A match lasts 80 minutes, 40 minutes each half with a 10 minute break. Big rule you can only pass backwards. Rugby world cup soon my man good time to get into it.

Rugby is the greatest team game in the world

Jonah Lomu lord of the wing is a good intro to different skills used on the rugby field, awesome reaction

When they score it's called a Try, the End Zone in Rugby is called the In-Goal Area. In order to score, they have to 'touch' the ball 'down' in that area... I emphasised those two words, as it's actually where American Football gets the phrase 'Touchdown' from, one of the few direct links back to American Football's roots in Rugby left.

Fantastic game , played when younger but I now (50) only weigh in at 70 KG 168 Lbs 6ft tall , My team used to rely on the fact I was the quickest on the field and really really didn't want to be hit by someone twice my weight , so if they gave me the ball sheer fear would drive me on even faster , and when those twice my weight guys started to catch up with my diminishing speed I called it a day

10:13 The green team is The Mighty Springboks (current World Champs). The All Blacks are seen as the best in the world. When these two clash, echoes can be heard around the world: South Africa versus New Zealand, the immovable object vs the unstoppable force. Rugby's a sport in other countries, it's a religion in SA & NZ. I'm a massive Springbok fan - and to all my Kiwis out there, See ya in church mates! Kia Ora!

There are two halves each of forty minutes. No time outs or stoppages other than for infringements or injuries etc. 15 players a side who play all the game unless substituted and all both attack and defend. The ball can be passed only backwards, but can be kicked forwards. American football developed from rugby but was changed by your officials who considered it too dangerous, hence many things you can see which are familiar. The World Cup is on this autumn in France, sadly the USA team didn’t qualify. Check out a video on the laws of the game and you’ll understand much more.👍

Rugby, where dreams are made and bones are broken

The Rugby World Cup happens once every 4 years and it starts in 3 weeks time. If you learn about the rules and start reacting to world Cup warmup games you will get loads of viewers. The favourites for the tournament: France (host nation), South Africa (defending champions), Ireland (current #1 in the world), New Zealand (historically great team, top rivalry with South Africa). Keep it up!

Also there are 2 different versions of Rugby shown here. Rugby League and Rugby Union. Slight variations with Union being a more fast paced game because they don't stop to line up again for the next play - they "stacks on the guy with the ball" and ruck and scrimmage from there.

What a lot of people watching don’t always realise is that the smallest guy on the field is often 6ft 2!!

Check out the State of Origin series of games played in Australia's NRL. Some of the best rugby you will ever see.

“Is the choking part of rugby?” 👏🏻🤣

Best way to understand rugby is that it's a mix of all the best contact sports in the world

at 6:05 the small guy in red nr 11 is cheslyn kolbe our south africans rugby team springboks winger and sometimes goalkicker..hes very fleetfooted if you watch more of his videos and skill display

I subscribed for you young man. Rugby is intense!!!

I love watching rugby, used to watch it with my dad who played for the army. He explained the rules of the game. Prefer watching league to union, such a great game

3:15 The way you get the ball in the zone do matter for 2 reason: 1st you need to touch the ball down to get point granted and we call it this a "try" (5pts). And 2nd, similarly to footballl you can take a kick between the posts for what we call a "conversion" (2pts), but the kick has to be taken in line with the place you touch the ball down so the closer you are from the posts the better. 7:29 The official time for a game in 2 half of 40min of effective time and 20min break between them. So optimally it's 1h50, but this always a bit longer to watch a full game due to time off for penalties and other stuff , so I think 2h/2h10 would be considered a normal game. 8:54 This was a lineout , a way to restart play when ball go out of bonds, and before the interception, the plan for the team with the ball was probably to pass the ball to a player with a long range at kicking (and not near the defensive line to avoid getting blocked) to send the ball as far from their end zone as possible. I hope it help with some of your questions. The video you watch , and what most people refer to as "rugby" , is rugby union. But another codes exist called 'league" and this video linked below is the best that I know about which covers basics rules of both codes at the same time,so I highly recommend you to watch it to get to know the rules of both rugby codes. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/isuEdZx_yafDdmw.html

World Cup is just around the corner now. The standard is just getting better and better. New Zealand looking very strong,as are Ireland and France,also South Africa. It’s gonna be huge!!

Great vid dude! Here in Wales, in the UK, our national rugby team are the closest thing to true warriors we have outside the military. They're our heroes. The whole country stops whenever they play. I may be biased, but the Welsh national anthem, sang before every Wales match, is one of the most spine tingling, emotional expressions of national unity. When it's sang at our national stadium, the Millennium Stadium, there's nothing that sounds like it. The World Cup starts real soon, a few weeks. It's definitely something you'd enjoy. It seems pretty confusing at first, but the basics are easy enough to figure out just by watching an entire game. It's the closest thing to unarmed warfare there is!!😁

I see my country, the current bosses, are in a whole lot of these videos. Go, Bokke!

