One of the most basic Rugby rules for dummies is that the game is played between two teams consisting 15 players each in two halves of 40 minutes with an oval shaped ball. Each team is allowed up ...

Changes from the original rugby union rules, the play-the-ball instead of a scrum at every tackle, and reducing teams to 13 players to promote open play were simplifications that proved popular ...

Discover the basic rules and subtleties of rugby 7s and learn all about this very special sport that is growing in popularity year after year.

Test rugby used to be a simple game, where 15 grown men would smack the bejeebers out of each other and then, when they had run out of energy, they would focus on the ball and try to score tries ...

PROBABLY the most complicated rule book in world sport has just got a good deal clearer, 42 per cent clearer to be exact, as World Rugby announced that a new simplified version will be introduced ...

Rugby Union Rules! Simplified written by Skerries resident, Sandra O'Sullivan, is a rhyming picture book that cleverly explains the many laws that govern the game when played by adults.

The simplified rule book is designed to make the laws easier to understand while not altering their meaning or affecting the way the game is played. It is 42 per cent shorter than the current 212 ...

PROBABLY the most complicated rule book in world sport has just got a good deal clearer, 42 per cent clearer to be exact, as World Rugby announced that a new simplified version will be introduced ...