Rugby for Beginners

Rugby Union is a sport played by two teams of fifteen players and six substitutes controlled by a referee and two touch judges.  It is played in two 40 minute halves.  This article is aimed at giving a very basic introduction to the game of Rugby Union.  All photos are courtesy of Getty Images.

"Every time I went to tackle him, Horrocks went one way, Taylor went the other, and all I got was the bloody hyphen."
Nick England
On trying to stop Phil Horrocks-Taylor