Honestly props to you for what you already picked up on fr 👏 I usually watch your basketball and comedy reactions. I'll happily be back for more rugby! 💯 I'm from New Zealand 🇳🇿 so I support the "All Blacks." I haven't seen much of the USA team Eagles? But hey you do have a team! 😅

The second clip is actually 2 friends and England team mates!

To score a try (touchdown) you have to have 'downward pressure'. If you pass it to another team mate, it must travel backward. You can kick it forward but you're in danger of losing possession

The two dudes where the dude in red grabbed the other round the neck, are Haskell(grabber) and Marler (being grabbed) are actually good mates. What you see on the pitch stays on the pitch. One of the best captains of all time is Alun Whyn Jones, he's Welsh, my favorite British and Irish lions captain. Can't stand him when he's the Welsh captain.

As an European it was the other way around. I know Rugby and Football like it is played all over the world. But for me it was like what is American Football? Its like they took Rugby changed the rules and put their players in armor and gave it a weird named like Football. While it got nothing to do with foot play and a ball and when they discovered that Football was already a thing they just called Football Soccer. This realisation for me when I was young was like the world on its head.

Gave youa sub all the way from england

As mentioned below the world cup is soon .. i am sure somebody who knows the game would be happy to jump on a call with you during a few matches and talk you through the game rules ... it is a beautiful game

You should have a look at Irish hurling , like a cross between rugby and ice hockey :)😂

The Rugby world cup starts today with France vs New Zealand. Probably the two best teams in the world right now.

I was captain of my school team, the only injury I received was a broken finger. You should find some videos on the All Blacks team from New Zealand, they are some real tough hombres.

Where the player puts the ball down after crossing the base line, is the position out on the goal kicking line the Goal kicker must kick from. If the player running with the ball, runs around and puts it down directly behind the goal posts the goal kicker can kick the ball directly from in front of goal, rather than from nearer the side line, which is a much more acute and difficult angle.

Scoring in Rugby: a Try (you must touch the ball to the ground in the end zone while in full possession) = 5 points After a Try, you get the opportunity to kick through the uprights. It is called a Conversion. It is like a PAT in American football. It counts as 2 points if you get it. Penalty = you can choose to attempt a kick to get the ball through the upright if you think you are in range = 3 points if you get it. It is also possible to score 3 points from a drop kick which is what you saw. A guy kicking from his hands through the upright from free play. Not frequently done though.

Played Rugby also…Retired now, but made my career out of League!😎👍🏻 Your backdrop pictures are league👍🏻 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ New subscriber! Kind regards Nigel WMH Team - Australia 1:21

In Rugby Union a try is 5 point if its converted its another 2 points, a penalty and drop goal are 3 points each. In Rugby League a try is 4 points a conversion is 2 points, penalty is 2 points and a drop goal is 1 point.

You have to watch a full match, it's like that all the way through. Rugby Union international matches are highly recommended

The team in green and gold trim are south africa, the springboks, the most violent team to play, they hit hard and push the rules. The team in all vlack is new zealand, the all blacks, and my personal favorite international team. Kia ora bro. Kia mate.

The picture behind you is Rugby League the footage you watched was Rugby Union.

This is rugby union. Australia also has a "cleaner" version called rugby league.

Yes-fighting is illegal,but at times is the most exciting part of some games!

That green and gold team are the Springboks from my country South Africa 🇿🇦

Its called a 'try' (5 points) when they get over the try line. They can then go for a 'conversion' which adds on 2 points, if they kick between the posts. They kick the conversion from the place they went over the try line ( so if the try is under the posts they can kick for a conversion directly Infront). Points can also be gained from a 'drop goal' ( 3 points) during open play or a penalty goal awarded by the ref for incorrect play. Ps. the referees are totally in charge .. no messing!!

Its a hard game. Played when l was younger but still feel the injuries l got now in my 60s

Women play this too. Same rules, so just as tough, only on a smaller scale. Now you know why America plays American football, the rest of the world play rugby!

My high school maths teacher used to play Rugby on the weekends and we always used to laugh at him because he'd always come in on monday with black eyes, busted lips, cuts, even had his arm in a sling once. And he was really tall and thin.

