Rugby Union

About

• Rugby Dictionary
• Introduction to Rugby Is perfect for a beginner
• Positional Guide The roles of each position, from Brooke Weston Rugby
• Rugby Explained By BBC Sport - what is a maul .....
• A definition of Rugby Union
• The Pitch details Provided by Richmond Rugby
• Rugby Positions And the roles, from Irish Rugby
• Rugby Guide From Scrum.com; how to play, rules, glossary, principles, the playing field, dictionary, play etc
• Rugby Union Background From Wikipedia - a great place to start to find pout about the sport
• Rec Sports Rugby Union A definitive document; part1 is the introduction
• Rugby Trivia A Faq covering all those questions someone new to the game might ask.

History

• Rugby Football History History of Rugby Football, aspects including 6 nations, Tri nations, World cup, Timeline, Origins, scoring, etc. etc.
• History of Rugby "The popular belief is that in 1823, a pupil at Rugby school in England...", but ... read on
• Colonial Rugby History of rugby in the 1800s and early 1900s, particularly in colonial Australia.
• Rec Sport Rugby Union Faq History see also Part 2
• Rugby Pioneers An interesting Blog on rugby history by Frederic Humbert
• Evolution of the Rugby Ball Sean Fagan explains it all!

Rules

• International Rugby Board Laws of the game, including Referee Signals, Clothing etc
• Tackling Issues From CNNSI, including scrummage issues - "use it or loose it"
• Improving the game 5 areas up for discussion
• The Independent Sport Rugby Heavan coverage of rule changes
• Game Laws and Rules From Wikipedia
• Laws of Rugby Union
• Laws discussion From this North American site with global coverage and interest Rugby365 addresses the rules and referee profiles
• Rugby Pitch Dimensions From Rugby Canada
• Regulations on the Technical Zones A pdf document from the IRB

Equipment

• Equipment Guide From BBC Sport Academy; minimise the chances of injuries, as well as increase your enjoyment of playing the game
• Myoquip A commercial organisation providing innovative range of of variable resistance, strength-increasing equipment; They have some helpful articles on the background to improving this aspect of the game as well as a Blogspot with more background info.
• MyoQuip Blog

Bajada Scum

The Bajada scrum practised by The Pumas, has a very unique way of binding - not through the legs, like most teams, but with their arms around the props waists. Although the physics of scrumming are the same, all the power is directed into the hooker, scrumming along an imaginary arrow drawn pointing inwards from either side of the No 8. The scrumhalf gives a three part call after the 'engage': on pressure all members of the pack tighten their binds and fill their lungs with air.; on the call "one" everyone sinks. the legs at this point should be at 90 degrees;on "two" the pack comes straight forward while violently expelling the air from their lungs. a key note is that nobody moves their feet until forward momentum is established. If the first drive is insufficient the scrumhalf begins the call again and the opposing pack is usually caught off guard and pushed back - from a helpful visitor to our library

Coaching

• Online Coaching resources From the International Rugby Board.
• Rugby 365 coaching articles A new article roughly every month
• Some Thoughts on Rugby By Tickey de jager - a downloadable pdf document with useful analysis of all facets of the game for coaches

Injuries

British and Irish Lions

A touring side featuring the best rugby union players from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. They come together once every four years to tour New Zealand, South Africa and Australia in rotation.

• British and Irish Lions coverage
• History From Lions-Tour
• Follow the matches # with Sporting Life - Matchday Live
• Lions Rugby Official website for the Lions
• On tour Guide 2005
• The Lions are Coming The 2005 tour home; fixtures, interactive map, news, squad, history, team-talk, links to useful sites for a tour.
• British Lions Tour 2005 A supporters site for the tour; The Lions play an eleven match series in New Zealand -eight matches against provincial sides and three test matches against the All Blacks in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. Squad, travel, history, Message board (requires registration)
• BBC Sport Articles:
• Taranaki v British & Irish Lions Lions set for Maori Challenge, All Blacks provide their own coverage for the tour; hear the other side of the story! Email newsletter available
• New Zealand Tourism information Schedule, accommodation, links
• New Zealand prepares for the visit to Auckland Christchurch
• Unofficial Tour Site With useful articles about the tour
• Lions in New Zealand Another unofficial 2005 Lions,site with great coverage
• Sporting Life Guardian Unlimited Sport; Scrum, Sport Network, New Zealand Herald, Eurosport, Planet Rugby, Rugby World, Sky Sports
• British Lions Past results

Women's Rugby

• Women's Rugby in Wales Fixtures, results, news, contacts
• Scottish Women's Rugby News items USA National Teams 15's, 7's and under 23; news, players, history, results Women's Rugby World Cup Only the 3rd World cup held in 2006, with 12 teams invited, based on performance. For more details see Wikipedia IRB Official Site news, results, teams, standings
• 2006 Event Canada

Organisational bodies

• Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union Teams from Dubai, Muscat, Doha, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain - covering an area similar in size to Western Europe - contest the Arabian Gulf League each season, which runs from September through to April.
• Links Clubs and associate members

Competitions

• International Rugby from Tiscali Planet Rugby

News

• BBC News Covers current International tours and events
• RugbyLand Provides build-up to the biggest matches and Tournaments in the Rugby Union Calendar. The Rugby World Cup and Rugby explained. The features are great for any rugby fan - a new identity looking to give a lighter analysis to the world of rugby on the topics of interest. You could call it a cult site for some alternative views on the latest rugby drama's!
• Independent Rugby News from the independent newspaper
• News Headlines From Moreover
• News feed From NewsNow - up to the minute information from all sources.
• Planet Rugby Definitive international rugby resource with breaking news, exclusive features and a searchable archive
• Rugbyenews Receive the latest analysis of the game from experts, by email; archived articles, Faq, Calendar, Tables
• Rugby365 Global coverage; links, comprehensive news, articles etc
• RugbyDirt.com Is a rugby portal providing loads of information on rugby. Get the latest rugby news, read rugby articles and rugby blogs written by our experts. Download the latest rugby wallpapers and get updated on the latest rugby events. Look for rugby related jobs in our rugby classifieds section.
• Rugby Heaven An international rugby super-site from Australia, covering the International competitions and Provincial Rugby in Europe, S. Africa, New Zealand and Australia, calendars; Links on Resources, International, Provincial Competitions, Women's competition

