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Rugby

A game played by two teams of 13 or 15 players each on a rectangular field with goal lines and goal posts at either end, the object is to run with an oval ball across the opponent's goal line or kick it through the upper portion of the goal posts, with forward passing and time-outs not permitted.

Famous moves in rugby are the scrum, where packs of opposing players push against each other for possession, and the lineout, where parallel lines of players from each team, arranged perpendicular to the side line in an attempt to catch the ball thrown from the area behind the touch-line.

Rugby was incorporated into the Asian Games in 1998.

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Rugby Sevens

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WOMEN

Rugby Sevens

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News

Rugby develops women’s game...

09.12.2011

Lausanne, Switzerland: The International Rugby Board (IRB) has launched its strategic plan for developing women’s rugby. This plan’s priorities are clearly fixed on competition and participation, and it aims to open the way to an unpre...

Guangzhou attracts rugby investment...

20.05.2012

Guangzhou, China: The International Rugby Board (IRB) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou and the Chinese Rugby Football Association – another sign of China’s growing commitment to...

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