It has been suggested to me, by people who know, that the use of Helmets and pads, and gloves in baseball, was intended to keep sport for the elite. the poor couldn't afford the equipment. Also Rugby, traditionally, was played on Saturdays. Coal miners, from Northern England, who worked 6 days a week, went to the Union and asked for this to change, to Sundays, so they can play. The Union refused saying Rugby was a gentleman's game. The coal miners changed the rules, slightly, and so was born Rugby League. Hence the saying "Rugby is a Gentlemans game for Bastards and League is a Bastards game for Gentleman"

This sport makes American football look like netball.. Absolutely brutal sport, no pads no protection.. toughest game on planet earth! Facts!!!!

You have to put downward pressure on the bAl when you've grouinded it in the end zone

As a South African, Rugby is in our blood! Its full contact for 80 mins (two 40 minute halves) its just great and the Rugby World Cup is starting this coming week which in the Rugby Calendar is the best tournament - literally Rugby for 4/5weeks straight! Definitely a great sport to watch

We have two games in Australia Rugby League and Rugby Union both very different. Rugby league has 13 player on the field and union have 15 players. Union has rucks and mauls League had scrums and tackles. I would have to have a lot more time to let you know the differences. Rugby league is the best game ever. I go to see my team play every week. My team is the Sydney Roosters they play in red white and blue. I moved from Sydney 2 hours up the eastern coast but I make the 4 hours round trip to see my Roosters play each week.

Learn the rules by watching it or just look it up. When u get the basics its the best sport in the world. Watch it and enjoy it ❤

American in disbelief that he has been watching American football all his life when Rugby exists and is 100x better.

A "touchdown " is called a try its worth 5 points and allows you to TRY for a goal kick called a conversion for an extra 2 points

Rugby pitches are longer and wider and play does not stop just because a player goes down. They don't have pads so need more muscle and stamina. My husband played on the wings, up to college, and was so fast he doesn't suffer from the usual knee injuries. There is also fast passes like basketball...not just in the end zone.

rugby world cup starts soon...you gotta watch some of those games.

They game they play in heaven

Bro you've caught the bug!!! 😂

Touchdowns in American Football were same as Ruby once.

the scoring is a try thats placing the ball down in what football you call the end. kicking between the posts 3 different types of kicks 2 points after scoring a try. A dropkick where tke player drops the ball in front of him self it hits the ground he then kicks it . Lastly a penlty the play is placed on the feild in a kicking T and the player has to kick te ball between the posts

Fun fact both rugny and football originated from the same sport i forget the name but it was played in medieval times where the area between two villages was used as a pitch they split into two separate sports because arguments would break out about kicking and running with the ball obviously footballcame from kicking between the two villages and rugby from running with it in your arms. The sport was surprisingly played by both up an lower class people at the same time and class was not recognised during matchs. Many People died and some sustained horrendous injuries fromthe pile ups that often occurred.

And no helmets, face guards, shoulder pads or any other body protection (except maybe a mouth guard). Real men.

Good to see you getting acquainted with the great sport of Rugby. Plenty of great videos on this. I suggest you have a look at some of Jonah Lomu’s videos. The guy was a legend of the game. By the way, I just gave you your 1000th like. You made it dude ! Cheers. 👍🏼

There are two forms of rugby. Rugby league and rugby union I don't know much about union, but in league there are two 40 minute halves with about a 15 break in between each half and there are 13 players on the field from each team at a time

im sure someone has already mentioned it in the comments. but there are 2 rugby games. rugby union and rugby league. u were watching rugby union footage, while the backdrop photo is of rugby league players

The guys in the black gear are the NZ All Blanks... arguably the best team i the world..... That deliberate fought stuff is not legal.. but it's a rough game... If you want to see a really fast game, try Australian Rules football.....

South African POWER BABY! GO Sringboks!

Top class rugby is great to watch. Ball can only be passed (thrown) backwards although you can kick it forward. If a player fumbles the ball and it goes forward (a knock on) then it’s a penalty. Watch the World Cup…fantastic standard and some exciting games

they play 40 minutes, have a 15 minute break then another 40 minutes, no stopping for a rest while the adverts play like some places we know.

These videos show a mixture of Rugby Union and Rugby League, two very different games of footy. You should have a look at the AFL footy, they make those big jumps seen in basketball look like a leapfrog game.

They don't mess about.

Rugby union forwards are some of the hardest men in team sports. Rugby union backs are the hardest smart arse babies.

KZfaq is showing your videos at the minute. A heads up, your audio is only on the left hand side. Good luck mate!

Not sure if it’s been mentioned but the background is NRL and the sport being watched is Rugby Union

Both forms of rugby are physical but both have pace and power

Yellow and gold is Australia's team, New Zealand is all in black, their team is called the All Blacks, very good team. They usually beat Australia when we play.

Yep, we turn up to watch a fight and wait for a match to break out.

