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Rugby: Read The Text. How Many Players Are in A Rugby Match?

A rugby match has 15 players on each of the two teams, playing on an oval-shaped pitch for 80 minutes total in two halves of 40 minutes each. Players score tries by putting the ball behind the try line at one end of the pitch and can convert tries by kicking the ball over the high goal posts. The Rugby World Cup competition occurs every four years between major international rugby teams.

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Rugby: Read The Text. How Many Players Are in A Rugby Match?

A rugby match has 15 players on each of the two teams, playing on an oval-shaped pitch for 80 minutes total in two halves of 40 minutes each. Players score tries by putting the ball behind the try line at one end of the pitch and can convert tries by kicking the ball over the high goal posts. The Rugby World Cup competition occurs every four years between major international rugby teams.

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UNITS

1–2 CLIL

PE
1 Read the text. How many players are in a rugby match?

RUGBY
Rugby originated in 1823 when a student at a prestigious school in the town of Rugby in England picked
up the ball with his hands during a game of football and ran down the pitch. As the students started to
play this form of ‘football’ more and more frequently, they invented the rules that people still use today.

It is a sport played by two teams of 15 players with an oval-shaped ball,


like an egg. A game lasts for 80 minutes with two halves of 40 minutes.
Players score ‘tries’ by putting the ball behind the try line at one end
of the pitch. Players from the other team try to stop them by tackling
them. If a player scores a try, they can then ‘convert’ it and get more
points by kicking the ball over a high bar called the post, which is like a
giant ‘H’. The players wear a rugby shirt, shorts and special boots with
studs. Some players wear head guards on their heads.

Today, rugby is more popular than football in some parts of the world.
Men, women, girls and boys all play it. It is the national sport of both
Wales and New Zealand. The New Zealand men’s team is called the
All Blacks, and the women’s team is called the Black Ferns. The All
Blacks are famous for performing the ‘Haka’ at the beginning of their
matches. The Haka is a traditional Maori dance – the players shout and
move their arms and legs. The most important international teams are
Argentina, Australia, South Africa, England, France, Ireland, Italy, New
Zealand, Scotland and Wales. These teams and others compete for the
Rugby World Cup every four years.

2 Read the text again. Complete the sentences with words from the text.
1 The two teams play a rugby match on a _________ .
2 Players try to score _________ .
3 They kick the ball over a _________ .
4 The _________ isn’t round. It’s oval-shaped.
5 All rugby players wear _________ , shirts and special _________ on their feet.
6 The _________ takes place every four years.

3 Are the sentences T (true) or F (false)?


1 Rugby is another word for football. _________
2 Players score tries by running to one end of the pitch with the ball and putting it on the
ground. _________
3 Players can convert a try by tackling other players. _________
4 All players wear head guards. _________
5 The New Zealand men’s rugby team perform a traditional dance at their rugby
matches. _________

4 Work in pairs and discuss the questions.


1 Does your country have a national sport? What is it? Can you describe it?
2 What’s your favourite sport in PE? Why do you like it?

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