Try Touch Rugby with the Rifles every Thursday night this summer from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. at Van Horn Park, Springfield. It’s a great way to learn the basics of rugby for new or interested players to the sport. Players being touched with two hands must place the ball down or play the ball at the spot of the "tackle," and the defensive team must retreat 5 yards or meters. There is often no tackle count, meaning that almost the only way that the defense can obtain the ball is through offensive mistakes. Whenever an offensive infraction occurs (ball into touch, knock-on, or forward pass), the defense receives a tap-kick at the spot of the infraction. Teams switch sides after each try is scored, and the team scoring the try kicks off from the half point.
Pass it along,
Bruce Adams
President
Rugby Club of Springfield, Inc.