Servers-Blogs-Forums

• Rugby 203.net
• Rugby Football Union
• RU Advancement Newsgroup Faq
• Rugby eNews Provide up to date news on the International scene, by regular newsletters. On-site is archived information, calendar, tables and links
• RugbyRugby Brings you the latest action from USA Super League, Canadian Super League, Canada, USA, Zurich Premiership, Heineken Cup, Six Nations, Tri Nations, Super 12 and World Cup 2003 news plus features, fixtures, results, kit, jerseys, shirts and comment from the world of rugby union.Women's Rugby World Cup fromAdidas - full coverage, including History
• Talk Rugby
• Six Nations Rugby

Tickets

• Six Nation Tickets England Rugby Tickets, Ireland Rugby Tickets, Wales Rugby Tickets and Scotland Rugby Tickets
• Rugby World Cup Tickets At Empire Tickets.
• Rugby World Cup 2007 Tickets Six Nations Tickets, Autumn Internationals Tickets,
• Hong Kong Sevens Tickets Guinness Premiership Final Tickets, Heineken Cup Final Tickets
• Rugby Tickets From Sold Out Entertainments; Autumn Internationals Tickets Rugby World Cup Tickets and Six Nations Tickets

Rugby Union 10-a-side

Basically the laws of the IRB are usually applied with some location variations such as duration of the game, number of people etc

Mini Rugby

This is an exciting introduction to the game for the younger members. The under 7 and under 8 ranges play tag (no tackles) with two teams of 5 to 7 players - Official U7and U8 rules (pdf file). For the under 9's and under 10's , tackling is allowed and they play with a maximum of 9 players of which 3 are forwards and form the scrum - Official U9 and U10 Rules (pdf file). The emphasis is on learning and fun, rather than winning.

• Rugby Continuum The RFU approach to introducing rugby to the younger members - "mini-midi-Rugby", promoting the spirit of Rugby; Mini Rugby stages 1 (U7 and U8) and 2 (U9 and U10) and Midi Rugby, Stage 3.Administartion (at local level), changes, forum.
• Parent Guide From The RFU
• Beginners Guide to Mini Rugby From Belper Rugby Club
• What is Mini Rugby? From Letchworth Garden City Rugby Club; a useful summary of the structure and objectives of the scheme
• Principles of Mini Rugby From Wimbledon RFC
• Stage 1 Stage 2, details from Brighton Rugby
• Belper
• Biggleswade
• Brighton
• Cambridge
• Chipstead
• Esher
• Hucclecote
• Hull
• Jedburgh
• Letchworth
• Macclesfield
• Royston
• Ruislip
• Salisbury
• Stanford Essex
• Towcester
• Tunbridge Wells
• Wimbledon
• Treharris
• Westport
• Ruthin
• Felindoel
• Scottish RU
• Watson Warriers (Edinburgh)
• Ballynahinch
• Malahider
• Google Directory of Youth and Mini
• Schools Rugby

Overview

• A History From Wikipedia
• Coverage by Rugby365 News, profile, fixtures, results,
• Schools By Rugby365 - school and player profiles, top 20
• Coverage by Planet Rugby News, profile
• Super Rugby Provides all the action at the top level of the game
• SA Rugby news from Scrum Springboks Stats all teams
• South African Rugby An informative Blog

Play/Watch

Play/Watch

• Calendar Of important Rugby matches in Canada and the World International matches
• Canadian Rugby News International, National and Provincial coverage, Womens, University/College, Over 40's!
• Rugby Union Canada Referees and the Laws, news, Super League, National Team
• Super League News, schedules, results, Teams, history, National All Sars
• Alberta Rugby Currently under construction
• Alberta Junior Rugby Alberta Minor Rugby Association bye laws, history, divisions, calendar of events, links to Canadian Rugby Sites including the Provincial Unions.
• British Columbia Schools
• Calgary Rugby Union Results, schedules, links
• Edmonton Rugby Union History, club directory, matches, results of tournaments and Challenge Cup, links
• Ontario Rugby Union Provincial teams, senior league,4 branches, links USA Rugby is well represented, governed by Territory Unions and Local Area unions as shown below

Overview

• Balls Out North American site with global coverage and interest, Useful links to Local rugby sites arranged by State; Rugby Budda answers questions with depth and feeling.

Play/Watch

• USA Rugby Composed of 37 Local Area Unions (LAUs), which are grouped into seven geographical Territorial Unions (TUs); National Teams, Club Rugby, Championships; learn about rugby. Membership Database;
• USA Rugby Men's National Team The Eagles
• New York Rugby Sevens The largest sevens tournament in the United States. The tournament has been held on the Saturday following Thanksgiving since 1959 and traditionally marks the end of the Fall rugby season in the New York Metropolitan area. Territory Union Sites ( and their local area unions) Mid-Atlantic (Eastern Penn, Potomac, Virginia)
• Midwest (Allegheny, Chicago Area, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin) Independent Territory (Alaska, Idaho, Montana)
• Northeast (Metropolitan New York, New England, New York State)
• Pacific Coast (Arizona, Northern California, Pacific Northwest, Utah)
• South (Deep South, Florida, Georgia, Mid-South, North Carolina, Palmetto)