How And Why Rugby has Developed from a Traditional form to its Modern day Equivalent :: European Europe History

How And Why rugby foot lump has Developed from a Traditional form to its Modern day similarIntroduction Rugby, also known as Rugger, is a foot eye lump mettlesome played with an oval ball by two teams of either 15(Rugby Union) or 13(Rugby League) players each. The object of the plot of ground is to score as many points as practical by carrying, passing, kicking and grounding an oval ball in the tally zone at the far end of the field -- called the in-goal area. Grounding the ball, which essential be done with downward pressure, results in a try (worth 5 points). After a try a conversion may be attempted by place kick or drop kick. If the ball passes over the bar and between the goal posts the conversion is successful and results in a further 2 points. Points may also be scored from a drop kick in general play (worth 3 points) and a penalty kick (worth 3 points). The ball may not be passed forward (though it may be kicked forward) and players may not receive the ball in an offsid e position, nor may they wait in such a position. Players may not be tackled without the ball. Play only stops when a try is scored, or the ball goes out of play, or an infringement occurs. When the ball goes out it is thrown back in at a line-out where the oppose forwards line up and jump for the ball. Infringements result in a penalty, or free kick, or scrum. In a scrum the fence forwards bind together in a unit and entreat against the other forwards, trying to win the ball with their feet. The above is stating the basic game of today but when rugby originated back in the later fibre of the 19 century then the idea of the game was distinctly several(predicate) to its modern form History Whether in legend or in fact, rugby is said to have originated in 1823 at the Rugby take aim in England. To this day, a stone marker at the gates of the civilise commemorates the event when William Webb Ellis ... with fine disregard for the rules of football as played in his time, first took the ball in his arms and ran with it. Ellis and the rest of the world never looked back. The new sport grew in private schools and universities throughout the United Kingdom, and in 1871 the first Rugby Union was founded in London.