RUGBY

I'm going to talk about a traditional

English sport called rugby, there are
many forms of rugby and I'll explain a
little each. For starters I'll show you a
little earlier in this sport, whence it
emerged.
INTRODUCTION
The origin of rugby football is reputed to be an incident
during a game of English school football at Rugby
School in 1823 when William Webb Ellis is said to have
picked up the ball and run with it. Although the
evidence for the story is doubtful, it was
immortalised at the school with a
plaque unveiled in 1895. Despite the
doubtful evidence, the Rugby World
Cup trophy is named after Webb Ellis. Rugby football
stems from the form of game played at Rugby School,
which former pupils then introduced to their university.
Old Rugbeian Albert Pell, a student at Cambridge, is
credited with having formed the first "football" team.
During this early period different schools used different
rules, with former pupils from Rugby and Eton attempting to carry
their preferred rules through to their universities.
RUGBY UNION
Rugby union, or simply rugby, is a contact team sport, which
originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two
codes of rugby football, it is
based on running with the ball in
hand. In its most common form a
game is between two teams of
15 players using an ovalshaped ball on a rectangular
field with H-shaped goalposts on
each try line.

RUGBY LEAGUE
Rugby league football, usually called
rugby league, or simply league is a
full contact sport played by two teams
of 13 players on a rectangular field.
One of the two codes of rugby football,
it originated in England in 1895 as a
split from the Rugby Football Union
over the issue of payments to players.
Its rules gradually changed with the purpose of producing a faster,
more entertaining game for spectators. It is frequently cited as the
toughest, most physically demanding of team sports.
RUGBY SEVENS (Olympic sport in rio 2016)
Rugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side,
Sevens or VIIs, is a variant of rugby
union in which teams are made up of
7 players, instead of the usual 15, with
shorter matches. Rugby sevens is
administered by World Rugby (WR),
the body responsible for rugby union
worldwide. The game originated in
Melrose where the Melrose Sevens tournament is still played annually.
The game is popular at all levels, with amateur and club tournaments
generally held in the summer months. Sevens is one of the most well
distributed forms of rugby, and is popular in parts of Africa, Asia,
Europe, and the Americas, and especially in the South Pacific.
RUGBY TAG
Tag rugby, or flag rugby, is a non-contact team game in which each
player wears a belt that has two velcro tags attached to it, or shorts
with velcro patches. The mode of play is based on rugby football with
many similarities to touch rugby, although tag rugby is often deemed
as a closer simulation of the full contact codes of rugby than touch.
Attacking players attempt to dodge, evade and pass a rugby ball

while defenders attempt to prevent them scoring by "tagging"

pulling a velcro attached tag from the ball carrier, rather than a full
contact tackle. Tag rugby is used in development and training by both
rugby league and rugby union communities.

Name of the game/task

Materials/equipment: tags,
Space: rugby field or a
rugby ball and Dickies color
40x40 square
Number of participants: 20-30 Duration: 40 min
Task description:

Is a non-contact team game in which each player wears a belt that ha

two velcro tags attached to it, or shorts with velcro patches. The mode o
play is based on rugby football with many similarities to touch rugby
although tag rugby is often deemed as a closer simulation of the fu
contact codes of rugby than touch. Attacking players attempt to dodge
evade and pass a rugby ball while defenders attempt to prevent them
scoring by "tagging" pulling a velcro attached tag from the ball carrier
rather than a full contact tackle. Tag rugby is used in development and
training by both rugby league and rugby union communities.

Alternatives:

One alternative for rugby tag is to play touch rugby, is the same but
without tag, to simulate a tackle, you have to touch the opponent with
two hands.

Graphic explanation: