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2. Grapple tackle - Wikipedia

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   A grapple tackle is a controversial tackling technique used in rugby league. [1] [2] [3] It has gained notoriety in Australia's National Rugby League competition whereby the tackler attempts to impede the ball carrier by applying a chokehold-like grip. Although players can be penalised for its use, it is difficult to enforce.

3. Glossary of rugby league terms - Wikipedia

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   Broken-time payments compensated players for time missed from work due to rugby. The payments were an issue which led to the schism of rugby football in England, and were the original payment system of the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895. Bust A bust, or tackle bust, is when a player breaks through an attempted tackle. Bumper bars

4. Glossary of rugby union terms - Wikipedia

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   A dump tackle that drops the ball carrier on his head or neck is known as a spear tackle, and will almost invariably concede a penalty and possibly result in a caution for the tackler. In rugby union, World Rugby has ruled that a dangerous tackle of this type, sometimes also called a tip tackle, should be punished with a straight red card. [2]

5. Rugby union equipment - Wikipedia

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   A traditional rugby union kit consists of a jersey and shorts, long rugby socks and boots with studs. The other main piece of equipment is the rugby ball. Some modest padding is allowed on the head, shoulders and collarbone, but it must be sufficiently light, thin and compressible to meet World Rugby standards. [1]

6. Spear tackle - Wikipedia

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   A spear tackle is an illegal tackle in rugby union, rugby league and Australian rules football in which a player lifts another player into the air and drops them so that they land on their back, head or neck. [1] Spear tackles have caused serious injury [2] including spinal damage, dislocations, [3] broken bones in the shoulder or neck, and death.

7. Columbus RFC (Ohio) - Wikipedia

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   Columbus RFC is an American rugby union team based in Columbus, Ohio. The flagship team plays in the Midwest Rugby Premiership with an additional team playing in ...

8. Penalty (rugby) - Wikipedia

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   In rugby football, the penalty is the main disciplinary sanction available to the referee to penalise players who commit deliberate infringements. The team who did not commit the infringement are given possession of the ball and may either kick it towards touch (in which case the ball back rule is waived), attempt a place kick at goal, or tap the ball with their foot and run it.

9. Ohio Aviators (rugby union) - Wikipedia

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   PRO Rugby announced on February 9, 2016 the addition of Columbus, Ohio as the league's third team. [1] The selection of Columbus came as somewhat of a surprise, because the original PRO Rugby announcement in November 2015 did not mention that the competition planned to place a team in the midwest in the inaugural season. [2]