Beginner's Guide To Rugy - How to play Rugby
Added 2025-02-26 15:26:29 +0000 UTCComments
My Grandfather played internationally & was a rugby journalist after his retirement. I was lucky enough to get his take on a game sitting next to him in the press box for all of my teenage years. FYI his Wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleddyn_Williams
Lemmy's Mole
2025-03-08 10:27:17 +0000 UTCEngland, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Italy.
Stefan Tymoshyshyn
2025-02-27 14:04:08 +0000 UTCI like league and it's simpler and exciting, but the worst parts of modern rugby union are some of the traits brought over from league
Keith Evans
2025-02-27 10:51:08 +0000 UTCHe didn't explain what the forwards and backs do, what their purpose is. He went straight into the detail of what each individual position is. It would have helped a beginner to explain that fowards are big guys who do scrums rucks and mauls, whereas backs are fast lightweight runners.
Alan
2025-02-27 10:48:55 +0000 UTCWe play Rugby in P.E at school growing up.. I’m sure most schools do x
Caroline
2025-02-27 06:35:36 +0000 UTCLeague is far superior 💪
Dan-C
2025-02-26 23:33:34 +0000 UTCThere's a much better video that I've seen a few Americans watch, it explains the 2 different Types of rugby and why there's 2 different types, its presented really well using cartoons
Dan-C
2025-02-26 23:24:31 +0000 UTCI remember playing rugby at school once. It didn’t go well because I used to run away from the ball 😂 It was sound logic because every time you get the ball people jump on top of you.
Julian T
2025-02-26 22:46:49 +0000 UTCEngland played Scotland last weekend watch extended highlights on YouTube BBC this is big UK tournament just now known as the 6 nations don’t ask…. I don’t know.
Paul
2025-02-26 19:33:22 +0000 UTCLife watch would have to be an All Blacks game
SimonNZ
2025-02-26 19:31:13 +0000 UTCMike and Jess this was Rugby Union code with 15 players on the field (8 on the replacements bench). Rugby League has 13-a-side. There is also the less prevalent 7-a-side (3 Forwards and 4 backs) version of both codes which has various, infrequent,special tournaments across the year. The Olympics and the Commonwealth games also have 7-a-side Rugby Union tournaments.
Fordy7169
2025-02-26 19:30:28 +0000 UTCYou were bored because you know the game already, so you're well ahead of a complete beginner.
Fordy7169
2025-02-26 19:25:21 +0000 UTCHe did, he explained the player characteristics of each position. Not sure what you mean. Remember this a basic instructional video for people who know nothing.
Fordy7169
2025-02-26 19:22:50 +0000 UTCWell done Mike and Jess you understood many of the laws and facets of the game. A lot to take in 1 hit. Mike, you said that a real game can look chaotic and you're not sure who is who or where certain players need to be. The players start in their particular positions in the set-pieces i.e. the 8 Forwards will be in the Line-Out or Scrum and the 7 backs will be lined-up outside of these. Once the ball is in open play out of the set-pieces any player can take postition or go wherever he/she wants to benefit the attacking team's progress forward/ball retention until the game stops again.
Fordy7169
2025-02-26 19:19:53 +0000 UTCAwful video, that needed a hell of pre knowledge to understand, you'd be better watching a couple of full matches and listen to the commentators and referee. Not only that, but the presenter is bloody awful.
Dave Roberts
2025-02-26 18:48:19 +0000 UTCTo be honest, sport was my saviour at grammar school as I wasn’t the most academic kid. In fact, my parents expected me to fail my 11-plus, so I just assumed that I would go to the secondary modern school where I could play football. But I passed, and suddenly found myself having to play rugby and cricket, both of which I grew to love.
Thomas
2025-02-26 18:17:30 +0000 UTCI do have big calf muscles :D but I also used to play Roller Derby and a bit of Speed Skating, and I walk everywhere - my main active pastime now is horse riding but don't really feel like my calves are used much...
Kieran B
2025-02-26 18:12:43 +0000 UTCIDK why he didn't explain the Forwards and Backs do and why they are different. He just went straight into low level detail and never gave the overview.
