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It is said that the Sport of r.,gUylis a barbaricsportplayed by gentlemen.As a rookie at this

sport of rugby was discoveredwhen a sixteenyear old child was playing soccerwith his friends.
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It startedwhen he decided to break the rules of the game and insteadof kicking the ball; he

picked it up and startedrunning towards the opponentsscorearea.As this young man did this,

his friends were baffled at what he was doing, and in order to stop him, they chasedhim down
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and tackled. At+h€ moment this-kids had no idea they were creating a game that would withstand

the harshnessof time. The object of the gameis that two teams,eachhaving fifteen players,tryto

scoreas many points as possiblein the allottedtime. The team that scoresthe greaternumberof

points is declaredthe winner of the match. The aim of eachteam is to gain possessionof the ball,
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takeitintooppositionterritoryandtoplaceitinthein-goalu'.u.R

flo11there is constantcompetition for the ball at the breakdown.

y'$it"L^*, we first start with preparation for the game.Unlike football, preparationfor rugby is
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 which they provide. Once you have theseitems you have to do the most important thing of all,
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getmentallyprepared.Fordifferentpeoplet@,Iknowa9uY,Drew,that
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-bas4o ..rri''ui,ilrrd the field while listening to what some may consider devil music to get in his

zonecwhileanotherguy, Chris, hasto stretchevery singlepiece of his body two times. To people
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that don't understandthe game this seemslike an unnecessaryand idiotic routine to go through
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before every game.What tHs peopleneedto understandis that the object behind the stretching
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or the music is nothing more than a way for theseplayersto get their bodiesready for a gam€-nro'{iit: d

, Sincethey do this routine every game,their bodiesare programmedto get readyto run around
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, :n0,\;|ckling people and play rugby when they hear or feel thesecues.The mental preparationshould
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get your adrenalinepumping, which will most likely make you feel like the hulk,andftl\lk. ro.t

want to "hulk smash" everyone.

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i Once the mental preparationis over, you are readyto play the game.To play the gameof

rugby, there are some basic rules that players need to understand.Start play with the defensive

team kicking the ball to the offensive team. The offensive team then runs with the ball until
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tackled.The offensemay passor kick the ball to a teammate,but can't passthe ball forward. -
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Once tackled;he player must releaseor passthe ball. Ill!. game*go.gtjl:es
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and the ball is open for anyone to take, but if not 191.9a;ed.and
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ball while on the ground,this is considereda p9-nalty,andwitl,rgslil,thjk-ppp9g,1g1g_?Tj*g

awardedthe ball. Play only stopswhen a rule is violated, suchas two opposingplayersgrabbing

the ball (which is known as a ruck or maul), or the ball,goesout of bounds.To restartplay either
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a scrum or a line-out will happen.A scrum is wherthe group^in the game known as the forwards

(which are the bigger and strongerguys) get togetherin a huddle,bind up to eachothetrand

competeagainstthe other team for the ball by kicking back through their own scrum until it
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reachesthe back of the scrum where it is passedout and the game continues.A line-out is when

the player known as the hooker (called this becausehe hooks the ball in scrums)throws the ball

i#tunnel createdby the teams standing a certain distanceapartrwhile the two teams lift one man

into the air to competewith the other jumper and for possessionof the ball. There are also other

violations that could happenduring the gamethat might require the teamsto competein scrums,

such as a ball being dropped forward or a ball that is p3qgd ig1y+xd. lh9 qoint of the game is to
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ultimately reachthe opponentsgoal area.A scorein rugby is worth'five points, and is doneby
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touching the ball to the ground in the opponent'sgoal area.After the try (score)one player on

the scoring team attemptsto kick the ball through the goalpostsfor two extra points.