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    The laws of Rugby Union are defined by World Rugby (originally the International Rugby Football Board, and later International Rugby Board) and dictate...
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    have taken place to the laws of both rugby union and rugby league football so that now they are distinct sports. The laws of rugby league football have been...
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    Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in...
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    Rugby union match officials are responsible for enforcing the laws of rugby union during a match. "Every match is under the control of match officials...
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    The history of rugby union follows from various football games long before the 19th century, but it was not until the middle of that century that the...
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    May 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2021. "The laws of rugby union - the maul". BBC News. Laws of the Game: Law 20 This is when a player who is offside cannot...
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  • In rugby league football, the Laws of the Game are the rules governing how the sport is played. The Laws are the responsibility of the Rugby League International...
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  • World Rugby is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised...
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  • Laws of football may refer to: Laws of rugby league Laws of rugby union Laws of the Game (association football) Laws of Australian rules football American...
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    comparison of American football and rugby union is possible because of the games' shared origins, despite their dissimilarities. In the event of a tackle...
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  • Laws of rugby may refer to: Laws of rugby league Laws of rugby union This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Laws of rugby. If...
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    In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15)...
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  • scored from a differential penalty. Sports portal Free kick (rugby union) Offside (rugby) Professional foul Laws of rugby league Laws of rugby union...
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  • related to this article: Laws of the Rugby Football Union (1871) On 4 December 1870, Edwin Ash of Richmond and Benjamin Burns of Blackheath published a...
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  • Rugby union is a team sport played between two teams of fifteen players. This is a general glossary of the terminology used in the sport of rugby union...
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    Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league. Rugby football started at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire...
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    2020-10-26. Laws of the game Rugby Union, World Rugby (2021), pages 39 and 50. https://live.laws.api.worldrugby.org/document/World_Rugby_Laws_2021_EN "Rugby Football...
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  • The Laws of the Game are the codified rules of association football. The laws mention the number of players a team should have, the game length, the size...
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  • eligibility of players to play for national teams in rugby union, both in the fifteen-a-side game and rugby sevens, are the responsibility of World Rugby, the...
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    rugby was first developed in Gibraltar by the Gibraltar Rugby Football Union. Due to the lack of grass pitches, an alternative variant to rugby union...
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  • The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabhokobhoko), is the country's national...
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    Men's rugby test caps leaders This is a list of the appearance leaders in men's rugby union test matches, listing the 92 players with over one hundred...
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    from the Rugby Football Union (RFU) over the issue of payments to players. The rules of the game governed by the new Northern Rugby Football Union progressively...
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    Women's rugby union is a full contact team sport based on running with the ball in hand. The same laws are used in men's rugby union with the same sized...
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  • Offside laws in rugby union are complex. However the basic principle is simple: a player may not derive any advantage from being in front of the ball...
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    Rugby sevens (commonly known as simply sevens and originally known as seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven...
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    standard modern rugby union numbering schemes have the starting players numbered from 1 to 15, and the replacements numbered 16 onwards. Rugby union players have...
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    a means by which, in rugby union, play is restarted after the ball has gone into touch. When the ball goes out of the field of play, the opposing team...
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    of prevention, vary by sport. Sports that use this term include American football, Canadian football, field lacrosse, basketball, rugby union, rugby league...
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    Rugby union in Argentina is a hugely popular team sport. The first rugby match played in the country dates back to 1873, as the game was introduced by...
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