I've mentioned this previously, but the 2019 RWC content I talk about in this video has been blocked from TH-cam. We'll keep working on that, but in the meantime what else would you like to see?
Let's just start off with you're awesome. Then I'd like to see your 2019 world cup final reaction (if you've cleared up those blocked problems) and also your reaction to Cheslin Kolbe.. Another small magician of the game, thanks so much for your fun videos.
I actually wore them for a time when I was at high school during the '90s. I don't really know why I started and I don't know why I stopped. It makes more sense than a back (or rugby league player) wearing headgear...
Re the most important players, there's a well known, light hearted, 'rule of thumb' saying in Rugby: "the forwards determine who wins the game, the backs determine by how much". If the forwards are getting smashed up front, even the best backs can start looking like crap and vice versa ;-)
Personally i would say No.10 is the most “important” as they are the play makers, generally speaking. They are the closest to the “quarterback” in terms of controlling the attacking tactics.
Also agree with 9 if a nine plays bad its pretty hard for a 10 to perform so id say 9 but a 9 needs a good forward pack that wins rucks and get a team on the front foot
The crooked scrum!!! Back in the mid seventies it was often enforced as a law, but then refs slowly became more and more tolerant of this offence, to the point where today the "banana put in" is pretty standard fare. My old PE teacher would be rolling in his grave!!!
Scrum half’s are important for setting the tempo. Fly half’s are important for crucial decisions and points through kicks. Forwards are important for winning and keeping the ball. Backs are important for finishing opportunities.
Thomas George as a Welshman I have, but I’m sure any country lucky enough to have Barry John as a 10 would also see it as the most important position, lol
I dont think i remember anyone being bothered what position they played. I also seem to remember most people got their chance to play most positions at that age but most of my memories are of playing in frozen snow.
"The most important position on the field" - at any given time that will change depending on circumstances. Growing up I wanted to play full back (the position my dad played) but played flanker for most of my "career" (school and local club) until I stopped growing and others didn't! Then, finally, I played full back; I did love tackling :)
Hi , the captain is the most important position and can be any player. every position is extra important when they have possession or when tackling . I was always a prop because im a fatty . wingers are usually pretty boys lol
Back in the 19th century, a try was worth no points. Instead, the side touching down could attempt (try) to score a goal with a place kick in line with the touchdown. Tries are the most exciting part of the game and more points were awarded for scoring a try with time. For a long time, it was three points, so many people thought that "try" had something to do with "three". A converted try used to be called simply a goal, compared to penalty-goal or drop-goal. These days it is a converted try.
I'm a forward in a rugby team at my school and let me tell you ,being in a scrum is the worst,not only you will be draining a lot of stamina just to push the enemy team back but when the ball is out you gotta chase after it, imagine you are tired from pushing all of the guy but then the ball are already across the field
It's a truly team sport. Every position is key. If everyone doesn't work together, you loose. I've always loved tackling and the physicality of the forwards. I was an open side flanker. This sport truly has a place on the field for everyone. As an example the world champions, South Africa, has a player 5ft 7in and another player of almost 7ft.
20:10 An example of a penalty try could be that the attacking team has possession in a scrum 5 meters from the goal line. They dominate the scrum and move forward and it is imminent that they will push the scrum over the goal line. The opposition brings the scrum down to prevent the try or they break away too early an gets a penalty try awarded against them. Same could happen in a maul when someone brings down the maul illegally when it was clearly going to be a try.
A penalty try can be awarded from a high tackle and more. There's also a TMO (Television Match Official) who catches things on replays that the ref may have missed or wanted clarification on, however they're usually only at the professional level. It's only a knock-on if it leaves the hands and touches the floor
It's the open-side flanker(#7) they keep the procession of the ball which is really crucial for any team...and they have fitness for whatever situation there is for example Richie McCaw, Michael Hooper naming a few of the best But hey that's what I've been taught as at school and I'm from Fiji, home of the most famous rugby players in the world....
South Africa is well known not playing with a traditional 'fetcher' with great success and still won 3 world cups. In al 3 world cups we turned more balls over and we're more dominant at the rucks. It's every forwards role to protect and turnover balls. We tend to place a high price on our physicality at the rucks and mauls.
The fly-half - the number 10, who is the main play maker. The scrum half - number 9 is also very important. It is usually these 2 who are the main play makers. The number 9 manages the 'forwards' - numbers 1 to 8, and the fly-half number 10 manages the 'backs' 11 to 14. The full back - number 15, is the last line of defence, but also comes into the 'line' to add an extra player to the attack.
Locks are called that because they bind (lock) the scrum together. They are also the "second row". The props hold up the hooker (i.e. prop him up) and are obviously the point of contact with the opposing forwards. They need to be strong. The hooker is called that because he hooks back the ball when it is fed in by the scrumhalf. The locks are usually tall and are the main jumpers in the lineouts. The flanks are on the sides, and the eighth man (or number eight) is at the back. The flanks and number eight are the back row. The flanks break away as soon as the ball comes out, and have an important defensive role. Number eight often starts attacks when the ball comes back.
I might be late but penalty tries can be given from many plays: if a scrum is collapsed while it was clearly going to end in the try scoring area, same for a maul. It can also be given when there's a fault committed that prevented a try (intentionnals knock on, high tackletackle without ball etc ). Referees aren't giving it much but when they does there's often a card with it
react to Owen Nigels!!! he's the greatest ref!!! and u can see how he manages all these big boys~ Rugby really is a gentleman's game + he is super funny!!! FYI yeah only ONE ref in the field and 2 sideline refs, but now we also have TMO (playback)
@@lukegarry8912 Yes he came out as gay in 2007. He's considered as the best referee in rugby as he lets the game flow and is very good at communicating with the players. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Owens Here are some classic Nigel Owens moments: th-cam.com/video/-HR2F7kbxeg/w-d-xo.html
Who is the most important player on the field? Answer: Either the one with the ball or the one tackling the one with the ball. Tactically, the fly half and scrum half are the essential links and strategists of the game. The fly half is like the quarter back.
A good example of a penalty try happened in a game i watched recently. If you touch the ball at the base of the post that counts as a try (because there's no actual line there to put the ball on). So the attacking team were right up to the line and trying to break through, when a defenfing player dove in front of the post to stop them touching it. This was deemed a "professional foul" as they were not attempting to tackle them or take part in the ruck, they were simply obstructing the post. So a penalty try was given, because the only thing stopping the try was someone cynically dropping to the floor to get in the way.
Regarding the most important player question; any player not performing on the day can cost your team a match. Scrumhalf and Flyhalf are the 2 biggest decision makers and handle the ball the most. They set the tempo and are the generals that marshal the troops. But if the forwards can’t secure them good quality attacking ball, they are in for a bad day at the office. There’s an old saying in rugby (I’m sure you would’ve encounters it on TH-cam by now): “The forwards determine who will win, the back by how much”
A knock on is when the ball comes off a player and either A) hits the ground in front of you or B) Is gathered by a teammate after it has moved in a forward direction
The position everyone wants to be growing up tends to be fly half simply due to the diverse nature of the game. I would cautious to say that any one position is most important, especially with the mass changes in game make the differentiation between players (particularly in the backs) less and less but arguable the tactical backbone of the team rests either on the scrum half or the fly half depending on whether you run a game plan with a tactical 9 or a tactical 10. Traditionally speaking most teams run the fly half as the key decision maker though you still see teams like South Africa running the tactical decisions from scrum halves like Faf de Klerk with the fly halfs in those teams serving a distributors and kicker. Little side note but we are also seeing some teams experiment with the running of 2 'fly halfs' playing tactical roles. You can see this with George Ford at Fly Half and Owen Farrell at Inside Centre but their roles on the field both line up more with what would traditionally be seen as fly half roles.
