Rugby

Rae, Alexander

ISBN 10: 1906042039 / ISBN 13: 9781906042035

Published by Oval Books, 2007

About this Item

Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rugby
• Publisher: Oval Books
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1906042039
• ISBN 13: 9781906042035
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 0.15 pounds

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Synopsis

Crazy logic

With that indefinable sense of logic that pervades all the laws of rugby, the only direction that you are allowed to pass the ball is the opposite direction from the way you actually want to go.

Hazard to your health

Never run with the ball. If, by accident, you get the ball, pass it as quickly as possible. Running with the ball is very tiring and can be hazardous to your health. It is far better to let someone else take the blame for losing it to the opposition.

Fitness levels

Despite the lawmakers' attempt to make rugby faster and more exciting, it is still the only contact sport where you can get away with the same fitness levels as the average professional darts player.

Forward or back

The first thing to get right is whether you are a ?forward” or a ?back.” In soccer the forwards are the fast, skillful ones who score the points and the backs are the big, vicious ones who try to injure forwards. In rugby, just to confuse, the situation is completely reversed. That is, except for New Zealand, where everyone is fast, skillful, big, and vicious.