KS2 Topic: Sport Block E: History of Rugby Session 2

The rules of rugby

What is the aim of the game? To use the to score more points than the other team. Each team has 15 players. You can run with the ball, kick it and pass it, but passing forwards is not allowed. Tackle an opponent to get the ball, as long as you stay within the rules. There is a referee, aided by two touch judges (one on each side of the pitch), to make sure players are sticking to the rules. How do you score points? A - five points are awarded for touching the ball down in your opponent's area. A conversion - two points are added for a successful kick through the goalposts after a try. A goal kick - three points are awarded for a penalty kick or drop goal through the posts. If both teams score the same amount of points, or no points are scored, then the match is a draw. In some cases, extra time is played to decide who wins. How long does a match last? A game of has two periods of 40 minutes each. In international matches the referee will stop the clock for stoppages. Between the two halves, there is a maximum 10-minute interval, after which both teams change ends. The referee's whistle indicates the start and finish of the half. Extra time will only be played if it's a knockout competition. What is kick-off? Before the start of the match, the referee tosses a coin to decide which team will kick off the match. The captain of the team that wins the toss gets to decide which end he wants to attack first, or whether his side or the opposition will kick off. The game is started by a place kick or a from the middle of the halfway line. The ball must travel forwards at least 10 metres from the kick-off. If it does not, the opposition get the choice of a scrum or line-out on the halfway line, with the advantage of the feed or throw. If a penalty or drop goal is scored during the game, play is restarted with a drop kick from the halfway line. The team that has conceded the points takes the kick.

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Possession: The main difference in the two sports is that rugby league offers several chances to keep the ball. Upon gaining possession, a team is allowed to have any player holding the ball tackled five times before they must hand it over. This is in contrast to union, whereby the ball must be released immediately, resulting in some of the dog-piles you see during matches

Players: Rugby league has only 13 players on each side, as opposed to 15 in union. It is because of this that league generally gets labelled as a quicker and more physically demanding sport.

Scoring: The most obvious differences in scoring is that a try is worth five points in union and only four in league. A drop goal is worth three in union and one in league, while a penalty goal is worth three in union and two in league.

How did this split come about? The split between the game of rugby league and rugby union (the two ‘codes’) came about in 19th century when players were banned from being paid for playing the sport. However, this was not always practical in northern industrial cities, where many of the players were required to work jobs on weekends. In 1892 rugby clubs in Bradford and Leeds faced accusations of professionalism for compensating some of their players for missing work, which led to clubs forming the Northern Rugby Union, later the League. This is why you will hear of towns like Castleford and Wakefield competing in Super League, yet no representation from London, Bristol or Birmingham. KS2 Topic: Sport Block E: History of Rugby Session 2

How to make a Springbok rugby

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At the 1995 Rugby World Cup, Nelson Mandela chose to wear the official shirt of the South African team, the Springboks. Up to that point, the Springboks shirt was a symbol of racism and prejudice. Mandela changed that by wearing it in front of the world at the Rugby World Cup in 1995. It changed racism in rugby and now everyone is included in the sport.

Here’s how to make a Springbok’s shirt. As you do so, remember that it is now a symbol of inclusion and acceptance (and once it was the opposite) as well as the shirt of an internationally renowned rugby team.

You will need thin white card or thick white paper and felt tips.

Fold a square of white Unfold and fold again, Then fold each Fold the corners down on the top of the paper in half and run the other way (so you side of the folded paper. your finger along the have folded 4 squares paper in so crease. into the paper). they met in the middle. Turn it over and fold Fold over the corners. Turn it over and fold the Tidy up your shirt by over the bottom of the corners down. folding the shoulders over paper, so that the edge a bit to make a better shirt is about a centimetre shape. below the rest of the paper.

Now you are ready to decorate your shirt in the Springbok colours.

If you have time, make another shirt and research the shirt colour for other rugby teams.

Here’s a shirt to decorate if you don’t want to do an origami one.