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BBC Bitesize, [1] also abbreviated to Bitesize, is the BBC's free online study support resource for school-age pupils in the United Kingdom. It is designed to aid pupils in both schoolwork and, for older pupils, exams .
2 June – Channel 4 shows live rugby union for the first time when it broadcasts live coverage of Wales' summer tour. [19] 31 August – Premier Sports takes over as broadcaster of the PRO14 Rugby. [18] The agreement sees all 152 games per season broadcast live, with no less than 21 games (one per round) shown live free-to-air on FreeSports. [20]
28 April – FreeSports begins showing live coverage of matches from rugby league’s National Conference League with more than 30 matches to be shown over the course of the season. [20] 2019. 26 October-16 November – BBC Sport broadcasts live coverage of rugby league's British Lions tour to New Zealand. [21]
6 January - The BBC and ITV show regular live FA Cup matches from the Third to the Sixth rounds for the first time. The first ever live game from the FA Cup on the BBC in the earlier rounds is the Third Round tie Liverpool v Newcastle; 28 July–12 August – BBC Television broadcasts the 1984 Summer Olympic Games.
The play is started with one team drop-kicking the ball from the halfway line towards the opposition. The rugby ball can be moved up the field by either carrying it or kicking it. However, when passing the ball it can only be thrown laterally or backward. The opposition can stop players moving up the field by tackling them.
The form of rugby played at the Olympic Games is known as rugby sevens, based broadly on a rugby union format, and organised by World Rugby. In this form of the game, each team has seven players on the field at one time playing seven-minute halves. The rules and pitch size are the same as rugby union. [11]
The game was developed by HB Studios, published by EA Sports, and released in 2003. The game is a follow-up to 2000's Rugby 2001, and was succeeded by Rugby 2005. Rugby 2004 features over 60 teams, over 1500 players and over 65 stadiums. The game's commentators are BBC's John Inverdale, and Channel 7's Gordon Bray.
BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service. It is a large network of websites including such high-profile sites as BBC News and Sport, the on-demand video and radio services branded BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds, the children's sites CBBC and CBeebies, and learning services such as Bitesize and Own It.