Alan
2025-02-26 18:12:37 +0000 UTCMy other half is from Georgia and as a massive American football fan I always have to explain the rules and what's going on to her, which is always amusing :D
Kieran B
2025-02-26 17:58:00 +0000 UTCThe ball can always be contested but often you wouldn't as it's risky (easy to get penalties)
Kieran B
2025-02-26 17:50:46 +0000 UTCNow you've done the basics we'll need to get you to react to some highlights. The England Scotland game at the weekend would have been a fun one. That is the oldest international fixture and essentially formed what we now know. In 1884 Scotland won the game, but England later decided a late try attempt was a successful try and changed the score - after the game. Scotland refused to play them the following year - this was the home nations championship (Scotland, Wales, England and Ireland). Today this is the 6 Nations played annually, France and Italy are part of it now. On the back of the 1884 ordeal, in 1886 the IRB was formed to prevent these situations. We also had Scotland topping the table and winning on goal difference, but England didn't like that so declared the win will be split. We obviously now do award the winner based on goal difference. So a lot of history in the fixture but in modern times England has had a much better record, but since about 2018 this fixture has really improved. England managed to win by 1 point, the first time in 5 years. The game however had its controversies, a try by England that really no one believes was a try. A last minute conversion for Scotland to win the game, the ref made Finn move the ball further away, even though that was incorrect and didn't stop the clock. You only have 60 seconds, so now Finn had 20 and missed. History aside, it was a great game to watch if you're not Scottish. The highlights are fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIb8II3l0Jk Here's some highlights if anyone is curious.
Andy Robinson
2025-02-26 17:44:42 +0000 UTCCoincidentally my school was a former grammar school with most of the same staff as when it was a grammar school.
Kieran B
2025-02-26 17:42:16 +0000 UTCUnion being amateur is a bit nuanced though, it might sound like it was just kids knocking about in the park, or teams with no real following. They were clubs generating money, and they had players who did no other jobs - it's just they expensed back an agreed amount. Austin Healey for example played in both eras, initially when they switched to professional contracts it actually meant less money for him. Previously he'd get a free car from the local garage as part of a promotion. He'd expense his mortgage back to the club etc etc. It was closer to how college sports are handled in the US, though that's been cracked down on now. But the college superstar would get free cars etc, the college would provide you a payment card that works in stores, essentially a prepaid Mastercard. It changed to professional after the 95 world cup.
Andy Robinson
2025-02-26 17:28:07 +0000 UTCSame with the grammar school I went to. Games master actually banned football. He had a fit one day when I turned out for a rugby match in a pair of George Best Stylo Matchmaker football boots.
Thomas
2025-02-26 17:12:15 +0000 UTCBrings back memories, played as a winger (Running Back - Wide Receiver - Corner Back combined) from the age of 11. My school was primarily a Rugby school, which is less common in the UK where most schools have football/soccer as their main sport.
Kieran B
2025-02-26 16:45:52 +0000 UTCThis is Rugby Union. The other version is Rugby League. Rugby Union was purely amateur for many years. Rugby League has always been professional. RL has 13 players, RU has 15. There are no lineouts in RL and play is a bit more streamlined.
Stefan Tymoshyshyn
2025-02-26 16:44:54 +0000 UTCI heard exactly what Jess heard, and I was like "I haven't seen that video?" - So funny.
Liam Christie
2025-02-26 16:03:12 +0000 UTCThis video was like one of those safety films you get on board a plane before take-off which no-one bothers watching. James Haskell is a dull communicator, and who thought it was a great idea to add the tedious background music? I was bored, and I played rugby from the age of 11 to 22.
Thomas
2025-02-26 15:57:25 +0000 UTCA QB doesn’t throw where the receiver is most of the time but where the receiver will be at the end of the route, kicking is the same really.
Terrahawk
2025-02-26 15:52:15 +0000 UTCGuys those in this video are not genuinely playing, they're demonstrating, it's not a real game. There is so many more rules on rugby, I've watched it since 95 and still don't know everything about it, new rules every year, mostly ones to do with safety nowadays sadly. Still it's the best team sport in the world, nothing comes close. This is rugby union and there's also rugby league but that's not as good as is missing certain aspects of union. No watchers just assume rugby is a load of giants bashing the shit out of each other but it's probably one of the most technical sports out there.
Phoenix
2025-02-26 15:48:06 +0000 UTC
