around them.
I'm from the north of England, where Rugby League is more prevalent, but in the army we mostly played union. I have tried watching American Football, but I find it boring (just my personal opinion), but, I have seen videos and films of American Football in the 1930's 40's and 50's, where there was lots of passing and running... I can only imagine that in the US , Football has changed massively, probably to please TV companies, whereas Rugby has stayed true to the original game. Rugby is a rabbit hole worth going down, the rules can get very complex, but there are videos of great referees as well... one of the few sports with famous referees
There is so much to this sport. It isn't straight forward at all there are so many different rules etc even people who are huge fans of the sport since childhood don't know all of the rules so i respect your attempts to get your head around it. Watch a game and listen to the commentary and sort of reference this video whilst watching a full game and you will soon pick it up. Cheers mate.
Maybe starting with yourself, who doesn’t appear to know that rugby has laws not rules 🤷♂️ 😂
@@paulphillips675 oooo good one
One of the ways to tell the difference between Union and League is to watch how the game plays. In League it goes like this;
1) Ball carrier runs straight into defenders.
2) Defenders wrestle ball carrier to the ground.
3) Referee calls out 'tackle.'
4) One defender forces the ball carrier's head into the pitch while the other defenders move back into position.
5) Ball carrier starts struggling until the defender lets go. Ball carrier then stands up, puts the ball on the ground and taps it backwards. Another player from their own side picks up the ball and it starts all over again.
on a line out, he doesnt need to offload the ball before the player touches the ground. But nobody can tackle them while they are in the air (safety reasons). So most jumpers try to pass before the lifters bring them back down.
One thing they didn't mention was ruler any bleeding immediately stops play. Those in the scrum also tend to get their ears torn up so usually have protective bands they use to cover their ears. Rugby is a really fun game to watch and to play. I5 is also more like football (soccer) and hockey in that the ball can travel up and down the field several times before a try is ever made or a new scrum called.
Bleeding does not stop play at all. If there is a natural break, the ref will give a bit of extra time for the player to be bandaged. Injuries do not stop play either unless: they get in the way of active play or there is a head injury
what they say about respect is 100% true btw. Sportsmanship is held is the highest regard. Its very very common for you to spend 80 mins knocking lumps off your opposite number, only to meet them in the club house for a pint and laugh about it afterwards.
There are rules around kicking the ball. If a player chooses not to pass the ball to a team-mate or run with it, that player may kick the ball instead. There are three types of kicks used; the punt, drop kick and place kick.
To punt the ball the player must kick the ball before it touches the ground. A drop kick occurs if the ball first bounces on the ground before being kicked. With a place kick the ball must be placed on the ground before being kicked.
Punts are the most common, used as clearing kicks, especially if a team is close to their own goal-line or is looking to gain territory With a punt the player kicks the ball as far upfield as possible but ground is only gained if the ball bounces in the field of play before crossing the touch line. If the ball crosses the touch line before being touched by anyone a lineout is awarded to the opposing team. The disadvantage of "kicking for territory" is that it almost always gives possession of the ball to the opposing team.
Place kicks are only ever used for attempting shots at goal after a penalty has been awarded or when converting a try. A conversion is taken back in line from the spot where the try was scored, so if possible a scorer will aim to down the ball as close to the goal posts as possible.
The line out catcher can hold onto the ball once he touches down but only in certain situations because you’re in danger of getting the ball stolen from you during a maul, to help you remember a maul is a standing contention for the ball and a ruck in always on the floor
New to your channel here - it's great that you're liking the look of rugby. I love you're optimism of wanting to "fully understand the rules" before you sit down and watch a full game. Let me warn you that this video covered only the basics and that if you watch a full game you will very likely not understand everything that is happening all the time... Don't let that stop you from watching though! The best way to learn all the nuances and intricacies of the rules is with exposure (and a friend watching with you who knows all the rules haha). The number of little rules is my one criticism of rugby because it's less accessible to new viewers, but all the rules are there for a reason and I do appreciate that at least. Despite that, I'm not a big sports person but it is my favourite sport to watch.
In my opinion rugby has a number of advantages over American football (which I'll call AF to save having to type it out!) - first, the play is mostly continuous whereas AF stops after every down which is much slower paced. Because of the slower pace of AF (and its inherent capitalist American-ness!) they make time for hours of adverts in each game which really ruins the experience of AF for me (although on UK channels we sometimes go to commentary and analysis when the US goes to adverts haha), whereas rugby only has adverts before, after, and at half time on UK television.