As a kid, there was always a war of sorts between fans of Rugby Union (the sport above) and Rugby League (which uses tackles instead of rucks). The only crossover was that the same fans also followed Australian Rules Football. A few years ago, after I'd stopped followed sport of any variety for several years before, there was a huge riot at one of the Rugby League matches in Sydney, leading to the cancellation of games for quite some time after that. When I read about it, I cannot say that I was surprised given how the host club always seemed to always have overly 'passionate' fans.

There are 2 codes ( types) of Rugby, Union and league, in England league is mainly played in in the North, Yorkshire and Lancashire. Try and find some old games from the 1970s and 80s.

Yea, the gentlemans game. It is awesome. Look up the rules bro. Worth it. 2 types of rugby - union and league. Quite a bit different, take you pick or enjoy both, up to you.

Rugby union and Rugby League do not stop every time there is a tackle and have a meeting afterward, you also have to ground the ball over the try line, not just get the ball over the line. If you are tackled with the ball you can struggle out of it and pass it to another player.

Rugby is the best disciplined sport out there despite this video. The ref is god!

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As a new American rugby freshling I'd suggest the USMLR video about the rules: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p8CgZ66nrs6mep8.html There are other rules videos as well, but this one is tailored for the US audience. Also, find out the team closest to you and give them some support. Season ended for 2023, but will pick up again next year (After the NFL season ends). USA is hosting the 2031(Mens) and 2033 (Womans) World cups, so would be nice if you guys grow support for your national team (though they are not very well ranked at the moment 😅)

So funny. Even at primary school in the seventies it was like this. Hence why I never play rugby.

It's so funny to see someone wonder about something that is so familiar to me ! I'm French, grew up in the Southwest of France, rugby country, and I am granddaughter, daughter, sister, niece and cousin of rugby players ! One of my cousins played for the French national team, and was later in life coach to the reserve national team. There's a saying about rugby : It's a hoodlum's sport played by gentlemen. And no, the parts where you see the players start to fight, that is absolutely not allowed, but happens, and yes the players usually get sanctionned 😂. There's one big rule in rugby, possibly even bigger than don't pass the ball forward : you don't discuss the referee's decisions, and you never argue with him. That's a big no ! And although rugby is a contact sport, the aim is to avoid contact, and put the ball down behind the goal line, then have your best kicker put it between the goal posts. Try watching the rugby World Cup that starts in a few days. You will see some pretty good games I think. Of course I'll be routing for the French team, we have a pretty good one this year. Opening game, France vs New Zealand, next friday. If you have never seen a rugby game, try catching this one, the New Zealand team, the All Blacks, always do a haka, a very impressive war chant, before their games, and it's always a very powerful moment. And we Frogs usually defiantly stand our ground. And occasionaly beat them... The All Blacks are often the best team, but this year they are floundering a bit, and got trounced by South Africa a week ago, 35 to 7, so they will probably be ready to chew the French and spit fire and brimstone, that should be an interesting game...

@ 5:30 That's a flick pass out the back!

The game goes for 80 minutes. 40 each half. The game only stops for infractions. Other than that you're always running. Unlike American Football, where it stops after every play. Everyone plays defense and offense.

You should watch a game of Irish Hurling!

In Rugby head high tackles are foul plays in which they are benched for 10 minutes(yellow card). Even chest high tackles are considered head high currently. This is to prevent neck and/or head injuries. If you watch some old replays from 10-20 years ago men's necks snap back so hard from the impact its surprising they aren't paralyzed.

40 minutes per half. No breaks .

Also no stops for ads when watching

You have to control the ball to contact in the goal area, its a way tougher sport than American football, these guys are big men and hit very hard

They fast and they big bruh

A game is for 2x 40 minute. A game is just over 80mins in total. It isn't like NFL where a game takes hours to complete, this is pretty much non stop game play. The ref's will generally try and "play the advantage" instead of blowing a whistle when a penalty or infraction occurs to keep game play moving. The World Cup Rugby is starting in September (once every 4 years), so get into it and choose a country.. I suggest New Zealand (All Blacks) or South Africa (Springboks), these are the two best teams in the world. Watching a whole game is great.

You are only allowed to tackle someone in possession of the ball. If a fight breaks out, they all tend to pile in, as it makes its difficult for the ref to penalise anyone.

The ball can only passed backwards but can go forward if kicked . Fighting On the pitch is illegal and can lead to being sent off . Its a game of two half's its about 90 minutes 45 a half, plus injury time . If you think this is crazy . Check out women's rugby..

watch a full game, from the rugby world cup...

Bro, try watching Irish hurly its rugby with wooden sticks and basically ball made of rock 😆

you should make it a marker of 2 hours per game from the kickoff to the final wistle

If you want to watch a fantastic rugby match watch the rugby world cup 2023 south Africa Vs Ireland brilliant match for a neutral