If you bobble the ball forward as you catch it but re-gather before it hits the ground , there is no knock on. It is only a knock on if it’s knocked forward and hits the ground.
If you had to choose a most important position, I'd probably pick one of the 9, 10 or 15, but its not like a QB, where everything runs through them. On the more physical side any position can be important. Its more like basketball in the sense that any position can be a star player, unlike NFL where QBs and WRs are almost guaranteed to be the top 2. Also penalty tries are pretty rare, its only if a normal infringement would have a stopped what would have been a guaranteed score, and its not a knock on if the ball is pushed forward in the air then caught by the same player. Hope that clears it up. :)
In televised games there is often a fourth official who can be called on to adjudicate decisions that the referee after consulting his touch-judges is unsure of.
@ 20:26 In American Football, they do have a penalty touchdown as well. It is the same rule in essence: a ball carrier is fouled who was clearly going to score. A good example was a famous bowl game in the 1950s where an opposing player came off the bench, enraged that his foe was about to score and no one stopped him, and he tackled him. The referee awarded a penalty touchdown because of this.
There is no most important player on the pitch at any given time. In a well rounded team, each player will complement the others in their own way, no matter what position they're in. Rugby doesn't have star quaterbacks, rugby is played by teams. Also when i was at school, i was a no.2 or a hooker, i wasnt skinny or tall which was mostly why the roll suited me. that and i was pretty handy at hitting turnover strikes in the scrum.
When it comes to match officials, there are normally only the 3 that James mentioned but at higher levels there is the TMO. This stands for television match official. He or she has access to all camera angles so that they can assist the ref when it comes to tricky decisions. They can also tell the ref to stop play if they have spotted potential foul play that needs checking. You don’t get a TMO at lower levels
Raction to the RWC 2019 final, those South African scrums were a thing of beauty. As for the single most important player, if I was forced to choose I would say the fly half(number 10), simply because a team with a sub standard fly half really suffers. But at the end of the day, it's a team sport and really if you lack in any aspect you're going to suffer. For example, no matter how good your number 10 is, if your forwards can't dominate up front and get good clean ball for your backs your excellent fly half is useless. Like wise, if your backs are constantly knocking on and throwing bad passes then the poor forwards are going to have way too much work to do to try and clean up and secure that loose ball. It really is a sport where individual brilliance is important, but a cohesive team effort will win the day. Think of the Springboks defending 25 phases against the English in the final, every member of the team had to pull that off, and when England only got 3 points out of it, it was clear the momentum was firmly with the Boks. For the penalty try, let's say for example there is one defender left, and a ball carrier is on his way to score a try and this last defender does a high tackle which is an illegal tackle, or a shoulder charge a penatly will of course be awarded. But if it was in a clear try scoring position, and this was the last possible defender then the referee will asses the situation further. In his assessment he will remove the penalised defender from the equation and ask himself if there was anyone else beside this penalised defender that could have stopped the ball carrier from scoring a try. If there was no one else that could have, the penalty try will be awarded because the referee will essentially be saying that the only reason the ball carrier did not score was because this defender purposefully commited a foul to stop him. At very high levels, penalty tries are not all that common because usually on a first offense the referee will issue a warning if he feels the fouls are being done on purpose. Sometimes however the foul is so clearly purposeful and clearly foul play that he goes straight to the penalty try. As far as officials go, there is the referee, two touch judges and the TMO(Television Match Official). The ref can refer to the TMO for clarity and a second opinion, and the TMO can inform the ref if he spotted foul play during the course of open play that the ref may have missed. A knock on is only a knock on if the ball leaves your hands, goes farwards and touches the ground. If you bobble the ball but regain it before it touches the ground, it is legal.
We have one referee two assistant Refs and a TMO (tv monitoring official but only in high league games.) If you touch the ball it goes forward but you catch it without it touching the ground then you are perfectly fine to carry on play.
One of the most common ways a team is awarded a penalty try is when there have been multiple infringements at scrums and mauls that are near to the try line. If there is a 5 meter scrum, for instance, that has been collapsed by the same team 3 or 4 times then a penalty try is likely to be awarded. Along with this, the offending player is normally shown a yellow card. With a penalty try your team automatically gets the 7 points and doesn’t need to take the conversion
One of the great things about Rugby is that it's a true team sport. Arguably the most important player would be the First Five-Eighths or Fly-Half in the #10 Jersey; but even an immaculate 10 can only do so much with an average team around them. As for what you'd dream of being when you grow up - as James said, there's something for all body types - so if you're a big, bulky unit you would likely look forward to life as a prop or hooker (US call it just "hook" because of the...other usage of that term...) while a tall, lanky people would be locks, etc etc
I would say the scrum half is the most important person on the field. No one else gets to touch the ball as much as the scrum half does. He is instrumental at the scrum, line out, mauls, ticks and at every breakdown.
Penalty Tries are not common per se, but do occur in perhaps 1 in 25-30 matches. It’s basically awarded when, in the judgement of the referee, a certain try was prevented by a penalty infringement. Usually these are awarded when the very last tackler stops an attacker with a high / dangerous tackle (or trip) or when an attacking team has a dominant scrum or maul and seem to be on their way to a certain push-over try. Quite often the defending team will collapse the scrum or maul in an attempt to stop them; which is illegal and could result in a penalty try. To add further insult to injury, the offending player sometimes also gets a yellow card along with costing his team 7 points (no conversion is required for a PT)
If the ball touches you and goes forward it is technically a knock on, but if you recover it before it touches anything or anyone else then it's not a knock on and you can play on. You can see that in some games when someone seems like juggling with the ball before completely catching it. There is now an additional rule that say that if you do a knock on and it is recovered by one of your teammate that is already in front of you at this moment the game restart not with a scrum but instead with a penalty because you consider that the advantage cannot be played (this does not include a forward pass)
no if you bobble/fumble the ball but keep possession of the ball it is not a knock on but if you fumble the ball and it touches anyone else or the ground it's a knock on. also most penalty try's are given after multiple (3) warnings for either collapsing a mall or scrum within the 5m line of the opposition's tryline. when given a card may be shown and the team receiving the penalty try does not need to convert it, it's an automatic 7 points. high tackles from the last man or slapping the ball down when two players try to pass past the last player will result in penalty try's but are less common
9:20 - nowadays a lot of elite wingers a great with kicks, setting deep on defense to catch and return kicks, and are usually elite at catching high kicks. but when it comes to youth playing rugby, the quick kid is gonna be put on the wing, as that is the most vital aspect of the position 9:50 - pretty basic definition in the video, usually 12 is an inside centre, usually bigger and stronger, can hit back line and look for offloads, and 13 is the outside centre, usually speedier and running lines to receive offloads and get the ball further wide to the wing. also on defense the 12 will get the opposition going back, whereas the 13 may blitz the back line to prevent a pass. Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith is to me the best 12, 13 combo in rugby history 10:24 - there is a few ways to answer this question, No team has won the world cup without a steady world class scrum half, being the link between the forwards and backs, the only back the hangs around the rucks means they are involved in directing the forwards, as well supplying clean ball to the back line. Similarly only one team has won the world cup without a steady fly half (nz, 2011 being the exception), being the mastermind behind how your back line operates is so crucial for scoring tries that if the fly half fails, not only does the defensive and rucking effort come down to the forwards, so does the point scoring. Alternatively in elite level test matches, a flankers ability to create turnovers in the rucks is often the difference between test matches. Outside of that, if the front row or fullback struggles, its often very exploitable by teams. 20:25 - tripping penalty can result in a penalty try, more common examples would be if a team illegally took down a maul that was quickly heading towards their goal line, illegally tackling a man without the ball, knocking down a pass that you didn't intend on intercepting. ref awards the penalty try under the post for an easy conversion too 22:30 - in professional matches there is often also a television match official to replay potential tries or fouls 24:46 - yes that would still be a knock on, knocking it forward when trying to receive the ball is still a knock on, which is why its riskier to take a low grubber kick moving forward than it would be to turn around so that if you cant catch it, it'll go backwards. Hope this helps and keep up the great work
Most important is probably the fly half, they're usually the one running the show, setting up plays and making sure both halves of the team are working together. At least when I was younger there wasn't so much a position everyone desired, you tend to just play the positions you're built for, and rarely move from forward to back so are locked out from certain positions.
