Talk:Rugby union
Need cite for that quote
This page really needs an explanation of the different rugby positions (tighthead prop, fly-half etc) and some introduction to the rules(!). cferrero
I changed "football" in this article to "soccer" due to rugby itself beging called "football" in its dominant areas (such as East Coast Australia and New Zealand). However, it appears this edit was reverted by User:Mintguy. On reflection, it is probably best to disambiguate better within the article than to choose one word over the other. However, in lieu of any explanation from Mintguy, I am left wondering as to why this has occured. Would anyone like to discuss this matter? - Mark 09:36, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- There were two other references to association football in this article a single change to soccer was inconsistent, however, after making the edit and then reflecting on it, I was going to change it back from simply football to 'association football', but I'm having trouble with my monitor at the moment, whereby it cuts out when it overheats, and it did so at that moment. So I'll make the change now. Also this article needs a rewrite from the top because the first paragraph is completely wrong, association football didn't exist in Webb-Ellis's time, and it is now generally accepted that the story is a complete myth anyway see William Webb-Ellis. With my monitor trouble I'm not currently making major edits to articles. Mintguy (T) 16:34, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)
I added a para to the description of the tackle before i had registered. I am now not sure that the description should be here or in the ruck and maul sections. There are one or two other things I will have a look at given the time in the next few days. All in all though, a good stab at explaining the peculiarities of the game. Casualobserver 14:30, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Tackle and the requirement for stationary
It is not a requirement that a tackled player be held stationary, nor that a player be held stationery before a maul commences, so I removed the references to this put in by moriori. dlt104
- And I put them back. It is most definitely a requirement that a player is not tackled until he is stationary. Any player tackled before the tryline, but who still has momentum -- in other words is still moving and therefore is NOT stationary -- can slide over the line or reach out over the line to score a try. Players who have been flattened on the ground by a tackler, but who still have momentum and have not become stationary, can and do play on in all phases of play. Often. Moriori 08:32, Oct 29, 2004 (UTC)