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Although this _ everyone is welcome at City Park and Sutmay look like a confusing pile-up of men, : rounding fields. Rugby can’t do it right the purpose is to gain control of the ball, ~-without a big, beer-drinking fan base. The | Caviar ~ tournament sponsor, Budweiser, is there to _ similar to the scrum. Once aruckis help you help the team. — If you're new to the sport, then this oe _ beginner’ s introduction to rugby will — help you understand the finer points of this fast paced scramble. Rugby is the civ- | ilized cousin of soccer. Welcome to soc_ cer’s gruesome history: soccer started DJ ICEY . Essential Mix Twisted Tenderness - ball and ran with it. The captain of the HARVEY King DANGER : James Version THE PRESIDENTS | Freaked Out And Small” 2000 | PURACAN Things You: Should Leave Alone — TOM TOM CLUB The Good, The Bad & sss Fonky ee Join . Replay. 36 | et. The club that_ tewards your love of entertainment® - Ask associate ‘for details. Your Eniertalawent Superstore For the store nearest you, call toll-free 1- 888-60-MEDIA. | Sale ee 23, 2000. ediaPlay.com™ _ Pricing may wary online. -Rugby’s roots are still in the military. According to the Park City players, it is the most popular sport at Ivy League Military Schools. In fact, many of the. - schools use the game as a kind of military. ~ after battles, when the Saxons used to kick decapitated heads around the battle-_ -training. The scrum simulates hand to ~ hand combat, a skill that was a.bit more ‘field as part of a victory’s spoils. The: useful back in the Saxon’s day. The scrum: _ sport was relegated to kicking only — because, well, those heads were bloody_ 2 ise the only place in the game for that brute nature. My favorite bit of rugby. Psy: | and disgusting. Rugby was born some ~ time later in England at Rugby College. - chology: Once a team figures out who is Soccer player William Ellis picked up the ~ weak, they go right to that spot. “It’s not- ELECTRONIC Sire Sats formed, it’s a barrier and the other team can’t get the ball. A ruck is a ground Pie, up, amaul is a standing ruck, Cassettes available on select titles. 824690 5053 necessarily sadistic, but there is an 1 animal ~ team apologized to their opponents, but | os nature to it, g explained Weight. Rugby: also boasts the least. amount of. Ca y “everyone thought it was so cool they— 3 officiating, presence; there is only one ref ~ started up the new game. T hey didn’t S have to look far to get the name “rugby.” Be for the field of fifteen players. If you The object of the game in rugby, in oy s ~ break the rules: you get sent to the “sin. “bin,” tugby’ s version of the penalty on Sie eae terms, is to advance the ball through a_ Rugby is also a faster: paced. game than. its eee series of rucks, mauls, passes or kicks— | - American stepchild, football. “The plays — whatever it takes to get into the oppo- © nent’s try: zone. ‘Try zone is the equaatels 2 oS continue in rugby, you have to make 7 faster decisions. If it’s good rugby then_ of football’s end zone. A try is worth five there are plays all of the time,” contin_ points. Once you earn try, a you can kick for another two points. You also can score “» ued Weight. It’s also harder to tackle a tugby player than a football player, “offa penalty kick; if you loft it over thie = because in rugby you can be more evacrossbars, it’s. worth three points. Sive. Rugby is filled with laterals and _ Getting this much information on kicks. Plays aren’t stopped after comple_ Official rules of the game was tough. ~ Apparently, a lot of the guys that play do. - tions as in football. It’s the perfect sport to play or watch, especially if you have it just for the pounding. One former ; attention deficit disorder. Mucker played for three years, but could- Which brings us back to the players: n’t quite tell me the rules: “They handed Where do you find this kind of civilized” me the ball. | just wanted to run with it brute? “Lots of rugby players ale ~ and hit.” Another rookie says, “All 1 _ know is it’s fun.” If anything, this boyish — sociopaths that enjoy hurting people,” says the not-so-sociopathic-looking blood and guts enthusiasm should attract Weight. The next one could be you. The you to the game. team always needs some fresh blood, and Rugby terms sound dike those associat-: _ experience is not necessary. Contact ed with a battlefield—scrums and mauls » Glenn at 901-8194 if you dare. As ‘one. ~and tucks. Play starts with a serum. The. player. put it, “Mud and PESO gee ball is placed on the ground and the two. how can you resist?” — teams squeeze in a pack and attempt to’ Go see the Muckers ruck and mar for push their opponents to the other side in the Challenge Cup. Games run from 8 order to gain control of the ball. You can a.m. on both Saturday and sey Sept. _ only touch the ball with your feet, until 30 and Oct. 1.4 |