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A normal rugby union team formation illustrating each of the positions and their respective numbers. In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16–23.
West Hartlepool RFC hung up their No. 5 jersey in memory of their lock John How who died of a heart condition in a 1994 league match. Waitete Rugby Club (affiliated to the King Country Rugby Football Union in New Zealand) retired the number 5 jersey and replaced it with 55, in honour of legendary club and national rugby hero All Black Colin Meads.
A rugby league team consists of 13 players on the field, with 4 substitutes on the bench. Each of the 13 players is assigned a position, normally with a standardised number, which reflects their role in attack and defence, although players can take up any position at any time. Players are divided into two general types, forwards and backs.
Flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Each team of 15 players includes two flankers, who play in the forwards, [1] and are generally classified as either blindside or openside flankers, numbers 6 and 7 respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they 'flank' each set of
Their main role is to win possession through 'turn overs'. [49] The number 8 packs down between the two locks at the back of the scrum. The role of the number 8 in the scrum is to control the ball after it has been heeled back from the front of the pack, and the position provides a link between the forwards and backs during attacking phases. [53]
On 20 August 2024, the Cronulla Sharks announced that Australian Rugby Sevens player, Dominique du Toit, had signed with the club for the remainder on the 2024 season. Du Toit has recently returned from the Paris Olympics. [24] Rhiannon Byers is a former Rugby Sevens player for Australia, with 31 caps. [25]
Wearing jersey number 6, this player is one of the two half backs in a team, partnering the scrum-half. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Sometimes known as the pivot or second receiver, [ 4 ] in a traditional attacking 'back-line' (No. 1-7) [ 5 ] play, the five-eighth would receive the ball from the halfback, [ 6 ] who is the first receiver of the ball from ...
Fullback (or full-back) is one of the positions in a rugby league football team. Typically wearing jersey number 1, the fullback is a member of the team's 'back-line' (No. 1-7). [1] The position's name comes from their duty of standing the furthest back in defence, behind the forwards (8-13), half backs (6 and 7) and the three-quarter backs (2 ...