A penalty goal is often awarded if the defending side collapses the scrum or maul to prevent a try being scored. The could award a penalty try instead of a penalty if he decides that the infringement prevented a try being scored, for example by tackling a player chasing the ball and would have scored.
There are actually six match officials at internationals or high level matches. 1. The on field referee 2. The assistant referee ( touch judge as the used to be called. 3. The other AR 4. Number 4- monitors interchange, sin bin, and stands in for one of the above in case if injury. 5. Number 5 - does the above for the other team 6. TMO - television match official.
The lineout throw-in is usually considered "not straight" when it is over the outer arm of the jumper or beyond. The referee rarely blows for that when the defending side does not compete. Similarly, the scrum-half throws in the ball nearer his own front row. Feeding happens when the ball is thrown in behind the hooker's feet, and that results in a penalty kick to the other side.
It’s difficult to say which is the most important position. There is a day’s however in rugby that the forwards win the game and the backs decide by how much. It’s a bit simplistic in practice but gives you an idea off what you need to do to win a game. Win the scrums, line outs and game line to win the game
I’d say the Scrum-half is the most important it’s essentially the quarter back position. The team leader. Makes most of the decisions and is very key to play. However the Wing normally gets the most glory by scoring the most tries so they are a favourite position that people including myself always wanted to play. Although I have always been more suited to be a forward.
Most important? If you are weak in any department you will struggle, however, 3, 9/10, 2 in that order. 3 to win your scrums (England looking at you), 9 to distribute, 10 to organize attack, 2 to win your Lineout. After this, 13 is often your defense organizer, 15 has to be the most tactically aware. I suppose the most important position is often the one that you have the least cover on the bench and the one the opposition is best placed to exploit if they are weak.
id say the most important position on offence is first 5 because they are kind of like a point guard in basketball because of their ability to pass and kick the ball into space ( orchestrate the offence ) on defense everyone needs to make all the tackles but id say the full back because they do a lot of cleaning up and clearing the ball down field also try saving tackles
The play you saw was at local club level. And as far as referees are concerned at professional level there are video referees also to assist the on field referee. He can use these for tries where he is having difficulty seeing the grounding, confirming off side prior to the try etc. I agree with you an offensive and defensive line referee would be beneficial.
I'm an American who started watching sport in 04. My first match the B and I Lions vs all blacks no 2. Nice match to start. Lol. Fell in love with game took me three years to pick up game rules and finesse. But I love it esp southern hemisphere. But then due to all rugby moving to streaming i got cut off in 17. Moved to where I could start streaming and covid. Great sport
Great to see you back, Dan! Where have you been? I hope it will be possible to react to the 2019 Rugby World Cup, while the events are still news. If the best material is blocked, perhaps you could circumvent the problem somehow by reacting to interviews, post-match stuff, or other "indirect" media?
If you lose control of the ball forward but regain possession before it touches to ground (or another player) then it isn't a knock on. It has to be knocked forward onto the ground or another player.
Most important player differs from team to team depending on team's style of play! But just for reference here are the positions of World Rugby players of the year since 2001: Hooker, Scrum-half, Fly-half, Flanker, Fly-half, Flanker, Wing, Wing, Flanker, Flanker, Flanker, Fly-half, No. 8, Lock, Fly-half, Fly-half, Fly-half, Fly-half, Flanker.
The blue eyed “quarterback” position in rugby is the flyhalf, or No.10. Often referred to as the pivot, he tends to control play (unless he has a very dominant 9).
Props and Hooker: think guards and center/nose tackle and defensive ends. Locks and Flankers: think linebackers. #8: think Tight end. Scrum and Fly halfbacks: think quarterbacks. the #12 and 13: think American Football halfbacks. the wingers: think wide receivers/cornerbacks. Fullback: think free safety/kick return.
2-8-9-10-15 are the vertebral column of a rugby team. In rugby, you may want play at a specific place but your athletic&skills often defines your position on the fields..
I never wore shin pads playing rugby, nor did I know anyone else who did either. In fact the only protection me or any of my teammates used was just a mouth guard which is mandatory. Couple of the forwards wore scrum caps, that’s about it
The fly half (10) is the closest thing to a quarterback. They are the main decision-maker/distributor of the ball and usually the kicker too. Whether they are the most important player is a different thing, but a great fly half makes a huge difference to a team
most important role depends on which team your talking about. Some guys okay great off the fall back and fly half type roles, getting kicks on kicks on kicks. Some teams like south africa generally are known for having huge forwards that power through the opposition with brute force
The captain is the most important player. He is the link between the coach and the team. He determines how the game is to be played. He manages the teams discipline and is often the person being spoken to by the ref.
Bit late but you can get a penalty try most commonly within 5m of the try line is the defending team “slowing down” the ball, using their hands in the ruck by not releasing the tackled player or the ball. It’s also pulling down the attacking teams maul or a high tackle, for other examples. Most common is a yellow card for the defending player, with the penalty try. It’s always the attacking team awarded a penalty try too! The defending team is awarded a standard penalty.
As someone that’s played rugby for a long time, usually the 10 is the most important as they have to make decisions on the fly and control a lot of the plays and keep the team in line
In the RWC 2019 pool match between Scotland and Samoa, Scotland was awarded 2 penalty tries (if you want to check it out) by the way love your videos man keep it up
The 10 is the playmaker and pretty much decides what will happen. They are the on field strategist and often control both attack and the defensive line
Arguably the most important position is No.10/fly-half, which is basically the equivalent of a quarterback, the main playmaker and decision-maker. But there are variations, eg...in France the No.9/scrum-half tends to be the main playmaker rather than the fly-half. Some teams, like England now, also play two fly-haves at 10 and 12 to have more creativity, while other prefer to play a big ball carrier at 12 to bash through the gainline and others play a strike runner to slice through any spaces in the opposition defence. While it’s not always the case, 9 and 10 tend to be the smallest players. Penalty try is given when a team commits a cynical foul to stop the opposite team from scoring. If you trip someone you should be sent off, so your team loses one player for the rest of the game. Ball can never go forward from hand, only kicked forward. Rugby is a very complex game, especially with regards to the breakdown, the rules are subject to different interpretations by different referees, eg some referees will give a tackled player more time to release the ball in the ruck than others before giving a penalty for holding on. Hope that helps :)
@@0riole11 he's not the only one (Argentinian players are often too) but he was a specialist to be ON PURPOSE off side and never called for it by the referee... that made him a very successful (if very hateful) player... how I remember screaming at the referee in front of my screen for it many times that and the times when the AB do screen/obstruction on running defender to free the way for their ball carrier (only seen this lately 2 times in very close matches I watched review on YT recently, but I'm sure that it occurred more, just need to look at other matches. I never spotted those fouls before because I wasn't looking for it and when live, it's rare that the TV director show rewind of this kind of content for the "home team" if it could cost the try... have to count on the referee, but well...)
