Rugby is a football game in which two teams of fifteen players or thirteen players each use an oval ball. The football game at Rugby School in England is where rugby union and rugby league got their start.
The unique handling game of rugby football is said to have originated in 1823 when William Webb Ellis, a student at Rugby School, broke the rules of the time, which stated that the ball could only be kicked forward, by picking up the ball and running with it during a game.
Football has existed in various forms for centuries. Football matches may have been played in Britain as early as the first century BCE, during the Roman occupation. Shrove Tuesday football matches became established yearly customs in the 14th and 15th centuries CE, and several of these events continued well into the 19th century.
Influential headmaster Thomas Arnold (1828–1842) of Rugby School supported, especially football, and many of the boys who attended were important in the game's growth. In a short time, rugby football rose to popularity as one of the major sports in developing English and then British imperial manliness.
At the amateur level, each team usually has 15 players on the field when the game begins, with seven or eight changes. There are eight forwards and seven backs among the 15 players on the field.
Forwards
Gaining and holding onto ball possession is the forward player’s primary duty. When it comes to tackling and rucking competitors, forwards are important.
Front row
Three players make up the front row: the hooker, two props, and one prop. The purpose of the two props is to give strength and force in rucks and mauls, support the jumpers during line-outs, and support the hooker during scrums.
Second row
There are two locks or lock forwards in the second row. Locks are specialized line-out’s jumpers and are typically the tallest players on the team. The lock-in line-outs primary responsibility is to make a standing leap, typically with help from the other forwards, to either catch the ball that is thrown or make sure it lands on their side.
Scoring
Two teams compete in rugby union, and the team with the most points wins. There are multiple methods to score points: a successful penalty kick or drop goal scores three points; a try, which is scored by grounding the ball in the in-goal area, is worth five points; a subsequent conversion kick gets two points.
Playing field
As to the Laws of the Game of World Rugby, a normal rugby ground, which was formerly referred to as the "playing enclosure," is composed of two main areas:
A solid "halfway" line that is drawn perpendicular to the sidelines at their midpoint divides the playing area. At its midpoint, a 0.5-meter line drawn perpendicular to the halfway lines indicates the location of the kickoffs. As in other football codes, the spaces between each goal line and the halfway line are referred to as "halves".