Another advantage is that all players defend and attack which again means the play is interrupted less than in AF where there is an attacking and a defending team, and that all players in rugby have to be able to do more roles on the pitch (although there are specialist positions too).
A third advantage for me is how the gameplay flows with a lot of contest and compromise - backwards passing forces the constant dilemma of "do I run to gain territory but risk getting tackled, or pass which loses ground but maintains momentum, or kick it gaining lots of territory but likely losing possession?".
Plus, the phases of play switching between rucks/mauls and running the ball means the game quickly and constantly switches between speed and agility being key, and strength and technique being key.
I also love how teamwork works in rugby although I can't deny this is present in AF too. Strategy is a big part of both games too but what is different is the improvisation - AF is based on set plays, each reset the teams have a set play as part of their plan, and usually each phase of play only lasts a few seconds not letting them get too far out their planned comfort zone whether it goes right or wrong; in rugby they too have set plays, but more often than not they have to deal with the situation as it comes, think on their feet, come up with plays on the fly, and make key decisions in the heat of the moment much more often in my opinion.
Disclaimer - I don't know all that much about AF, but this is from my experience of it at least!
You can get rugby pretty much anywhere in the US. Most major cities at the least, will have clubs. I learned to play in Houston, TX and there were teams through most of east Texas. When I lived in California, the situation was similar.
They haven't been putting the ball in straight at scrums for years,it drives me mad-
There's a subtlety to kicking. You can kick the ball forward, but you're not kicking it *to* another player. All players have to stay behind the ball (otherwise you're offside). So you're kicking the ball forward hoping one of your team mates can run up to it. Or you're kicking it to the opposition deliberately, but judging it to be worth moving the game forward.
World cup in September through Ocober is being played in France. Most of the big games are on the weekends with matches starting between 1300 and 2100 CET. That means for you in USA the games will start from around 9am through to early evening, though with neither Canada or USA reaching the tournament, I wonder how much coverage will be on NBC Sports.
There is MLR in the US and a service that streams international games. I don’t remember what it’s called but I’m sure you can find it fairly easily
Rugby union is interesting in ireland for several reasons,its the third or fourth most popular sport in the country behind Gaelic football,soccer and hurling yet the national team is currently ranked number 1 in the world.
Interestingly while the republic and northern ireland have separate national football/soccer teams the rugby team represents the whole island.
Most of the northern players are drawn from the unionist protestant community who identify as british and therefore don't regard the irish national anthem as theres ,a special rugby anthem was written called irelands song to accomodate them.When playing at home both songs are sung because the home games are played in the irish capital,but away only irelands call is sung.
It's very easy to spot the Ulster players when the anthems play!
Ireland really turned around their rugby fortunes by professionalising the game and bringing their best players home to play domestically. There's also been a sea-change in attitudes to fitness, historically not a strong area for Ireland given our diet. Zoomers are more likely to be found in the gym than the pub.
In the 80s, it was a very classist sport here. My impression is that's much improved.
@@colinmorrison5119it’s interesting that for a sport which crosses divisions on the island at the national team level part of its rise was to play into regional divisions at the club level. The decision to effectively turn the four provincial sides, Ulster, Munster , Leinster, and Connaught, into irelands professional sides for the top flight European club competition was a brilliant move. It would have been so easy to go for city teams which would have missed drawing on that provincial rivalry and pride.
@@ballagh Our population is just too small. The cricket authorities are adopting a similar provincial championship to improve their Test prospects.
@@ballagh Going with city teams would not have worked as colin said our population is too small.Its important to note that Northern Ireland and Ulster are not interchangeable,three ulster counties belong to the republic so the divisions they made use of go back to the old kingdoms of ireland,they pre exist the creation of northern ireland bythousands of years.
This video explains some of the differences (and the historical reasons for them) between rugby union and rugby league: ua-cam.com/video/sRUHxGwv_VY/v-deo.html One of the big differences you'll notice between essentially all American vs non-American sports is that US sports have the structure of the game (quarters, etc.) structured around commercial breaks and advertising, whereas the rest of the world only has, at most, one advert break in the middle of a game/match (and no commercials at all if it's on the BBC or sometimes a dedicated sports broadcaster).
The channel that does that video does a better video of the rules too I think
A try and a touchdown are essentially the same thing, but ironically, you don't have to "touch down" (ie press it on the ground) a touchdown, but you DO have to "touch down" a try!
This was a great video Steve, learnt a lot too. 😊
At the end of every rugby match, you'll find players shake each other's hands.