Well there is an additional Referee callet the TMO- Television Match Official who officiated on calls to see if the try was legal or not. You would see in most referees call for a verification if they are not sure to award the try.. they then would run a replay to the referee to see if it is awarded or he may change the ruling...the wording of the question of course is very key to the TMO. they also judge if the is a dangerous play as well that means if the penalised team deserves a penalty only or a card...if yes a card its either Yellow or red. The Yellow means you are off the field to sit at the Sin Bin for 10 minutes of play a red card means you are not coming back to the field
No, it's only a knock-on if it goes off your hand or arm, and then subsequently touches the ground or another player. Forward passes to yourself, if you will, aren't knock ons.
AT 25.03 yes you are correct of you to catch the ball but don't retain the ball and allow it to move forward then its a forward motion of the ball and therefore a forward pass has occurred
You will get many varied answers to your 'pivotal' question. So, the short answer is: it really depends. Every single core component of the team contributes to a degree. If there is one weak link, the play can fall apart. So, whilst there are specialists on the team, for instance: locks (who need to be able to jump and secure ball in the lineouts); if you're constantly losing ball in that area, even on your throw in, than a smart team will target that, and you will suffer from a lack of possession as a result. But, I'd imagine that it can be argued that if you have a reasonably competent forward pack, who can scrum reasonably well, who have a hooker who can throw in competently at lineouts, who have loose forwards who are quick around the pitch and can secure rucks to keep possession then you are relatively covered. In that case you need a scrumhalf with good vision and a flyhalf who can command well. If everyone is competent, then it is merely a matter of execution - and if you do not have a strong leader who commands well, all the little things won't matter. Where is your leader, then? Well, you need a general in the backline to make the snap decisions and to co-ordinate the backline. But the orders may not come from him. So it really does depende on the TYPE of team you are. Are you an agressive team that relies on forward momentum, agressive stealing of the ball at defensive rucks? Well, then maybe your captain is a loose forward or eighth man. He will anchor the team and make sure they are executing well. If your team is more reliant on that attacking flair, then your captain may be in the backline. But all of this said... it's the little things. Everyone has to play their part: as rugby can be a percentile game that is won on metres gained, percentage of possession and tackles made.
I played from the age of 11, which was a couple of decades ago now, but don’t ever remember wearing shin pads playing for the school I wanted to be a winger and was because I was a fast little sod but with enough strength to break tackles and pull larger players along (and was half-decent defensively myself), but never had the ability to think about the game to the depth required to be a Fly Half; maybe could have if I’d tried but generally the players in every position were the right fit for it.
In professional rugby(including international) there is a 4th referee who is the sky judge for lack of a better term. They watch the video footage of the game and assist the head referee with unclear tries or penalties.
For my view, there is no one most significant position in a Rugby team; you need your Props to scrummage, you need your Locks to win line-out ball from the Hooker who needs to hit their target. You need your goal kickers to score regularly and you need your outside backs to score tries when they have the chance. That's what makes Rugby such a special game, everyone has to do their job otherwise you simply cannot expect to win. It's a selfless game in the sense that the collective is placed above all.
Fly half is probably the most important position on the pitch - they dictate the game like a quarterback I started at Lock but moved out to Full Back by the time I stopped playing, I was only 6' 3" but I could catch the ball
Most penalty try's I've seen are for collapsing a maul when it is pretty much over the try line, they also tend to get given if a number of penalties are conceded in defence of a try
You also get a TMO (TV Match Official) which might be called upon if required by the referee. This is usually when grounding of the ball during a tri is in doubt or when foul play is suspected. They will then review the play and advise the referee on a suitable decision. Most important attacking position would be flyhalf (10), most important defending position would be loose forwards, centers and fullback a they are usually the guys that make the most tackles during the game. I myself played mostly center and wing during my school days.
Knock on is only called as a penalty if the ball is played forward off the hand or arm but the ball has to hit the ground after being mishandled. If the the ball goes horizontal or backwards this is not a knock on. It can be juggled forward but only by the player in possession of the ball it cannot be passed forward to another team member but that’s not recommended in open play.
Depending on the team, I would say the most important player would be the captain or leadership group. Because they make so many crucial decisions on the field and have a large hand in motivating the team in pressure situations.
Most important player? All are important, but something they used to say in Otago: "The first man picked is the tight head prop, the second man picked is the reserve tight head prop."
In my own opinion, it's the scrum half. He is the link between the fowards and the backs in quick decision making, communication, has to be wherever the ball goes
Number 10 is the most important position. As a kid I wanted to play in the centres or fullback because they scored the most tries. I ended up playing in the back row ( 6,7 or 8) and ended my career playing 9.
I've mentioned this previously, but the 2019 RWC content I talk about in this video has been blocked from TH-cam. We'll keep working on that, but in the meantime what else would you like to see?
Ignorant American will you react to rugby league at any point , it’s a really good change up of the rules , more of a northern game in the U.K.
I'd really like to see a video about the 1999 World Cup semi final between France and New Zeland. By the way great job with your videos
Rugby League, Touch Rugby, Rugby Union, Rugby 7's? #southernhemisphereRUGBY..
#springbokke2019 #allblacks
Let's just start off with you're awesome.
Then I'd like to see your 2019 world cup final reaction (if you've cleared up those blocked problems) and also your reaction to Cheslin Kolbe.. Another small magician of the game, thanks so much for your fun videos.
Have you gone to see a game live yet?
I've never used shin pads and don't know anyone who has.
As a hooker often played opposite numbers who did but never helped them hook lol
In some places you should....
Well because Noobs tackle by kicking you and getting sent off instead of...well...tackling...
Hookers do (rarely)
I actually wore them for a time when I was at high school during the '90s. I don't really know why I started and I don't know why I stopped.
It makes more sense than a back (or rugby league player) wearing headgear...
I’ve only seen one person wear them and in the region my teams apart as everyone knows him only for wearing them 😂
Re the most important players, there's a well known, light hearted, 'rule of thumb' saying in Rugby: "the forwards determine who wins the game, the backs determine by how much".
If the forwards are getting smashed up front, even the best backs can start looking like crap and vice versa ;-)
also the whole "forwards win the game, backs win the points"
At least one american who really try to understand rugby, instead of reacting to highlights which don't speak much.
BTW everyone is important.
Personally i would say No.10 is the most “important” as they are the play makers, generally speaking.
They are the closest to the “quarterback” in terms of controlling the attacking tactics.
I'd say the 9, you can't play a game without a 9
The 9 is more like a quarterback, thus the most important...
Also agree with 9 if a nine plays bad its pretty hard for a 10 to perform so id say 9 but a 9 needs a good forward pack that wins rucks and get a team on the front foot
The backs don’t get the ball if the forwards don’t secure it. Just saying...
