They say there is no rules...well the referee is there and use his wistle regularly...except the score which easy to understand...and the lateral pass...I dont understand why sometimes the referre wistle...

When a player fall with the ball ? sometimes everyone's going on him and sometimes they all wait for him to do something... :confused:
so what are the rules?

I don't know a whole lot about rugby, but the rules differ between Rugby League and Rugby Union. Which one are you talking about?

well the one with the Mobu...the all-blacks...anyway here there is like one game a month...so!

Union - the proper rugby. Don't let the Antipodeans tell you otherwise. FYI, League is more popular in the N of England, Union in the rest of Britain. As for rules...I'll be back

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There are a lot of rules, but the basics are this:

The aim is to score more points than the other team. You get points by pressing the ball down on the ground over the oppositions "try" line. This is worth 5 points. Once you score a try, you then have a chance of getting two points for a "conversion", by kicking the ball over the goalposts. You can also get 3 points for kicking the ball over the posts from a penalty, or from a field-goal (the ball must be drop-kicked over the posts).

There are 15 players per team.

You are not allowed to pass the ball forward.

When a player is tackled with the ball and brought to ground, they must release the ball. If they are not forced to ground, they may keep hold of the ball.

And the main rule, is that the All Blacks have to win. :)

Originally posted by Le Petit Prince
When a player fall with the ball ? sometimes everyone's going on him and sometimes they all wait for him to do something... :confused:


I'm not sure if I understood what you mean by "sometimes they all wait for him to do something", but it seems that you are talking about the offside rule. So, and to complete ainwood's post, the team that is in a defensive position must have it's players behind the line of the ball, otherwise they can't intervene with the play. So, if a player is in the ground and has released the ball, but this wasn't picked by his teammate, you can't surround the melée (I don't know the english word) and play the ball, because you would do so from an offside position.

BTW, has anyone heard about the gastritis the entire australian team caught last week during a tour in Argentina?

Originally posted by MCdread
BTW, has anyone heard about the gastritis the entire australian team caught last week during a tour in Argentina?

Its interesting, because this is similar to what happened to the All Blacks prior to the world cup final in South Africa. The NZ coach believed that he had evidence that one of the staff at the team hotel had been paid to "poison" the team food - basically, give them all a good case of food-poisoning. :(