The original video must have required a lot of hunting through footage to find examples of England winning phases against New Zealand!
as a england fan i can state i was sad after that match as we beat the all blacks and then lose to south africa in the world cup finals :(
Super dope video man!
two things i didn't mention is in a scrum the 8 can take the ball and run with it also in line out they can bring the ball down to the ground and make a maul out of it
In Great Britain there is a saying, " Football/soccer is a game of 90 minutes with the players pretending to injured. Rugby is a game of 80 minutes with players pretending not to be injured". The video didn't mention that often the two teams come to blows, but still shake hands afterwards. Steve, check out rugby referee, Welshman, Nigel Owen I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
Do not call football soccer. Football now is nothing like it was in the 1960s. Football played in the UK and Ireland was far more physical but fair and had a great deal more tackling. Then the game in the UK changed by EUFA putting pressure on referees to be more Continental. FIFA protecting the attacking player and goalkeeper more and more each season. The game has far less real contact. Too much diving and fake injuries. It is nothing like how I use to play the game. You would not go off the pitch unless you tore a muscle or broke your leg. I know football is not as full contact as rugby but as my rugger mates use to say rugby was like boxing, you ready for the blows but in football it was like being in the park having a walk and suddenly someone hits you in your shins or head. Rugby now is much more exciting than in the past, now the players are fitter and can be replaced more. My worry is that rugby will go the way of football. Oh, my friend who was a union fanatic and played every week , had to give rugby up. He fractured his skull playing football. The irony. He use to be a goalie in the summer to keep fit. I love both football and rugby. I wish l could have seen Sheffield football at its early stages.
Love the fact you're learning ❤❤
7s Rugby is a great way to have a multi schools sports festival in a weekend. And with cup, plate and shield on offer theirs always something to aim for if you have lost a couple of matches.
At the amateur level it’s traditional after a match for the home team to host the away team for a meal and a cheeky pint or 10.
You can only pass backwards, as all players must be behind the "off-side" line (basically an imaginary line across the pitch going through the ball) at all times of play, with the exceptions noted for rucks and mauls.
You can kick forwards and have a team mate collect it, but he/she must be behind you when you kick it!
@@jezlanejlYes, and he can't play the ball until it has passed him again.
@@jezlanejl It's not against the rules to be in an offside position. IT's only against the rules to get involved in play from an offside position. So long as he gets back onside before he receives the ball again, or makes a tackle, or gets involved in a ruck or maul, he's fine. You can't block like you can in American football, as that's being involved in play from an offside position.
@@jezlanejl so he falls back behind the player now with the ball so he is there for the pass back
@@jezlanejl Yes but the player who has just passed the ball is no longer in play, can't receive the ball. I'm not sure, I never played, but I don't think he/she can interfere with the opposition either. They must either wait for the ball to pass them or move back until they are again behind the ball.
A wonderful Rugby tour to examine is the 1981 Springbok v All Blacks.
To see rugby at its finest, Game of the Century | All Blacks v Australia 2000, would be hard to beat.
Best game in the world. Hard, fast, tactical and respectful. Whatever happens is left on the pitch and beers flow afterwards. Also, its 40 mins each half, no advert and no body armour. When you come to the UK or Ireland, go watch some games and you will appreciate why it is the greatest game ever.
Big difference between try and touchdown is that in a try the ball /must/ be placed on the ground after the try line. There are many cases of a try being disallowed due to the ball being 'held up' because an opposing player got their hands/arms under the ball so it never touched the ground, but also disallowed cases where the ball was placed before the line and slid over it rather than placed over the line.
Another thing to note is that the conversion kick takes place opposite where the ball touched - so your team really wants to get the try as close to the posts as possible so as to give the kicker the best and closest shot at the bars.
All this together means that sometimes just getting over the try line isn't enough... the opponent could still mess you up or the situation be such that you're forced to plant your try close to the sidelines which could disadvantage your conversion kicker.
In regards to respect and sportsmanship... In a game with as much potential for injury as Rugby, these two things are pretty paramount. You will very rarely, if ever, see rugby players fake injuries on the field for instance (unlike soccer) because everyone knows real injuries can happen and can be serious.
Interestingly rugby is also one of the sports that was fastest to take up a lot of sport related technology - line cameras, video ref, ref on broadcast etc, etc - because it all to them aids in keeping games fair and injury free, when some sports (soccer again) did everything possible to delay such advancements.
