After a team has scored a try (including a penalty try), they are awarded a "conversion" kick at goal. A successful kick is worth two points. The kick is taken from a point in line with where the ball ...

Pushover Try - a try scored by the forward pack as a unit in a scrum by pushing the opposition's scrum pack backwards across the tryline while dragging the ball underneath them. Typically scored from ...

The new rule comes as rugby union aims to try and keep games ... is to allow for the same ammount of time for a penalty kick and conversion to be taken. If a player takes too long, a scrum is ...

And the kick was the only way to score. Hence the term ‘try’ was born. Touching the ball down gave you a try to score a goal. Of course, as the game evolved, so did the rules. When the Rugby ...

A try is the most exciting way of scoring in rugby union. They are worth five points - the ... The try is said to have been scored between the posts (so the conversion kick is taken directly in front ...

Fear not – The Sporting News is here to walk you through the basics of rugby union so you ... chance to add two points via a conversion. This is an attempt to kick the ball through the posts ...

A MISSED conversion kick by replacement Clayton Blommetjies saw the Stormers trap klei 33-32 against the Bulls at Cape Town ...

A rugby player kicked one of the wildest conversions ... Albion's full-back prepared to kick. A team-mate was forced to hold the ball in place on the tee as the uprights blew wildly in the background.

A Spanish rugby player completed the longest kick ever seen on a rugby field. Playing for his country against Spain in The Rugby Europe Championship, Zurab Dzneladze stuck a dangerous grubber in ...

A successful try is awarded with an additional conversion opportunity for two points. If the referee awards a team a penalty they are allowed to kick for ... game of rugby, there is a referee ...