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A try is a way of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area (on or behind the goal line). Rugby union and league differ slightly in defining "grounding the ball" and the "in-goal" area. In rugby union a try is worth 5 points, and in rugby league a try is worth ...
0-9 22 The 22 m line, marking 22 metres (72 ft) from the tryline. 89 An "89" or eight-nine move is a phase following a scrum, in which the number 8 picks up the ball and transfers it to number 9 (scrum-half). 99 The "99" call was a policy of simultaneous retaliation by the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa, (the 99 comes from the British emergency services telephone number which is 999 ...
Rugby union is a contact sport that consists of two teams of fifteen players. The objective is to obtain more points than the opposition through scoring tries or kicking goals over 80 minutes of playing time, divided into two 40-minute halves.
Top left: Angus Buchanan was the first international try-scorer . Top right: Ian Smith held the try-record for the longest period of time (58 years, 89 days). Bottom left: David Campese took Ian Smith's try-record of twenty-four and moved the record to sixty-four.
The tour played a large role in establishing rugby league in Australia and New Zealand, and gave birth to international rugby league. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] The first game of rugby league played on New Zealand soil was an exhibition by the tourists on their return in 1908.
The Rugby Football Union has announced a review into the historical context of its anthem Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, due to its links to slavery and its regular presence at England internationals ...
Following a try, the scoring team has a chance to convert the try from four points to six with a place kicked goal over the crossbar and between the uprights of the goal-posts; this is known as a conversion and the six-point total is known as a converted try. The kick may be taken from a position perpendicular to the goal line opposite the ...
England rugby’s official anthem holds very different connotations either side of the Atlantic that has triggered a review into its use by the Rugby Football Union