subject: The Wonderful Sport Of Rugby [print this page] The sport of Rugby is an amazing sport which is played by people all over the world. It is a very common sport of more than hundred countries and is widely played in UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, France, Argentina, Japan, USA, and many others. It is also referred to as the World's first premiere football using oval ball.
The game of rugby was actually named from the name of a school called the Rugby school which was present in England. The story behind the game goes that it was actually started in 1823 and from their on, the modern day of rugby was born wherein currently two teams of 15 players play against each other. The basic aspect of the game is that the teams try to score goals on the opposite teams goal points and the goal points are quite peculiar shaped like the 'H' letter. Rugby uses the oval kind of balls which are slightly pointed on either side.
An area named as 'in-goal' is of great importance in this game. In rugby, if a team is able to reach the opposite team's in-goal area then they score 'try' points for being able to achieve the result and in turn get the chance to score a goal too in the H lettered goal post of the opposite team.
The players of each team try to 'tackle' the players of the other team because if they do not stop the players then they will make a goal and score against them. By tackling in this game, it generally refers to stopping the players or even pushing them onto the playground. A game of rugby includes 40 minutes halves and they have a break in between the halves.
There are actually two types of rugby which is known as the rugby union and the rugby league. These two types were actually created since both the kinds have their own opinion of treating the players who are injured while playing the game. Although the rugby union is more common than rugby league but rugby league is also very commonly played in the countries of UK, New Zealand, Australia and Papua New Guinea. Usually, when we refer to rugby, we intend to refer to about 'rugby union'.
Usually, the master of all the rugby games is the Rugby World Cup which is like Olympics and occurs once in every four years. The next world cup is in 2011 and this match provides the chance to the rugby teams all over the world to explore and exhibit their passion and skills.
Also, the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) manages and organizes the Rugby League World Cup for the rugby league member nations in the world. The RLIF does not have any particular routine for having these matches and the very next match by the RLIF is supposed to occur in 2013 in Britain.
The International Rugby Board takes care of the rugby union and has its head-quarters centered in Dublin. The sport of rugby is a very enticing one and mesmerizes the players and spectators alike.
