Show Rugby Having lived my entire life in the United States I appreciate appreciate ap ap- ap- ap the high caliber of sport programs which we wethe wethe wethe the American people are able to participate in and enjoy BUT IIA HAVING VING the privilege of or leaving our great country and being able to see and visit other parts of the world I have become exposed and oriented to other sports not known but existing in our American society by us May MayI I make known to the people in our area One rugged such sport called ru rugby by football Rugby football originates from Crom England and had its beginning when while playing playing playing play play- ing a game of soccer one of or the team members picked up the ball and ran with it From th th-t th l day rugby has been a national sport in that country and popularized throughout the world PLAYED IN TIllS THIS modern day the rugby team is composed composed composed com com- posed of 15 players eight men and seven backs who play on a field yards long and 75 yards wide The playing time is divided into two 30 minute halves with no time outs or or substitution substitution substitution sub sub- allowed THERE IS NO padding or helmets worn by any member and the only protection protection protection tion they have is a shirt gym trunks stockings and football shoes not very much protection when hard bruising tackling is employed to bring down the ball carrier There are no forward passes pass pass- es or blocking used in this type of competition and the the only way to rid oneself from the ball while being pursued by the other team is by a backward lateral never forward forward forward for for- ward to another team mate or by kicking the ball down field in the direction he is running WHENEVER THE ball is thrown or knocked forward by the ball carrier blown dead by the referee or stopped because of certain certain certain tain penalties a scrum takes place This consists of the eight scrum scrum- mage men on each team I three three in the first row four in the second and one on the thelast thelast thelast last row facing one another compactly pressed together i pushing and grunting with I all their might trying to push their opponents away from the ball and letting their backs break away with it or by kicking it out When one team scores a atry atry atry try not a touchdown it is awarded three points by I touching the rugby ball down downin in the end zone and from where the ball is downed and ten yards back from the goal line the team is able to try for two more points by kicking the ball through the goal posts THE TEAM who scores a atry atry atry try then receives the kickoff kickoff kickoff kick- kick off and possession of the ball instead of kicking to the theother theother theother other team When the ball is kicked run or knocked out of bounds a line out takes place where the scrum men form two single file lines five yards in from the side line anc and facing the exact place where the ball went out of bounds ONE OF THE TilE backs then throws the ball into the middie middle mid mid- die dle of the two single file lines and the scrum men mentry mentry mentry try to control the ball and get it out to their running backs There are many other exciting exciting exciting ex ex- citing and interesting plays in this fast and free for all game of football and we would like to invite the public to witness this spectacular sporting sporting sporting sport sport- ing event this Saturday Nov 9 at 4 pm p.m. at Bountiful's Bountiful's Bountiful's Boun- Boun High School football field when the Bountiful Rugby Club tangles with the Cougars from BYU Bring your family and friends and enjoy an exciting fast moving moving moving ing hard hitting skilled game of rugby |