Most offside decisions in rugby union happen at rucks and mauls, especially when the ball is being recycled a lot. Like the scrum, an imaginary line is drawn through the foot of the last player in the ...

Pushover Try - a try scored by the forward pack as a unit in a scrum by pushing the opposition's scrum pack backwards across the tryline while dragging the ball underneath them. Typically scored from ...

Most offside decisions in rugby union happen at rucks and mauls, especially when the ball is being recycled a lot. Like the scrum, an imaginary line is drawn through the hindmost foot of the last ...

Fear not – The Sporting News is here to walk you through the basics of rugby union so you can ... on the attacking side of the ruck, entering a ruck or a maul from the side, leaving your feet ...

Objectives: To undertake a detailed, large scale epidemiological study of match injuries sustained by professional rugby union players in order ... but foul play was only implicated in 6% of injuries.

Wide variations in the definitions and methodologies used for studies of injuries in rugby union have created inconsistencies ... activities should be recorded as tackling, tackled, maul, ruck, ...

(Reuters) - World Rugby have revealed plans aimed at "reimagining rugby’s entertainment factor", including 20 minute sanctions for red cards, quickening of ball from the ruck and maul, and a set ...

Six Nations to feature 20-minute red cards for first time in 2025; teams can replace players sent off due to technical offences after 20 minutes; referees can still issue permanent red card for foul p ...

Men's Six Nations Championship gets underway on January 31. Here's a crash course on the rules and origins of the 15-a-side ...