By: Paul Leduc

Contents Contents Intro Rugby Comes To Life History of Rugby Rugby Through The World Wars What is Rugby Main Rugby Rules Positions The ball What do you wear You Tube Videos Quiz Conclusion Sources

Introduction I have chosen rugby as my subject because I play rugby, it is ruff and because the French are very good at it. My dad also likes it and we watch it on TV. I wanted mostly to make you understand what rugby truly is and not think its lots of savage people actually fighting for the ball. And if you like it, you could maybe play it!

Rugby Comes To Life Many people believe that, in 1823 a boy called, William Webb Ellis was playing football in his school called Rugby School, in England. He took the ball in his hands and began running to the opposite goal. The first name for rugby was rugby-football. The Rugby School was the first one to have written rugby’s rules.

History Of Rugby Rugby was first played in the 1820s in schools. Rugby was played rather like football but you can have the ball in your hands and you can tackle people. The thing that changed the most is fairness; in that time the age didn’t mater so a 5 year olds could play against 12 year olds. The number of people didn’t mater either so for example a school with 75 children & teenagers could play against a school with 216 children.

Rugby through the World Wars Here is chart to tell you all the rugby players who died. Scotland 30 England 27 Wales 13 Australia 9 Ireland 9 France 23 New Zealand12 South Africa 4 Germany Unknown Scotland 15 England 14 Wales 11 Australia 10 Ireland 8 France 8 New Zealand 2 South Africa 0 Germany 16 During World War I ended about 120 rugby players died. During World War II ended about 87 rugby players died

What is Rugby? Rugby is a sport played with 15 players, it is played with 1 ball. There is two ways of playing rugby: - the Rugby Union where you play it with 15 players - the Rugby League played with 13 players. The two games are nearly the same but not completely. If you want to play the Rugby Union you can make rucks, you are allowed keeping the ball until the other team snatches it from your hands.

Main Rugby Rules  You can’t pass forward you can only pass backwards.  You can’t tackle higher than the hip.  When you are on the ground (when your knees touch the ground) you have to let the ball go off. You can get it back only when you stand up back again.  If you let the ball fall on the ground in front of you, this is called a ‘knock on’ and there is a penalty called a scrum.  You must go after the scoring line to make a try.  The ball must touch the ground to make a try.  If you do a foul there is a scrum and the other team has the ball.

Positions As you now know there are 15 players in the Rugby Union. They all have a position. They are divided into two groups: Forwards and Backs. The easiest way to know their positions is to look at their t-shirts numbers.Forwards Numbers 1-8, they are usually the biggest and toughest of the team. They mostly go in the scrums, rucks and line-outs.Backs Numbers 9-15, they are usually the smallest and lightest. The backs need speed and agility to score, run and kick the ball towards the goal.

The ball The ball is oval shaped and has four flat faces. The ball was made to be held with the hands.

In the 1800s the Rugby ball was made by a local boot maker called Gilbert. Here is one of the first Gilbert ball and the modern Gilbert ball.

What do you wear PoloShorts Mouth Guards Head Guard

You Tube Videos This try that France made against New Zealand ( New Zealand is the best at rugby) they did great passes. They started from their try-line and with running and passes they went to the other side of the pitch. Try to identify the backs and the forwards and what they do….. 

Quiz 1) How many players is their in a Rugby League team? - There are 13 players in the Rugby League. 2) Who do we think started rugby? - We think William Webb Ellis started rugby. 3)Is number 9 a forward or back ? - Number 9 is a back. 4) How many rugby players died in the 2 nd world war? - About 87 rugby players died. 5) In which century was rugby first played? - In the 19 th century.

Conclusion I learned who started rugby, when rugby started, how to make writing nicer and researching on the web.

Sources I Used     Wikipedia  You Tube  

Thanks For Watching!!!!