Sports Rugby » Rugby Rules http://www.sportsrugby.com Your Guide to the Sport of Rugby Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:48:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 What have been some of the changes to rugby union in the last 20 years? http://www.sportsrugby.com/rugby-general/what-have-been-some-of-the-changes-to-rugby-union-in-the-last-20-years http://www.sportsrugby.com/rugby-general/what-have-been-some-of-the-changes-to-rugby-union-in-the-last-20-years#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:34:59 +0000 Sports Rugby http://www.sportsrugby.com/rugby-general/what-have-been-some-of-the-changes-to-rugby-union-in-the-last-20-years What have been some of the changes to rugby union in the last 20 years?

Such as rules, equipment, clothing, tactics, trainings and sport science related changes

1. Professionalism in 1996. For about ten years rugby’s administrators were totally reluctant to allow the game to go professional, had they not done so the game would be dead. Nowadays money runs eveything in the game and their is a market for full-time professional players.

2. South Africa’s 1995 world cup victory. One of the most significant moments in modern sports as Nelson Madela used the national rugby team to reinstill pride and patriotism back into the nation, capped off with an upset extra time victory in the final and the moment after the game when the white and coloured players bound together in prayer

3. Expansion of northern/southern hemisphere provincial competitions. The international calendar hasn’t really changed but the Guiness premiership and the other northern leagues have become very global while the super 14 continues to grow and develop a culture distinct from the north

4. ELV’s. Even though many of them are being eradicated thanks to England, it still addressed many of the issues brought to light by no.5 and gave us a look at how good and in some cases how bad the game can be

5. Clive Woodward’s England. For better or worse changed the way the game is played by playing the percentages, focussing on ball retention, set piece strength and taking 3 points whenever it was on offer.

6. Rod Macqueen’s Wallabies. Precursor to Woodward, first team to conduct itself in a strictly professional manner as Macqueen ran the team like a business.

7. Jonah Lomu – First global superstar of rugby, has to be included, put the game on the map

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A basic overview of the rules of rugby. …

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]]> http://www.sportsrugby.com/rugby-play/rugby-rules/rugby-101-rules-of-rugby/feed 25 In a lineout in rugby is it illegal to catch the ball within 5 metres and what is the result? http://www.sportsrugby.com/rugby-play/rugby-rules/in-a-lineout-in-rugby-is-it-illegal-to-catch-the-ball-within-5-metres-and-what-is-the-result http://www.sportsrugby.com/rugby-play/rugby-rules/in-a-lineout-in-rugby-is-it-illegal-to-catch-the-ball-within-5-metres-and-what-is-the-result#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:19:59 +0000 Sports Rugby http://www.sportsrugby.com/rugby-general/in-a-lineout-in-rugby-is-it-illegal-to-catch-the-ball-withing-5-metres-and-what-is-the-result When watching rugby I often see the opposing players waving their hands in front of a player trying to take a quick throw. Can’t the player throwing in at a lineout just throw it at the opposition within 5 metres and gain a free kick or penalty?

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Rugby Rule

19.9 (m) Blocking the throw in.

A lineout player must not stand less than 5 metres from the touchline. A lineout player must not prevent the ball being thrown in 5 metres.

Penalty: Free Kick on the 15-metre line

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