Rugby Vocabulary for Beginner to Advance
RUGBY VOCABULARY:
- Blindside - from a set-piece, this is the short side of the field
- Cap - anytime a player plays in a match he/she is technically awarded a cap
- Drop Goal - a kick at the posts taken at anytime a side is close to their own try line- if successful it scores three points but the ball must hit the ground before being kicked
- Garryowen - a kick which is high in the air
- Grubber - a kick of the ball which causes the ball to bounce and roll along the ground
- Knock On - losing, dropping, or knocking the ball forward from a player's hand resulting in the ball being awarded to the other team in a scrum
- Mark - a location on the pitch designated by the referee as the location a scrum should come together
- Offsides - during rucks, scrums, lineouts, and mauls an imaginary line is present over which any player crossing before the set-piece is completed commits a penalty
- Penalty - any number of infractions or violations which award the other team a kick
- Penalty Try - the awarding of a try due to a flagrant violation by an opposing side that prevents an obvious try from being scored
- Place Kick - a kick of the ball resting on the ground, placed in an indention in the ground, from a small pile of sand, or from a kicking tee
- Referee - the sole judge and timekeeper of the game
- Restart - the kick restarting play after a half or after points are scored
- Touch Judge - an official posted on each side of the pitch to mark the spot where balls go out of touch and to judge kicks at goal
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