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= = = Rugby =

=I. What is rugby?= -rugby is a bit of soccer and football.

=II. History= -rugby was started in the early 10th century. -the world cup winners for rugby was New Zealand in 1987 and the runner up was France, Australia in 1991and the runner up was England, South Africa in 1995 and there runner up was New Zealand, in 1999 the winner were Australia and runner up was France -it started when a Webb Ellis was in a soccer game and he picked up the ball and ran with it -they made it oval so it is easier to carry and pass

=III. Equipment= -you need a field so the size of the field or what they call the court is 144 meters long and is 70 meters wide. -you need a ball and a team -goal posts -a uniform =IV. How to play= = = -when running the ball you can go until you get tackled then you just pass it to one of you teammates or if you step out of bounds then you give it to the other team -you can pass the ball to your teammate any way but forward -when you kick the ball at any time and when you kick it your team can still get the ball no mater what they normally do it to get closer to there goal -when scoring it is like football running it or kicking it -you can get **five** points for running the ball in the other teams goal and the in-goals are just like the football goals -kicking the ball in can get **two** points if you get it in the other teams in-goal -it starts off with a kickoff just like football

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