The Laws of Rugby - Second Instalment
Nov 12, 2022
This is the second instalment of my series on the Rules (Laws) of Rugby.
Intro
I have a secret passion.
Actually, it's not that secret - a few of us are into it.
Rugby
A strange place, a school, a movement that became a passion, in a fashion
That silly game - football, or soccer as we call it..- -Well, eventually someone was going to realise that hands are not just there for touching yourself.
so, eventually, a chap who had gotten over touching himself, felt the need to pick up the leather ball and go for a run
Bingo! The birth of the beautiful game.
Holy moly, this is much better than touching oneself, and the rest is history - the beautiful game was born - up and running, as we afficionados, like to say. So, any touching can take place in the sheds after the game ..but if Izzy has anything to do with it, all touchers will burn in hell.
The Running Game
You pass backward in order to go forward.
If you throw the ball forward, then you have to go back for a re-start, also known as a stoppage
Every stoppage is rationalised as a "contest" that only one or two chaps recognise, and one of them is the referee, and he is the only bloke on the paddock who can say with any authority that he knows all the laws, though most props, half backs and captains would argue with that.
Most of us just go out and play, pretend we know what the referee is on about and spend 80 minutes smashing into blokes to work up a thirst for the bullshit drinking session that happens later when we are all super heroes (in our own eyes). No better way to spend a Saturday!