American Football is said to originate in 1868, Soccer (Football) has an origin somewhere around 206 B.C., with the modern rules of soccer starting in 1863, Rugby was created in 1823, & Rugby League started in 1895.
The Difference between Rugby Union & Rugby League - EXPLAINED!
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The reason that we have "try" and "conversions" is that in the early rules of the game there were no points for a try (over the touchline). It gave you the opportunity to "try" to kick the ball through the posts and "convert" into points.
While it's true that you have to deliver the ball in the middle of a scrum or lineout, it's generally accepted now that in a scrum you are going to roll it towards your own team.
over (or on) the try-line not touch line. Also, latest laws say “The scrum-half may align their shoulder on the middle line of the scrum, thereby standing a shoulder-width closer to their side of the scrum” so the ball is (should be) delivered along that line i.e on the scrum half’s side not in the middle, although it should still not be “fed” to the scrum half’s side it rarely seems to be penalised and so I suppose is accepted
The reason for only passing backwards is that rugby is meant to be a running game rather than a passing game.
The rules are intended to enforce that, so the only way to gain ground and reach the opposing try line is by running. Passing is necessary but you are technically losing ground by doing so.
Likewise, you *can* kick the ball forwards but you can't use this to pass it to a teammate ahead of you (they would be offside if they caught it). Either the kicker or a (on-side) teammate would need to run down the length of the pitch if they wanted to catch the ball. It's likely that someone on the opposing team would catch it first but they could then be tackled and the ball switched back to the team that kicked it in the first place.
Kicking the ball "to your own players" is usually only done by kicking sidways to circumvent having to pass the ball through a series of players to the wingers, most often seen near the try line. Usually it will be kicked forwards and an opponent will catch it but there is a territorial gain to offset handing the ball to the opponents.
On the Pass Back only, you gain yards by running forward with ball then passing it, that player runs forward with the ball. Both rugby codes have a knock on (dropping ball forward, bouncing off you fwd etc) where possession passes over to opposition putting the ball into a scrum. League has has a 6 possessions/goes at gaining possession before scoring or passing it to opposition (similar to NFLs 4 downs). Union has no restrictions, team keeps playing until scoring or losing possession in actual play. With the line out, the catcher can being the ball to ground himself instead of passing it. He could pass the ball from the ground or more typically, keep hold of it and a maul will be formed.
With lineouts, you don't HAVE to pass the ball to the scrum half. You can keep it, but the issue there is that if you do, typically the opponent's forwards will be right there to stop you. There are certain plays which rely on that, by immediately forming mauls to gain ground.
If you tackle someone at the neck or head it’s not always a red card sometimes a yellow because of mitigation.Mitigation is the player being tackled intentionally dropping his body.Example if your at the right tackle spot hips,legs,chest and then the player drops his body intentionally so you could hit his head or neck.In the result of this mitigation will be applied
The best video out there is Rugby Explained for American Football Fans by Sports Explained, it’s quite a new one.
It also covers the differences between League and Union
Think of it this way. the ball is the line of scrimmage, you can't pass forward because you team mate would be off side. the same as kicking it forward. you or someone who was behind you can touch the ball. the person behind you while the ball is in the air will run passed you. once they run passed you they are on side.
I suggest that you look up some videos of Jonah Lomu, now sadly deceased, who in his dau was probably the greatest exponent of the game. Known for the rare combination of size and speed, he eas great to watch
This is a fairly good beginners guide, not as in depth as I would personally like but you get the general idea.
Every member of the forwards have their specialised position within the scrum, or line out. Their personal skills and body shape are indicative of their position.
The catcher in the line-out may land before passing, but the quick ball is generally preferred.
Used to play rugby at high school back in the 70s. You could hold the ball in the ruck. God help you not be the first time I've had studded boots drag down my back. Great times great fun. Still live the game. Great video.
good vid good commentary. i live opposite twickenham home of rfu. had American friend stay with me in 2015 when it hosted world cup.
A drop goal is scored from dropping the ball to the floor then kicking it through the posts the difference is that one person can score the three points compared to NFL where one player places the ball and another player kicks it from standing still
When kicking ahead the attacking player will more often than not kick it high as well as long. This is so his onside team mates starting from behind him can run hard and hopefully catch it and carry on the move towards the try line. He can also opt to chase and catch it himself.
If the kick is for distance he will aim to kick it into touch. However, if he is forward of the 22 metre line the ball has to bounce before it crosses the touch line. If it doesn’t, play will restart with a scrum from where the kick was taken. If he’s behind the 22 metre line, without the ball being passed or carried back, it can go directly into touch without bouncing.