There is no "most important" position. Rugby is a true team sport.
Most important position on the field is the Tight head prop, 2nd most important position is reserve Tight Head prop
-Danie Craven
Too right matey, we all know that 3 is the magic number 😉
Guessing you are a tight head then 😂
You are an idiot 6and 7 or 10
Sam Johnson alright calm down it was a joke. And even tho it was a joke he’s really not far off I’d say
"The halfback throws the ball into the centre of the tunnel in a scrum". Yeah right.
Maybe 15 years ago lol
The crooked scrum!!! Back in the mid seventies it was often enforced as a law, but then refs slowly became more and more tolerant of this offence, to the point where today the "banana put in" is pretty standard fare. My old PE teacher would be rolling in his grave!!!
@@philjones6054 even in the 80 and 90s you couldn't "feed" the ball. Now the scrum is all but pointless.
If you re-gather the ball before it hits the ground or touches another player then it's not a knock-on. 👍
Scrum half’s are important for setting the tempo.
Fly half’s are important for crucial decisions and points through kicks.
Forwards are important for winning and keeping the ball.
Backs are important for finishing opportunities.
I always loved the old Bath saying, "The forwards shall win the ball. The forwards shall keep the ball and the backs shall buy the beer."
I’d say in rugby that there isn’t an outright position that everyone wants to be but the most qb position as in “sexiness” would be fly half
Historically for Wales, when I was growing up as a young child in 80s, the view we had was that no10 was the most important position.
Thomas George as a Welshman I have, but I’m sure any country lucky enough to have Barry John as a 10 would also see it as the most important position, lol
I dont think i remember anyone being bothered what position they played. I also seem to remember most people got their chance to play most positions at that age but most of my memories are of playing in frozen snow.
The Hooker, of course! 😄
The 10 is pivotal but id use the old adage forwards win matches backs decide by how much
A penalty try could be scored from high tackles, deliberate knock-on, or any type of foul play by the defense on the ball carrier
Very common from 5m scrim where the opposition do something bad, or from maul close to the line.
Yeah collapsing a maul & tackler off-side are common
Also repeated cynical offences near your own goal line
The basic premise for a penalty try is that a try would almost definitely have been scored but for foul play.
"The most important position on the field" - at any given time that will change depending on circumstances.
Growing up I wanted to play full back (the position my dad played) but played flanker for most of my "career" (school and local club) until I stopped growing and others didn't! Then, finally, I played full back; I did love tackling :)
Hi , the captain is the most important position and can be any player. every position is extra important when they have possession or when tackling . I was always a prop because im a fatty . wingers are usually pretty boys lol
Back in the 19th century, a try was worth no points. Instead, the side touching down could attempt (try) to score a goal with a place kick in line with the touchdown. Tries are the most exciting part of the game and more points were awarded for scoring a try with time. For a long time, it was three points, so many people thought that "try" had something to do with "three". A converted try used to be called simply a goal, compared to penalty-goal or drop-goal. These days it is a converted try.
Hi. Please have a look at the 2019 RWC final & react to South Africa’s defense
Mark Yeadon yes! 100%
I'm a forward in a rugby team at my school and let me tell you ,being in a scrum is the worst,not only you will be draining a lot of stamina just to push the enemy team back but when the ball is out you gotta chase after it, imagine you are tired from pushing all of the guy but then the ball are already across the field
It's a truly team sport. Every position is key. If everyone doesn't work together, you loose.
I've always loved tackling and the physicality of the forwards.
I was an open side flanker.
This sport truly has a place on the field for everyone.
As an example the world champions, South Africa, has a player 5ft 7in and another player of almost 7ft.
20:10 An example of a penalty try could be that the attacking team has possession in a scrum 5 meters from the goal line. They dominate the scrum and move forward and it is imminent that they will push the scrum over the goal line. The opposition brings the scrum down to prevent the try or they break away too early an gets a penalty try awarded against them. Same could happen in a maul when someone brings down the maul illegally when it was clearly going to be a try.
A penalty try can be awarded from a high tackle and more. There's also a TMO (Television Match Official) who catches things on replays that the ref may have missed or wanted clarification on, however they're usually only at the professional level. It's only a knock-on if it leaves the hands and touches the floor
I’m very impressed! I’ve followed you since your 1st video and I can tell your knowledge of the game is extensive. Glad you enjoying the game.
It's the open-side flanker(#7) they keep the procession of the ball which is really crucial for any team...and they have fitness for whatever situation there is for example Richie McCaw, Michael Hooper naming a few of the best
But hey that's what I've been taught as at school and I'm from Fiji, home of the most famous rugby players in the world....
South Africa is well known not playing with a traditional 'fetcher' with great success and still won 3 world cups. In al 3 world cups we turned more balls over and we're more dominant at the rucks. It's every forwards role to protect and turnover balls. We tend to place a high price on our physicality at the rucks and mauls.
The fly-half - the number 10, who is the main play maker. The scrum half - number 9 is also very important. It is usually these 2 who are the main play makers. The number 9 manages the 'forwards' - numbers 1 to 8, and the fly-half number 10 manages the 'backs' 11 to 14. The full back - number 15, is the last line of defence, but also comes into the 'line' to add an extra player to the attack.
Love the fact u actually taking the time to learn the game of rugby
Locks are called that because they bind (lock) the scrum together. They are also the "second row". The props hold up the hooker (i.e. prop him up) and are obviously the point of contact with the opposing forwards. They need to be strong. The hooker is called that because he hooks back the ball when it is fed in by the scrumhalf. The locks are usually tall and are the main jumpers in the lineouts. The flanks are on the sides, and the eighth man (or number eight) is at the back. The flanks and number eight are the back row. The flanks break away as soon as the ball comes out, and have an important defensive role. Number eight often starts attacks when the ball comes back.
I might be late but penalty tries can be given from many plays: if a scrum is collapsed while it was clearly going to end in the try scoring area, same for a maul. It can also be given when there's a fault committed that prevented a try (intentionnals knock on, high tackletackle without ball etc ). Referees aren't giving it much but when they does there's often a card with it
react to Owen Nigels!!! he's the greatest ref!!! and u can see how he manages all these big boys~ Rugby really is a gentleman's game + he is super funny!!!
FYI yeah only ONE ref in the field and 2 sideline refs, but now we also have TMO (playback)
vampyreGisel Nigel Owens?
@@elliotbaker5416 he's a famous Rugby ref :)
wait is that the gay one
@@lukegarry8912 Yes he came out as gay in 2007. He's considered as the best referee in rugby as he lets the game flow and is very good at communicating with the players.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Owens
Here are some classic Nigel Owens moments:
th-cam.com/video/-HR2F7kbxeg/w-d-xo.html
Who is the most important player on the field? Answer: Either the one with the ball or the one tackling the one with the ball.
Tactically, the fly half and scrum half are the essential links and strategists of the game. The fly half is like the quarter back.
A good example of a penalty try happened in a game i watched recently. If you touch the ball at the base of the post that counts as a try (because there's no actual line there to put the ball on). So the attacking team were right up to the line and trying to break through, when a defenfing player dove in front of the post to stop them touching it. This was deemed a "professional foul" as they were not attempting to tackle them or take part in the ruck, they were simply obstructing the post. So a penalty try was given, because the only thing stopping the try was someone cynically dropping to the floor to get in the way.
Regarding the most important player question; any player not performing on the day can cost your team a match.
