Posted on 05/27/2022 10:07:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
When there is a scrum—the 2 groups positioned on either side of a line, say after an offsides call, the scum back of the side that has the advantage will roll the ball between the two groups of linesmen. The hookers in the center will try to heel, or “hook,” the ball back into their scrum, and it will eventually be ejected from the back of the scrum.
I was talking with a friend who’s son (now in High School! How did that happen??) is a rugby player and the college scouts are looking at him.
My friend tried to explain it to me but it just looks like a mob of really large guys. His son plays “#9” which sounds like that might be the hooker? He said his son gets the ball first and then laterals it back to “#10” who is more like a quarterback? I have no clue - but Dad is excited. They are going on an international tournament (Ireland?) in a month.
9 is the scrum half, or quarterback of the team. But, no forward passing. He puts the ball into the scrum, where the hooker heels or hooks the ball backwards so his team can possess the ball. The hooker is the number 2.
I played in college over 40 years ago. Great fun, and there was always beer after, and sometimes during, the games.
Heh, well played.
I went to a few games while in college and is was really fun to watch. Rough damn sport. Must have been 50 or so fans lining the field. The best part is after the game, a keg of beer appeared and the teams and fans had a good old time.
Good vocational training for bar room brawling.
Dang it. Just got told "no porn on FR".
Big deal. Kamala Harris was a hooker, and it got her to the White House.
I was reading up a bit on rugby on Wiki last night.
It is surprisingly much more organized than I had thought from watching a few games back in college 40 years ago! Interesting how the game evolved. It sounded like there were the guys in the scrum with a few guys behind them to act as defense/goal tenders.
Then they realized that the rules didn’t prevent the tenders from playing offense, so they started adding more offense into the tenders (now called backs).
I guess it is like a lot of sports, until one learns the rules it is just a bunch of folks running around with a ball, a puck, etc.
Hmm. What sport is the most confusing to watch?
What sport has the most rules?
I’m guessing golf might be the one with the most rules.
There are no rules in rugby. Only laws. An old saying.
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