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Guide

to

Rugby
#KnowTheGame

Rugby is becoming popular every year and just like other sports you
are not familiar with, it is difficult to comprehend it. In this section,
Johannes Masiteng outlines basic rules of rugby and basic guide on
how rugby is played.

15

Maximum number of players
allowed in a game per team,
with up to 7 replacements.
Forwards

1 Loosehead Prop
2 Hooker
3 Tighthead Prop
4 Lock (Second Row)
5 Lock (Second Row)
6 Blindside Flanker
7 Openside Flanker
8 Number 8

Backs

9 Scrum Half
10 Fly Half
11 Left Wing
12 Inside Centre
13 Outside Centre
14 Right Wing
15 Full Back

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