Rugby for the sub continentals

Today the main rugby method of scoring is called a try. If you are ‘merican and have wandered here by accident that would be called a ‘touchdown’ over the pond. When the game was first played, you had to score a try i.e. touch the ball in the other team’s goal area (the area from the try line/goal line to the dead ball line (the end line). A try included touching the ball on the ‘try’ line. The team scoring a try was now accorded the privilege of a try at kicking a goal, which would convert the try and score his team a goal. The team that kicked the most goals won. Goals could (and still can) also be kicked from penalties and from the hands in open play (a drop goal) where the ball is kicked as it makes contact with the ground.
The rules for Rugby swung like a pendulum starting with zero for a try and 1 point for kicking the goal conversion. Cut to 1992 where 5 points were now to be awarded for a try and 2 for a successful conversion goal kick. This was in order to encourage teams to play in a more visually appealing attack oriented manner by running with and passing the ball, rather than relying on kicking. There have been attempts since to increase the try points score to 7, 9 and so on – but they have been abandoned as hedonistic.

A try celebration is a thing. Here are some artists showing you how its done.