Scrumhalf and Flyhalf are the 2 biggest decision makers and handle the ball the most. They set the tempo and are the generals that marshal the troops.
But if the forwards can’t secure them good quality attacking ball, they are in for a bad day at the office.
There’s an old saying in rugby (I’m sure you would’ve encounters it on TH-cam by now):
“The forwards determine who will win, the back by how much”
A knock on is when the ball comes off a player and either
A) hits the ground in front of you or
B) Is gathered by a teammate after it has moved in a forward direction
The position everyone wants to be growing up tends to be fly half simply due to the diverse nature of the game. I would cautious to say that any one position is most important, especially with the mass changes in game make the differentiation between players (particularly in the backs) less and less but arguable the tactical backbone of the team rests either on the scrum half or the fly half depending on whether you run a game plan with a tactical 9 or a tactical 10. Traditionally speaking most teams run the fly half as the key decision maker though you still see teams like South Africa running the tactical decisions from scrum halves like Faf de Klerk with the fly halfs in those teams serving a distributors and kicker. Little side note but we are also seeing some teams experiment with the running of 2 'fly halfs' playing tactical roles. You can see this with George Ford at Fly Half and Owen Farrell at Inside Centre but their roles on the field both line up more with what would traditionally be seen as fly half roles.
If you bobble the ball forward as you catch it but re-gather before it hits the ground , there is no knock on. It is only a knock on if it’s knocked forward and hits the ground.
You also have a 4th official called a Television Match Official or TMO. This is only used in league games however.
If you had to choose a most important position, I'd probably pick one of the 9, 10 or 15, but its not like a QB, where everything runs through them. On the more physical side any position can be important. Its more like basketball in the sense that any position can be a star player, unlike NFL where QBs and WRs are almost guaranteed to be the top 2.
Also penalty tries are pretty rare, its only if a normal infringement would have a stopped what would have been a guaranteed score, and its not a knock on if the ball is pushed forward in the air then caught by the same player.
Hope that clears it up. :)
In televised games there is often a fourth official who can be called on to adjudicate decisions that the referee after consulting his touch-judges is unsure of.
@ 20:26 In American Football, they do have a penalty touchdown as well. It is the same rule in essence: a ball carrier is fouled who was clearly going to score. A good example was a famous bowl game in the 1950s where an opposing player came off the bench, enraged that his foe was about to score and no one stopped him, and he tackled him. The referee awarded a penalty touchdown because of this.
There is no most important player on the pitch at any given time. In a well rounded team, each player will complement the others in their own way, no matter what position they're in. Rugby doesn't have star quaterbacks, rugby is played by teams.
Also when i was at school, i was a no.2 or a hooker, i wasnt skinny or tall which was mostly why the roll suited me. that and i was pretty handy at hitting turnover strikes in the scrum.
When it comes to match officials, there are normally only the 3 that James mentioned but at higher levels there is the TMO. This stands for television match official. He or she has access to all camera angles so that they can assist the ref when it comes to tricky decisions. They can also tell the ref to stop play if they have spotted potential foul play that needs checking. You don’t get a TMO at lower levels
Raction to the RWC 2019 final, those South African scrums were a thing of beauty. As for the single most important player, if I was forced to choose I would say the fly half(number 10), simply because a team with a sub standard fly half really suffers. But at the end of the day, it's a team sport and really if you lack in any aspect you're going to suffer. For example, no matter how good your number 10 is, if your forwards can't dominate up front and get good clean ball for your backs your excellent fly half is useless. Like wise, if your backs are constantly knocking on and throwing bad passes then the poor forwards are going to have way too much work to do to try and clean up and secure that loose ball. It really is a sport where individual brilliance is important, but a cohesive team effort will win the day. Think of the Springboks defending 25 phases against the English in the final, every member of the team had to pull that off, and when England only got 3 points out of it, it was clear the momentum was firmly with the Boks.
For the penalty try, let's say for example there is one defender left, and a ball carrier is on his way to score a try and this last defender does a high tackle which is an illegal tackle, or a shoulder charge a penatly will of course be awarded. But if it was in a clear try scoring position, and this was the last possible defender then the referee will asses the situation further. In his assessment he will remove the penalised defender from the equation and ask himself if there was anyone else beside this penalised defender that could have stopped the ball carrier from scoring a try. If there was no one else that could have, the penalty try will be awarded because the referee will essentially be saying that the only reason the ball carrier did not score was because this defender purposefully commited a foul to stop him. At very high levels, penalty tries are not all that common because usually on a first offense the referee will issue a warning if he feels the fouls are being done on purpose. Sometimes however the foul is so clearly purposeful and clearly foul play that he goes straight to the penalty try. As far as officials go, there is the referee, two touch judges and the TMO(Television Match Official). The ref can refer to the TMO for clarity and a second opinion, and the TMO can inform the ref if he spotted foul play during the course of open play that the ref may have missed. A knock on is only a knock on if the ball leaves your hands, goes farwards and touches the ground. If you bobble the ball but regain it before it touches the ground, it is legal.
We have one referee two assistant Refs and a TMO (tv monitoring official but only in high league games.)
If you touch the ball it goes forward but you catch it without it touching the ground then you are perfectly fine to carry on play.
One of the most common ways a team is awarded a penalty try is when there have been multiple infringements at scrums and mauls that are near to the try line. If there is a 5 meter scrum, for instance, that has been collapsed by the same team 3 or 4 times then a penalty try is likely to be awarded. Along with this, the offending player is normally shown a yellow card. With a penalty try your team automatically gets the 7 points and doesn’t need to take the conversion
One of the great things about Rugby is that it's a true team sport. Arguably the most important player would be the First Five-Eighths or Fly-Half in the #10 Jersey; but even an immaculate 10 can only do so much with an average team around them. As for what you'd dream of being when you grow up - as James said, there's something for all body types - so if you're a big, bulky unit you would likely look forward to life as a prop or hooker (US call it just "hook" because of the...other usage of that term...) while a tall, lanky people would be locks, etc etc
I would say the scrum half is the most important person on the field. No one else gets to touch the ball as much as the scrum half does. He is instrumental at the scrum, line out, mauls, ticks and at every breakdown.
Penalty Tries are not common per se, but do occur in perhaps 1 in 25-30 matches.
It’s basically awarded when, in the judgement of the referee, a certain try was prevented by a penalty infringement.
Usually these are awarded when the very last tackler stops an attacker with a high / dangerous tackle (or trip) or when an attacking team has a dominant scrum or maul and seem to be on their way to a certain push-over try. Quite often the defending team will collapse the scrum or maul in an attempt to stop them; which is illegal and could result in a penalty try.
