Research- Rules of the game rugby.

A pitch is usually 100 m long and 70 meters wide, there are 10-22 m zones called an in-goal area behind the goalposts at each end of the pitch. There is always a goalpost in the shape of a 'H' at each end. Each rugby team has 15 players unless it is a rugby 7s game where there is only 7 players. Each game starts of with a kick from the home team and there is a kick after a try.( which is where a player touches the ground with the ball at the opposing teams end.) A kick must go 10 m forward to where the opposition or your team can get the ball. There is no blocking in rugby and during the game there is no need to stop after every 10 m like American football, play is always continuous without stoppage. The person with the ball leads the attack and can either have the option of kicking it, passing it, or running with it. When the person with the ball is tackled by the opposition he must release the ball immediately so his team or the oppositions team who are on their feet may take the ball. When passing, the player with the ball may never pass it forward only sideways or either backwards, the player with the ball passes it to avoid being tackled and keep the ball in play on their team. There are four ways of scoring in rugby, and they are either scoring a try, where a player from either team runs to the opposition try line which is past the goalpost and touches the ball on the ground. The other option is to do a conversion where a player kicks the ball between the goalposts of the oppositions try line. Another option is to a penalty kick where a player on the oppositions team makes a major foul and the other team has the option to "kick for points". The kick must be where the foul was taken place and if the ball may fail to go between the goalposts, play can continue. There is a line out when the ball goes out of play on the two sides and the team which didnt knock it out can throw it in a straight line when the two teams have chosen tall players to try and get the ball. There is a scrum when there is a knock-on ( when a player on either team knocks the ball forward from their hand)and there is more. There is an offside rule where a player kicks the ball far and a player is infront of all the oppositions players and his team-mates and gets the ball.