Introducing Rugby To The Masses

[O'Rothlain]

If you are like me, then you find yourself constantly introducing the sport of Rugby to various and sundry masses of people who know nothing of the grand old game. How do you explain a Ruck, a Maul, and God Bless their wee tiny brains...A Scrum???
I take on new players on my team weekly it seems. A friend on my squad will invite them to come out and play. Sure some of these guys are quite athletic, but they know jack all about rugby.
So, here is the best tool I've found so far. I'm going to share it with you. Next time you are trying to explain rugby to a co-worker or, maybe even a big bossomed lady you fancy, skip the napkin diagrams and pull up these videos:
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Armchair Fan's Guide To Rugby

They have more in-depth videos as well. So click the link and you can see more about Forwards and Backs and all sorts of other aspects of the game.
http://www.videojug.com/film/armchair-fans-guide-to-rugby

 

[mjj]

Cheers, a lot of help to some of the idiots round work

 

[USA_Rugby]

Haha, I have seriously met people who think it is just american football with no pads. Like people think they have huddles, snaps, touchdowns, field goals, timeouts, and played on the same field as american football, just with no pads.

And they think they're right!

 

[Rakulex]

Haha, I have seriously met people who think it is just american football with no pads. Like people think they have huddles, snaps, touchdowns, field goals, timeouts, and played on the same field as american football, just with no pads.

And they think they're right!
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Sometimes here the people think when they see the ball that I play american football, many people think that is only brutal sport and only it

 

[allblacksfreak]

Hmm, an interesting video, being in the middle east where people always assume rugby as American Football it's really useful!

 

[Justink]

Thanks for this, showing my parents this video is a lot easier than explaining it all to them myself, and they have visual examples to go along with it. The detailed videos are also just as good.