Talk:Rugby league gameplay

--82.153.203.241 (talk) 08:32, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Untitled
I can't find anything either here or in the main rugby league article that mentions passing in any detail.GordyB 22:19, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

--159.53.78.141 17:40, 3 February 2007 (UTC)Added a little section, see what you think.

touchdown?
Why is a try referred to as a "try or touchdown" in the point scoring section? In Australia it is never referred to as a touchdown. And I didn't think it ever was in Europe either. The next closest term I can think of is a "grounding", which refers to the downward pressure of the ball on the try-line or in-goal area rather than the point-scoring itself.
 * I've heard it said but it's rather rare. 'Touchdown' means 'grounding' rather than 'try'. I'll edit it out.GordyB 09:05, 27 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Worth a mention in the Comparison of American football and rugby league article I think. Ironically a "touchdown" doesn't involve touching the ball to the ground, yet a "try" does.--Jeff79 00:05, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

... why is there no metion of how many minutes there is per half and how long the half-time break is? Is a section on mini and mod league also required? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.176.49.87 (talk) 08:55, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Tackling
I'd like to see more detail on the tackle in rugby league in this article, perhaps even within its own sub-section. Information on what constitutes a tackle and what is legal/illegal seems spread about the article now. Tackling's a rather significant aspect of RL and this article has no mention of the illegality of tripping with the feet/legs, high-tackles, spear tackles, additional tacklers' "flopping", passing from a tackle, submitting a tackle, tackling ball-catchers in mid-air, etc. or the legality of jersey pulling, tripping with the hands, ball-runners' teammates assisting in a tackle, stealing the ball in one-on-one tackles, etc. --Jeff79 21:22, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * As it is quite technical, I think this could only be written by taking data from the actual laws and adapting it.GordyB 13:43, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

In-goal area
It's been my understanding that the size of the in-goal area is determined by the home side to either maximise their own competitive advantage or limit the visiting team's. Is this true? Or was it? Is it standardized now?--Jeff79 (talk) 02:48, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Broken links to laws of the game
The links to the laws of the game are broken (apart from the summary ones on, e.g., the BBC website). The RFL website similarly only seems to give a general summary rather than the laws themselves. Does anyone have a link to the full laws?

Head and Feed
As a total Rugby newbie, this article has been extremely helpful. I notice, however, an unexplained reference to the "head and feed" of the scrum in the Kicking section.

Would someone with the appropriate knowledge be able to add an explanation of the "head and feed" to the Scrum section?

Thank you. Harvest316 (talk) 03:33, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Scrum
As a Rugby newbie, I'm quite disappointed to read here that the scrum is not actually about fighting for the ball. Can someone flesh out the Scrum section to explain a little more of the history/reasoning behind this apparent softening of the game? --Harvest316 (talk) 03:59, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Defending the in-goal area
--Harvest316 (talk) 04:09, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 1) What is an "option kick"?
 * 2) How does a defender "shadow" the ball?
 * 3) What is "heading to touch off a kick"

Goal-line drop-outs
I really didnt get this. Can someone knowledgeable work on this section to help a newbie get it? --Harvest316 (talk) 04:15, 13 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I've given it a quick look over, have a look. If you still don't understand could you say what exactly?  LunarLander  //  talk  // 13:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Consensus: Field goal, drop goal
Please see discussion here on usage of these terms.  LunarLander  //  talk  // 00:17, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Knock on
Clarification needed. As far as I understand, a knock on is when a player knocks the ball forward and it then touches the ground or an opposing player.

This means that a player "juggling" with the ball and then bringing the ball under control without it hitting the ground (or an opposing player) is not guilty of a "knock on" even if some of those knocks are forward. Ecadre (talk) 12:05, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * appears to have been vandalised. I've restored it.--Jeff79 (talk) 16:51, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Sin Bin
There used to be two sanctions applied: five minutes and ten minutes. Only ten minutes is used in the modern game. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.232.152 (talk) 12:36, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Is this true
Is the following statement strictly true?
 * The 8-point try differs from a penalty try, because the attacking player must have successfully scored the try.

I don't know the rules in depth, but would it not be possible for a team to be awarded a penalty try from an infringement, and then have a chance at an eight-point try for a completely separate infringement occurring shortly afterwards? Aspirex (talk) 06:13, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Play the ball
As an American I have come to somewhat nderstand and appreciate this game by watching Super League atches o. YouTube. However I have noticed an apparent discrepancy in the play the ball. Almost invariably the tackled player will roll the ball back with the hand used to place the ball on the ground rather than use the foot as described here. Is this a formal rule change, perhaps limited to this competition, or is this simply an informal variation from the formal rules allowed as it doesn't seem to have any major effect on the game. Wschart (talk) 13:49, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

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Drop Goal
Currently the last sentence of the Drop Goal section reads "Less commonly, drop goals may be attempted just before half-time, to secure the most points scored in the first half. ". I don't think that is correct - I'd suggest something like "Less commonly, drop goals may be attempted just before half-time, if the team in possession thinks that scoring a try is unlikely in the remaining time."

Any thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.41.172.10 (talk) 01:50, 16 July 2018 (UTC)

Blocking / Obstruction
I could find no mention here as to whether players were allowed to impede/block/tackle each other if they were not carrying the ball. The principle of the game is to stop the opposition moving forward, but are you allowed to stop opposition players moving forward? Very strange for an Australian to be looking for, I know, but I grew up with AFL, then actually played American Gridiron for a while, so I know nothing about rugby. The idea of blocking is fairly fundamental in Gridiron. I found the answer I was looking for (which is "no they can't, it's called an obstruction"), but only in the Comparison of American football and rugby league article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wprosser5 (talk • contribs) 01:05, 2 May 2020 (UTC)