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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 ...
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
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Pages in category "Rugby league terminology" ... Glossary of rugby league terms; 0–9. 20-metre restart; A. Ankle tap; B. Ball boy; Best and fairest; Blood replacement;
By the 1950s, the Rugby Football Union had produced a booklet called Know the Game, in which it is stated that "there are no hard and fast rules governing the names of the positions or the numbers worn", but it lists the custom in Britain as being 1 for the fullback, to 15 for the lock (now known as the number 8).
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
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.
In rugby union, a player may mark a ball, which means that the player may catch it and cannot be tackled by rival players. The marking player can choose to take a free-kick or a scrum at the position of the mark. To mark a ball, the player must catch the ball inside his or her own team's twenty-two metre line.