Comments on: A Primer on Rugby: A Man’s Sport http://artofmanliness.com/2009/03/10/rugby-basics/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:47:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cole http://artofmanliness.com/2009/03/10/rugby-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-112964 cole Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:22:30 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=1941#comment-112964 Great article. I actually started playing rugby back in june at the age of 26 with no experience in team sports. The game and the strange social aspect of rugby is amazing. Great article. I actually started playing rugby back in june at the age of 26 with no experience in team sports. The game and the strange social aspect of rugby is amazing.

]]> By: Rob http://artofmanliness.com/2009/03/10/rugby-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-101837 Rob Wed, 19 May 2010 10:01:53 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=1941#comment-101837 Great Article. With regard to the "make it, take it" kick off rule, it might beworth pointing out that there are benefits to both kicking off and receiving, as the players on the side kicking off are obliged to stay behind the kicker until he has kicked, and the ball must travel a certain distance forwards for the kick to be legal and another restart to be avoided. Although kickers will try to get a lot of "hang time" on the ball to give their players a chance to compete for posession imediately after a kick off (and of course to allow them to smash whoever does catch the ball if they don't get it temselves) the normal result of a kick off is that the team receiving gets posession (good) in their own half (bad). The team kicking off therefore needs to secure a turnover before they have a chance of scoring. In 12 years of playing, I've seen both receivers take the ball cleanly and run straight to a try, receivers hit so hard they drop the ball and allow the team kicking off to get two trie in twpo minutes and, perhaps most impressive of all, members of the team kicking off take the ball and run it straight under the posts. Great Article. With regard to the “make it, take it” kick off rule, it might beworth pointing out that there are benefits to both kicking off and receiving, as the players on the side kicking off are obliged to stay behind the kicker until he has kicked, and the ball must travel a certain distance forwards for the kick to be legal and another restart to be avoided.

Although kickers will try to get a lot of “hang time” on the ball to give their players a chance to compete for posession imediately after a kick off (and of course to allow them to smash whoever does catch the ball if they don’t get it temselves) the normal result of a kick off is that the team receiving gets posession (good) in their own half (bad). The team kicking off therefore needs to secure a turnover before they have a chance of scoring.

In 12 years of playing, I’ve seen both receivers take the ball cleanly and run straight to a try, receivers hit so hard they drop the ball and allow the team kicking off to get two trie in twpo minutes and, perhaps most impressive of all, members of the team kicking off take the ball and run it straight under the posts.

]]> By: benjamin indwale http://artofmanliness.com/2009/03/10/rugby-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-84581 benjamin indwale Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:10:00 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=1941#comment-84581 wow this is the best game ever am a 8 man wow this is the best game ever am a 8 man

]]> By: S A http://artofmanliness.com/2009/03/10/rugby-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-80145 S A Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:01:18 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=1941#comment-80145 You guys are obviously American! You guys are obviously American!

]]> By: Tj http://artofmanliness.com/2009/03/10/rugby-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-61376 Tj Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:33:04 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=1941#comment-61376 The fluidity of rugby and mental aspects of rugby are what I believe make it a gentlemens game. With only the captain being able to address the ref and only by "sir." Also, taking the coaches out of it for the most part make me really enjoy playing and watching the game. With the last practice before a game run by the captain and the players calling what happens on the field, it leaves no open oppurtunity to berate anyone else after. To see the Haka live at a tri nations match (vs South Africa) was something to remember and then have the player show up to the Holy Grail in Christchurch after was even better. The fluidity of rugby and mental aspects of rugby are what I believe make it a gentlemens game. With only the captain being able to address the ref and only by “sir.”
Also, taking the coaches out of it for the most part make me really enjoy playing and watching the game. With the last practice before a game run by the captain and the players calling what happens on the field, it leaves no open oppurtunity to berate anyone else after.
To see the Haka live at a tri nations match (vs South Africa) was something to remember and then have the player show up to the Holy Grail in Christchurch after was even better.

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