Rugby union

Rugby Union is a team sport that was developed from the rules used to play football at Rugby School in England. Two teams, each of 15 players have the task of outscoring the opposing team. Players clutch a prolate spheroid ball in their hands or arms, and may pass it backwards or laterally across the pitch, or kick it in any direction. The opposing players attempt to halt the ball-carrier by tackling him or her with their arms and bodies. When tackled, the ball carrier must release the ball, at which time a contest for possession of the ball commences (either a ruck or a maul).

See also

• Line-out
• List of footballers (Rugby Union) by country
• List of footballers (Rugby Union) (in alphabetical order)
• List of international rugby union teams
• Offside laws
• Penalty
• Rugby league
• Rugby Sevens for the seven-a-side version of the game.
• Scrum
• Tag Rugby, an offshoot of Touch Rugby.
• Touch Rugby for the non-contact version of the game.