If a player is running well with ball in hand but maybe doesn’t have enough support for passing he might kick the ball along the ground (called a grubber) and chase it. It’s a risky move as the ball can bounce in any wild direction because of its shape. If he can catch it as it bounces up in front of him he can continue running without being penalised.
A fumbled pass where the receiving player drops the ball is called a knock on. He has effectively ‘thrown’ it forward, which is not allowed, so possession switches to the opposition.
If you kick the ball foward, all your
team's players in front of you at the time you kicked the ball are in an offside position, and if they touch the ball a penalty would be awarded to the opposing team. As the kicker, you put your team mates in front of you onside by running up the pitch until you are in front of them. A player in such an offside position can also get back onside by running back so they are behind the player who kicked the ball forward.
One important rule I think they missed was that even if you kick the ball. The only people that can catch it or pick it up are ones that are not in front of you when you kick it. So you cant just hoof it down the field to a guy, either by passing or kicking. The ball has to be carried forward, or the players need to rush down field whilst it's in the air (hence the popularity of very high lofting kicks on restarts or what ever).
One other detail is that if you kick the ball down the field and it goes straight off the field, there's a line out at where the player kicked from. If however it bounces on the field and then goes out, the line out is at where it goes out (i.e. a lot further forward than if it went straight off). But the shape of the ball makes it bounce inconsistently. So there is a lot of art to kicking the ball forward
Fun Fact:
In American Football you only have to try to get the ball over the end line in your hands, despite it being called a "touch down"
In Rugby, you have to physically touch down the ball past the end line before it scores, despite it being called a "try"
It's called a try because in the original laws it meant you were then able to "try to score an uncontested goal" you didn't get any points for the try and only scored 1 point if you succeed in scoring a goal
A Try is so called because originally, a try counted for three points. A drop goal counted two. and if you kicked successfully after a try it was 1 I think. They revised the scoring decades ago already in order to motivate more running type Rugby.
It’s called a try because originally a try did not score, it gave you a way of getting a point by kicking the ball between the two uprights so in effect you could have a try at getting points.
I think the hardest thing to get your head around in terms of tactics is that Position on the field is preferable to Posession of the ball - hence kicking the ball way down field to the opposition in the hope of a 'turnover' when the ball is later contested in a maul, ruck or scrum.
Rugby boots and cleats differ in one real way. With cleats, the studs are moulded as part of the sole. In both rugby and soccer we can wear these if the ground is harder.
Rugby boots, however, have removable studs made out of aluminium and are rounded at the end for safety although they can still cause light tissue injury. In the olden days, players found on the wrong side of the ruck (offside) would get a good 'shoeing' or 'raking', which was permissable. On more than one occasion, I went into work on Monday with stripes down my body.
Rugby Union was played in the first 2 modern Olympic Games. USA Won the golf medal in both games. NFL Grew and evolved from Rugby Union. Great explanation. I’ve played Union and American Football. Both brilliant games. I was a better US Football player, but my heart and grit will always be with Union.
The nice thing about rugby is that it is continious game. Yes there are some stop starts, but in theory if nobody makes a error the game can cotinue for 40 min non stop for each of the halves.
One difference between American football and rugby is, in American football possession is the most important in rugby territory is more important. In the NFL you would never kick on second down for example but on rugby you regularly kick and give up possession for territory when a pass is on.
9:08 The player who gets the ball can play it as he wishes as long as the pass is backwards. But it is not mandatory that he does so before touching the ground.
That answers the question.
But of course, other laws apply, such as no opposing player can touch the player who is in the air before he hits the ground and does not get rid of the ball.
The catcher in the line out doesn't have to release the ball before they hit the ground. If they were close to the try line they may keep hold of it and create a maul to push for a try. The throw off the top just means the game can carry on quickly.
Re: passing backwards/kicking forwards: The ball must always be at the front of play. Passing backwards creates a sort of handicap for the team in possession so they can't just throw it wherever, which could be a bit chaotic. If you are in front of the ball when your team is in possession, you are offside and must move behind the ball-carrier before you can interact with play. Kicking the ball forwards is allowed but the ball still must be at the front of play - therefore if your teammate kicks the ball, in order to chase it you must be behind him when he kicks it, otherwise you are offside.
In the lineout, the player that is lifted to catch the ball can either pass it from the air or hold it and return to the ground, this is often a tactical decision to set up a maul.
There was a rugby league final where a player ruptured a testicle in the first half AND FINSHED THE GAME.