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I’m like really into Football, but they don’t got a team at my new school. But there is a Rugby team. I’ve been told that football and rugby were pretty similar, just wondering what the differences were.

Massive difference, first the eqiupment issue which is none in rugby, no forward passes, the breakdown after every tackle having to compete for the ball, no set number of Downs in rugby- you can keep the ball for as many phases as you like provided you don’t knock it on( lose the ball forward) or get peanalized.

But the biggest difference is you have to be a true athlete in rugby, 15 men on the paddock and only 7 subs which can only be subbed once during the game. If you come off the field due to injury- your game is done unless its for blood. so doing the maths if all subs get on (which they dont always) at least 8 players have to play the full 80 minutes. No offensive, defensive and special teams.

I used to play football thru school and loved it, great game. Moved to New Zealand 7 years ago and have followed rugby. Now I have to admit I think rugby’s a much better game.

Hope this helps

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Just wondered if people could tell me the best exercises and diet to get a rugby player body. Also I’m currently doing swimming to reduce my weight a bit already.

Weight circuit training combined with your swimming. Work out all your muscles in a circuit and do some extra benching, you might want to do some running as well.

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I know that they are all important but what is the most important in general play. I watch many games of both League and Union but I can never work out who has the real important position. And where do the ‘playmakers’ usually play.

I am an AFL fan but I want to learn more about the Rugby codes. Dont worry, I wont be a convert!

The playmakers are for – rugby league: halfback, number 7 and 5/8 (five-eighth), number 6. – rugby union: fly half or 5/8 (five-eighth), number 10

These playmakers would be the most important for each code.

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Are females not built to play sports like American football and rugby?

Or do you think that they could play just as well as boys IF there was an all female team? When I say built I mean genetically manufactured, their physique.

They cannot compete with most males due to being genetically smaller. They can play and compete with other girls though. On of my friends sister played rugby in college. Though I would not have pissed her off, I don’t think she could have competed with men.

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Soccer,Cricket and Rugby are 3 most popular sports in the world.What is Baseball’s rank?

I don’t know. I will appreciate your answers. Also tell me what should be done to make Baseball as popular as Soccer,Cricket and rugby?

Regards.

Baseball is probably either #5 or right around it. It is mainly helped by the fact that two large countries (U.S. and Japan) play the game. In order for baseball to become as popular as other sports, baseball players and fans (yes even we should be obliged to do this) have to spread the game to other countries. Yes they play baseball in Latin America, but they also play cricket and soccer.

The problems really come with the fact that baseball is an American sport, and many countries, for political or other reasons, do not appreciate American sports. Its up to players and fans to convince these people that this is a great game and you should play. But it will be a very hard task to accomplish.

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In recent times, the implications of the Crisis on sports, rugby included, has began to show. Teams have started to feel the pinch and many have started taking measures to brace for the looming tough times ahead.

While every rugby team aims to crown their season with some sort of silverware to mark their success, more and more teams are becoming wary when it comes to signing new players. This is due to the high transfer fees demanded for players.

Continental Glory
As a result of this, club coaches are making do with what they have, even at the expense of continental glory. Rugby clubs in Europe seem to be more concerned with maintaining their top flight status in their domestic rugby leagues and less concerned with concurring the continent. And can you blame them? To win a continental trophy like the Heineken Cup requires a team to have depth in the squad. To attain this depth, a team needs to have a few big name signings on their team sheet.

700 000 Spending
To have such players a club has to splash out about 700 000. But with the cash crunch starting to bite hard on the sport in Europe, few clubs if any are willing to spend such an amount on one player.

Negative BalanceSheet
The situation is the same across the board. Big clubs are also crying out for cash injection; with many barely been able to remain liquid. Many have reported negative results in their end year results.

Financial Plea
In the UK, Wasps reported a £2.8million loss; while Bath and Newcastle were lucky that their benefactors were willing to dip into their pockets to assist them. Others like Bristol are finding it difficult to even meet their players wage demands and have resulted to making public plea for funding.

Salary Caps
If will be interesting to see what will happen at the start of the next season if the current situation prevails. According to the games Chief Executive in the UK – Mark McCafferty, there are two ways of dealing with the crisis. One is to drop from the top flight rugby. This will leave a total of 10 teams which will share the revenues generated. The revenues are set to grow in 2010 when the new broadcasting deal commences. Should this happen, then there will be no need of reducing the salary cap.

Conversely, however, the salary cap is not likely to be raised as that would not reflect a true picture. In addition raising the cap would only do more harm to clubs with less liquidity. News that Italians will be bidding to have 4 teams representing them in the Magners League during the 2010/11 season is no doubt good news to the Celts. The three nations Scotland, Ireland and Wales seem to have little option but to let the Italians in given the size of the Italian market and the revenue potential it holds. France clubs will be faced with an interesting challenge given the fact are less restricted when it comes to spending. Clubs like Toulouse and Stade Francais, however, will definitely be shy to splash their money during the new season.

Peri Witny
http://www.articlesbase.com/sports-and-fitness-articles/how-global-financial-crisis-is-affecting-rugby-football-in-europe-706837.html

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The best tries from the 2007 USA Sevens Rugby. The USA Sevens is the premier American rugby event. Featuring 16 nations playing in 44 matches over the course of the weekend

The tries: 1. Fiji vs. New Zealand 2. Kenya vs. Australia 3. Samoa vs. France 4. New Zealand vs. Canada 5. Fiji vs. Samoa (tournament final) 6. England vs. USA 7. France vs. Canada 8. USA vs. Kenya 9. Samoa vs. Fiji (tournament final) 10. USA vs. England 11. South Africa vs. Fiji 12. England vs. New Zealand.

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