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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 ...
Diagram of a rugby union playing field showing the different marked lines and distances. 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 eighty minutes of playing time. The play is started with one team drop ...
Scrum with gain line added electronically in yellow. The gain line, in rugby union, is an imaginary line (parallel to the halfway line) drawn across the pitch at the point where there is a breakdown in open play, such as a ruck, maul or scrum. Advancing across the gain line represents a gain in territory.
Where the line-out is taken depends on the manner in which the ball was played into touch. [3] If it is kicked directly into touch, without first landing in the field-of-play or touching the referee or an opponent who is not in touch, the line-out is formed in line with the spot from where it was kicked, with two exceptions: if the kick was a penalty kick or if the kicker had at least one foot ...
Many things have been changed. - color for the measurement lines - correct lines for the 5 m and 15 m lines - not "5 metre", but "5 m" - also numbers at the 50 m and 22 m lines - and some more... This one is much more like the rugby pitch drawn by th... 13:37, 2 October 2011: 750 × 1,052 (29 KB) Ansbaradigeidfran
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The line-out was a method used to re-start play after the ball had gone into touch. Players from each team would stand in a line perpendicular to the touch line and attempt to catch the ball as it was thrown into the field of play. In 1897 the line-out was abolished and replaced with the punt-out. [32] Line speed
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