>>Rugby is very similar to American football, only there's some skill involved, and not reliant only on brute strength and the ability of one >man to throw the ball a very long way. In fact, forward passing of the ball by hand is not allowed, but you can kick it. A touch down is a >"try" - getting it over the line, followed by an attempt to kick it over the bar and between the posts (field goal?) which is a "conversion".
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>>You with your Gallic roots should know this.
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>I missed watching the 5 (now 6) nation tournament. Rugby is a great sport.
It's on at the moment - saturdays and sundays.
http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/match-centre_table.php
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