To add further insult to injury, the offending player sometimes also gets a yellow card along with costing his team 7 points (no conversion is required for a PT)
If the ball touches you and goes forward it is technically a knock on, but if you recover it before it touches anything or anyone else then it's not a knock on and you can play on. You can see that in some games when someone seems like juggling with the ball before completely catching it. There is now an additional rule that say that if you do a knock on and it is recovered by one of your teammate that is already in front of you at this moment the game restart not with a scrum but instead with a penalty because you consider that the advantage cannot be played (this does not include a forward pass)
It's nice to see an American develope an genuine interest and respect for the game, nice one
It's called a gum shield more because of the gum-like feel of the guard. They're called mouth guards in New Zealand also.
no if you bobble/fumble the ball but keep possession of the ball it is not a knock on but if you fumble the ball and it touches anyone else or the ground it's a knock on. also most penalty try's are given after multiple (3) warnings for either collapsing a mall or scrum within the 5m line of the opposition's tryline. when given a card may be shown and the team receiving the penalty try does not need to convert it, it's an automatic 7 points. high tackles from the last man or slapping the ball down when two players try to pass past the last player will result in penalty try's but are less common
9:20 - nowadays a lot of elite wingers a great with kicks, setting deep on defense to catch and return kicks, and are usually elite at catching high kicks. but when it comes to youth playing rugby, the quick kid is gonna be put on the wing, as that is the most vital aspect of the position
9:50 - pretty basic definition in the video, usually 12 is an inside centre, usually bigger and stronger, can hit back line and look for offloads, and 13 is the outside centre, usually speedier and running lines to receive offloads and get the ball further wide to the wing. also on defense the 12 will get the opposition going back, whereas the 13 may blitz the back line to prevent a pass. Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith is to me the best 12, 13 combo in rugby history
10:24 - there is a few ways to answer this question, No team has won the world cup without a steady world class scrum half, being the link between the forwards and backs, the only back the hangs around the rucks means they are involved in directing the forwards, as well supplying clean ball to the back line. Similarly only one team has won the world cup without a steady fly half (nz, 2011 being the exception), being the mastermind behind how your back line operates is so crucial for scoring tries that if the fly half fails, not only does the defensive and rucking effort come down to the forwards, so does the point scoring. Alternatively in elite level test matches, a flankers ability to create turnovers in the rucks is often the difference between test matches. Outside of that, if the front row or fullback struggles, its often very exploitable by teams.
20:25 - tripping penalty can result in a penalty try, more common examples would be if a team illegally took down a maul that was quickly heading towards their goal line, illegally tackling a man without the ball, knocking down a pass that you didn't intend on intercepting. ref awards the penalty try under the post for an easy conversion too
22:30 - in professional matches there is often also a television match official to replay potential tries or fouls
24:46 - yes that would still be a knock on, knocking it forward when trying to receive the ball is still a knock on, which is why its riskier to take a low grubber kick moving forward than it would be to turn around so that if you cant catch it, it'll go backwards.
Hope this helps and keep up the great work
Most important is probably the fly half, they're usually the one running the show, setting up plays and making sure both halves of the team are working together. At least when I was younger there wasn't so much a position everyone desired, you tend to just play the positions you're built for, and rarely move from forward to back so are locked out from certain positions.
Welcome back. I was wondering where you are.
gum shield is not just about protecting the mouth it is key in preventing concussion as well
A penalty goal is often awarded if the defending side collapses the scrum or maul to prevent a try being scored. The could award a penalty try instead of a penalty if he decides that the infringement prevented a try being scored, for example by tackling a player chasing the ball and would have scored.
I'd say the "gum" protector refers to a description of the material rather than what it's supposed to protect.
There are actually six match officials at internationals or high level matches.
1. The on field referee
2. The assistant referee ( touch judge as the used to be called.
3. The other AR
4. Number 4- monitors interchange, sin bin, and stands in for one of the above in case if injury.
5. Number 5 - does the above for the other team
6. TMO - television match official.
Never heard of any shin pads being used at any level
The lineout throw-in is usually considered "not straight" when it is over the outer arm of the jumper or beyond. The referee rarely blows for that when the defending side does not compete. Similarly, the scrum-half throws in the ball nearer his own front row. Feeding happens when the ball is thrown in behind the hooker's feet, and that results in a penalty kick to the other side.
It’s difficult to say which is the most important position. There is a day’s however in rugby that the forwards win the game and the backs decide by how much. It’s a bit simplistic in practice but gives you an idea off what you need to do to win a game. Win the scrums, line outs and game line to win the game
I’d say the Scrum-half is the most important it’s essentially the quarter back position. The team leader. Makes most of the decisions and is very key to play.
However the Wing normally gets the most glory by scoring the most tries so they are a favourite position that people including myself always wanted to play. Although I have always been more suited to be a forward.
Most important? If you are weak in any department you will struggle, however, 3, 9/10, 2 in that order. 3 to win your scrums (England looking at you), 9 to distribute, 10 to organize attack, 2 to win your Lineout. After this, 13 is often your defense organizer, 15 has to be the most tactically aware. I suppose the most important position is often the one that you have the least cover on the bench and the one the opposition is best placed to exploit if they are weak.
id say the most important position on offence is first 5 because they are kind of like a point guard in basketball because of their ability to pass and kick the ball into space ( orchestrate the offence ) on defense everyone needs to make all the tackles but id say the full back because they do a lot of cleaning up and clearing the ball down field also try saving tackles
and a knock on needs to touch the ground
The play you saw was at local club level. And as far as referees are concerned at professional level there are video referees also to assist the on field referee. He can use these for tries where he is having difficulty seeing the grounding, confirming off side prior to the try etc. I agree with you an offensive and defensive line referee would be beneficial.
I'm an American who started watching sport in 04. My first match the B and I Lions vs all blacks no 2. Nice match to start. Lol. Fell in love with game took me three years to pick up game rules and finesse. But I love it esp southern hemisphere. But then due to all rugby moving to streaming i got cut off in 17.
Moved to where I could start streaming and covid.
Great sport
Great to see you back, Dan! Where have you been? I hope it will be possible to react to the 2019 Rugby World Cup, while the events are still news. If the best material is blocked, perhaps you could circumvent the problem somehow by reacting to interviews, post-match stuff, or other "indirect" media?
If you lose control of the ball forward but regain possession before it touches to ground (or another player) then it isn't a knock on. It has to be knocked forward onto the ground or another player.
Most important player differs from team to team depending on team's style of play!
But just for reference here are the positions of World Rugby players of the year since 2001:
Hooker, Scrum-half, Fly-half, Flanker, Fly-half, Flanker, Wing, Wing, Flanker, Flanker, Flanker, Fly-half, No. 8, Lock, Fly-half, Fly-half, Fly-half, Fly-half, Flanker.
The blue eyed “quarterback” position in rugby is the flyhalf, or No.10.
Often referred to as the pivot, he tends to control play (unless he has a very dominant 9).
Props and Hooker: think guards and center/nose tackle and defensive ends.
Locks and Flankers: think linebackers.
#8: think Tight end.
Scrum and Fly halfbacks: think quarterbacks.
the #12 and 13: think American Football halfbacks.
the wingers: think wide receivers/cornerbacks.
Fullback: think free safety/kick return.
if the ball bounces or the hand or arm and touches the ground, it is a knock-on. so you can juggle it a bit as long as you regather the ball.
2-8-9-10-15 are the vertebral column of a rugby team.
In rugby, you may want play at a specific place but your athletic&skills often defines your position on the fields..
I never wore shin pads playing rugby, nor did I know anyone else who did either. In fact the only protection me or any of my teammates used was just a mouth guard which is mandatory. Couple of the forwards wore scrum caps, that’s about it
The fly half (10) is the closest thing to a quarterback. They are the main decision-maker/distributor of the ball and usually the kicker too. Whether they are the most important player is a different thing, but a great fly half makes a huge difference to a team
most important role depends on which team your talking about. Some guys okay great off the fall back and fly half type roles, getting kicks on kicks on kicks. Some teams like south africa generally are known for having huge forwards that power through the opposition with brute force
The captain is the most important player. He is the link between the coach and the team. He determines how the game is to be played. He manages the teams discipline and is often the person being spoken to by the ref.
