The Game
A rugby union game is called a 'Match'. It is a competition between two teams
Each match lasts for 80 minutes plus time added to account for injuries and stoppages during the game.
A match consists of two halves of 40 minutes each. It is controlled by a single referee on the firld of play, two assistant referees (touch judges), and in professional matches, a match official called the video referee who can use television replays to rule on a particular incident.
The object of the entire game is that each team scores as many points as possible. The team with the greater number of points when time is over wins the match.
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The origin of rugby football is often credited to a young man named William Webb Ellis who "took the ball in his arms [i.e. caught the ball] and ran" while playing a form of football at Rugby school in 1823.
However historians have questioned the authenticity of this story, beginning with an official investigation by the Old Rugbeian Society in 1895. Nonetheless, the trophy for the Rugby World Cup bears the name of "Webb Ellis" in his honour, and a plaque at the school commemorates the "achievement."
From Wikipedia
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A rugby union team consists of 15 players: eight forwards, numbered 1 to 8, and seven backs, numbered 9 to 15[1]. Depending upon the competition, there may be up to seven replacements (substitutes or reserves). Professional rugby contains seven reserves, with a player being allowed to be substituted only once.
Rugby union positions
1 Loosehead 2 Hooker 3 Tighthead Prop
4 Lock 5 Lock
6 Blindside Flanker 8 Number 8 7 Openside Flanker
9 Scrum Half
10 Fly-half
12 Inside Centre
13 Outside Centre
11 Left Wing 14 Right Wing
15 Fullback
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