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The various positions have changed names over time, and many are known by different names in different countries. Players in the flanker positions were originally known as "wing forwards", [7] while in the backs, "centre three-quarter" and "wing three-quarter" were used to describe the outside centre and wing respectively [8] (although the ...
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.
Category: Rugby union players by position. 3 languages. ... Rugby union fly-halves (1,430 P) Rugby union forwards (6 C, 814 P) Rugby union fullbacks (1,563 P) H.
A position in parentheses indicates that the player debuted as a substitute. Members of the national rugby union team who have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame include the players from the Gold medal-winning teams from the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games (inducted in 2012) and Dan Carroll, player-coach of the 1920 Olympic team ...
Rugby union players by position (14 C) Pages in category "Rugby union positions" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
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).
List of England national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the England national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match. Note that the "position" column lists the position at which the player made his Test debut, not necessarily the position for which he is best known.
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