Rugby is a sport played on a field between 103-157 yards long between two try-lines, where teams of 8 players bound together push against each other in scrums to compete for the ball being rolled between them. Matches consist of two 40-minute halves, plus potential extra 10-minute overtime periods if the game is tied, with the goal being for players to run with the ball or kick it into the opposing team's end zone to score a try.

1. Rugby is Played Like
This
-Tom Cannavo

2. The Field
There is no exact rule here but stricter rules apply for international play.
The distance between the two try-lines must also be anywhere from 103
yd to 157 yd and must be 74 - 77

3. Coin Toss
It begins much like an
American football game,
with a coin toss and a
dropkick (kickoff)

4. Often a scrum or a ruck
occurs if the ball does not
reach the 10 yard line.

5. Ruck
Once a player is tackled he must release the
ball. The ensuing melee of players trying to
win the ball with their feet is a ruck.

6. Scrum
A ball is rolled between
two teams of 8 men bound
together. The teams then
push against each other.

7. Match Time
There are two 40 minute
halves. Referees disciplining
teams or injuries do not count
to the 40 minutes, so play is
longer than 80 minutes

8. In the knockout stages of
rugby tournaments two extra
time periods of 10 minutes
periods are granted, if the
game is
minute sudden death is played

9. No game has ever gone
beyond this, however.

10. The ball moves forward in three ways — by kicking, by
a player running with it or within a scrum or maul.
ball cannot be passed forward only backwards and
laterally.

11. Punts
Punts are kicks during
gameplay and is the legal
alternative to passing
forward

12. Tries
The point is to try and get
into the opposition’s end
zone to score a try