Bit late but you can get a penalty try most commonly within 5m of the try line is the defending team “slowing down” the ball, using their hands in the ruck by not releasing the tackled player or the ball. It’s also pulling down the attacking teams maul or a high tackle, for other examples. Most common is a yellow card for the defending player, with the penalty try. It’s always the attacking team awarded a penalty try too! The defending team is awarded a standard penalty.
Q: Who is the most important player on the team?
A: Nobody, or everyone! It's a team, no individuals!
As someone that’s played rugby for a long time, usually the 10 is the most important as they have to make decisions on the fly and control a lot of the plays and keep the team in line
The pitch size differences are probably down to the pitch being multi use i.e. Rugby Union, Rugby league, football
In the RWC 2019 pool match between Scotland and Samoa, Scotland was awarded 2 penalty tries (if you want to check it out) by the way love your videos man keep it up
The 10 is the playmaker and pretty much decides what will happen. They are the on field strategist and often control both attack and the defensive line
Arguably the most important position is No.10/fly-half, which is basically the equivalent of a quarterback, the main playmaker and decision-maker. But there are variations, eg...in France the No.9/scrum-half tends to be the main playmaker rather than the fly-half. Some teams, like England now, also play two fly-haves at 10 and 12 to have more creativity, while other prefer to play a big ball carrier at 12 to bash through the gainline and others play a strike runner to slice through any spaces in the opposition defence. While it’s not always the case, 9 and 10 tend to be the smallest players. Penalty try is given when a team commits a cynical foul to stop the opposite team from scoring. If you trip someone you should be sent off, so your team loses one player for the rest of the game. Ball can never go forward from hand, only kicked forward. Rugby is a very complex game, especially with regards to the breakdown, the rules are subject to different interpretations by different referees, eg some referees will give a tackled player more time to release the ball in the ruck than others before giving a penalty for holding on. Hope that helps :)
A penalty try is awarded when a player commits a professional foul
... where the try would have been scored if not for the foul.
That doesn't explain Richie Mccaw :P
@@0riole11 he's not the only one (Argentinian players are often too) but he was a specialist to be ON PURPOSE off side and never called for it by the referee... that made him a very successful (if very hateful) player...
how I remember screaming at the referee in front of my screen for it many times
that and the times when the AB do screen/obstruction on running defender to free the way for their ball carrier (only seen this lately 2 times in very close matches I watched review on YT recently, but I'm sure that it occurred more, just need to look at other matches. I never spotted those fouls before because I wasn't looking for it and when live, it's rare that the TV director show rewind of this kind of content for the "home team" if it could cost the try... have to count on the referee, but well...)
Well there is an additional Referee callet the TMO- Television Match Official who officiated on calls to see if the try was legal or not. You would see in most referees call for a verification if they are not sure to award the try.. they then would run a replay to the referee to see if it is awarded or he may change the ruling...the wording of the question of course is very key to the TMO. they also judge if the is a dangerous play as well that means if the penalised team deserves a penalty only or a card...if yes a card its either Yellow or red. The Yellow means you are off the field to sit at the Sin Bin for 10 minutes of play a red card means you are not coming back to the field
No, it's only a knock-on if it goes off your hand or arm, and then subsequently touches the ground or another player. Forward passes to yourself, if you will, aren't knock ons.
AT 25.03 yes you are correct of you to catch the ball but don't retain the ball and allow it to move forward then its a forward motion of the ball and therefore a forward pass has occurred
You will get many varied answers to your 'pivotal' question.
So, the short answer is: it really depends. Every single core component of the team contributes to a degree. If there is one weak link, the play can fall apart. So, whilst there are specialists on the team, for instance: locks (who need to be able to jump and secure ball in the lineouts); if you're constantly losing ball in that area, even on your throw in, than a smart team will target that, and you will suffer from a lack of possession as a result.
But, I'd imagine that it can be argued that if you have a reasonably competent forward pack, who can scrum reasonably well, who have a hooker who can throw in competently at lineouts, who have loose forwards who are quick around the pitch and can secure rucks to keep possession then you are relatively covered. In that case you need a scrumhalf with good vision and a flyhalf who can command well. If everyone is competent, then it is merely a matter of execution - and if you do not have a strong leader who commands well, all the little things won't matter.
Where is your leader, then? Well, you need a general in the backline to make the snap decisions and to co-ordinate the backline. But the orders may not come from him. So it really does depende on the TYPE of team you are. Are you an agressive team that relies on forward momentum, agressive stealing of the ball at defensive rucks? Well, then maybe your captain is a loose forward or eighth man. He will anchor the team and make sure they are executing well. If your team is more reliant on that attacking flair, then your captain may be in the backline.
But all of this said... it's the little things. Everyone has to play their part: as rugby can be a percentile game that is won on metres gained, percentage of possession and tackles made.
I played from the age of 11, which was a couple of decades ago now, but don’t ever remember wearing shin pads playing for the school
I wanted to be a winger and was because I was a fast little sod but with enough strength to break tackles and pull larger players along (and was half-decent defensively myself), but never had the ability to think about the game to the depth required to be a Fly Half; maybe could have if I’d tried but generally the players in every position were the right fit for it.
In professional rugby(including international) there is a 4th referee who is the sky judge for lack of a better term. They watch the video footage of the game and assist the head referee with unclear tries or penalties.
For my view, there is no one most significant position in a Rugby team; you need your Props to scrummage, you need your Locks to win line-out ball from the Hooker who needs to hit their target. You need your goal kickers to score regularly and you need your outside backs to score tries when they have the chance.
That's what makes Rugby such a special game, everyone has to do their job otherwise you simply cannot expect to win. It's a selfless game in the sense that the collective is placed above all.
Fly half is probably the most important position on the pitch - they dictate the game like a quarterback
I started at Lock but moved out to Full Back by the time I stopped playing, I was only 6' 3" but I could catch the ball
Most penalty try's I've seen are for collapsing a maul when it is pretty much over the try line, they also tend to get given if a number of penalties are conceded in defence of a try
A penalty try means that any infraction of the laws that stopped the try being legally scored will be addressed by a penalty try.
You also get a TMO (TV Match Official) which might be called upon if required by the referee. This is usually when grounding of the ball during a tri is in doubt or when foul play is suspected. They will then review the play and advise the referee on a suitable decision.
Most important attacking position would be flyhalf (10), most important defending position would be loose forwards, centers and fullback a they are usually the guys that make the most tackles during the game.
I myself played mostly center and wing during my school days.
The TMO is mostly at professional matches, not school or club matches.
Knock on is only called as a penalty if the ball is played forward off the hand or arm but the ball has to hit the ground after being mishandled. If the the ball goes horizontal or backwards this is not a knock on. It can be juggled forward but only by the player in possession of the ball it cannot be passed forward to another team member but that’s not recommended in open play.
Depending on the team, I would say the most important player would be the captain or leadership group. Because they make so many crucial decisions on the field and have a large hand in motivating the team in pressure situations.
Most important player?
All are important, but something they used to say in Otago:
"The first man picked is the tight head prop, the second man picked is the reserve tight head prop."
In my own opinion, it's the scrum half. He is the link between the fowards and the backs in quick decision making, communication, has to be wherever the ball goes
I would say the 10 or the fly half is the most important because he attacks, defends, has good ball control and is very physical
Number 10 is the most important position. As a kid I wanted to play in the centres or fullback because they scored the most tries. I ended up playing in the back row ( 6,7 or 8) and ended my career playing 9.