A Brief History and Explanation of a Hooligans Sport Played by Gentlemen by Hoitt McAllister

Problems Encountered-Goals  Finding an Applet Especially hard for rugby Still in the process Getting the Links to work to homepage Goals-To provide a brief overview of the sport of Rugby explain some rules give some insight

Origins  Created by Three boys at the Rugby School  William Webb Ellis was the first to run with a football and "who with a fine disregard for the rules of football as played in his time, first took the ball in his arms and ran with it“  January 26 th, 1871 at meeting was assembled for 21 clubs to decide the rules and regulations of Rugby  First International Rugby Game held in Edinburgh between Scotland and England

Rules and Play  Field is 100 meters by 70 meters wide and has two “try zones”  Basic objective is to run the ball to the try zone and constantly pass backwards  Try is worth five points and kicking the extra points are worth two  Drop kicks, kicks for penalties are all worth three points  Play is governed by: The Ruck- when both sides are vying for the ball on the ground without going offsides Maul-same as a ruck but on ones feet being pushed back and forth for posseion of the ball Line Out- when the ball goes out of bounds the team that did not kick it out throws the ball back in Scrum- A set piece off of a penalty When an offsides, knock-on or any other penalty occurs than the other team may chose a scrum, kick for penalty, or a quick start

Field,Ruck, Scrum, Line-out

Scrum

Line-Out