Earlier today I tried watching my first game of rugby. I'm not too familiar with the rules, but here is what I learned:
1. Run around with the ball until you run into someone.
2. When forward momentum ceases, throw or kick the ball in some random direction.
3. Every once in a while they stop the game and everyone surrounds the ball, like a hockey penalty.
4. Sometimes a team will line up nuts to butt and try to force the opposing player backwards. Kind of a reverse tug-of-war.
5. I'm too old to follow new sports. I like watching football (college and pro) and sometimes basketball, but rarely. That's it. And I still don't fully understand those rules. Whenever I try to follow something new like tennis or rugby I get really bored. I would follow baseball, but nine innings are usually a test of patience and there are like 125 games per season per team, and who really cares. And soccer is for people who can't throw or catch.
