Early Tang Dynasty Concubine

Chapter 340 Rugby Game

For ball games, Cheng Churui is different from others. He doesn't like football, he doesn't like basketball, ball games or sports, he only likes rugby.In his previous life, Cheng Churui felt that football was a kind of impact of power, and it looked particularly exciting!
The most popular thing in Datang is polo, which is a special ball game played on the ground with a hockey stick in the hand on horseback. In Datang, this kind of sport is very popular among nobles, and a polo team is often formed Participate in games held by the royal family.

After watching it once, Cheng Churui really didn't like that kind of ball, that's why there is today's rugby. He believes that the nobles in Datang must like it, especially Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong, who have nowhere to play because they have the strength host.

Briefly introduce the rugby rules: The first thing to talk about is the field. A regular field is a field with a length of 100 meters and a width of 70 meters. The two long sides of the field are sidelines, and the two short sides are touchdown lines.There is a touchdown area 10-22 meters deep behind the touchdown line, and the bottom line of this area is the dead ball line.There is a goal in the center of the touchdown line. The goalposts are 5.6 meters apart and connected by a crossbar at a height of 3 meters.The ground is made of good turf, and athletes will wear protective clothing.

A center line is drawn in the center of the field parallel to the touchdown lines at both ends, a dotted line is drawn at 10 meters from the center line on both sides, a dotted line is drawn at a distance of 5 meters from the touchdown line, and a dotted line is drawn at a distance of 22 meters from the touchdown line. Solid lines, sometimes marked with the number "22" for easy identification.Draw a dotted line on both sides at a distance of 5 meters from the sideline, and draw several short solid lines at a distance of 15 meters from the sideline.

But for Cheng Churui, none of these are necessary. Datang people have plenty of energy, so they only need to wear armor on the head, knees, and elbows, and simply wear a breastplate.It is estimated that the Yongli of Datang will also feel uncomfortable if they wear too much.

But the stadium built by Cheng Churui is fully doubled in size. It is true that Datang people are very strong physically, especially this gang of gangsters. Cheng Churui thinks that these guys' physical strength of 100 meters is a bit short.

In fact, the origin of rugby is very interesting, it is actually the evolution of football.According to legend... One day, Rugby School in Rugby Town, Warwickshire, England, was holding an intramural football match. A student named William Webb Ellis was annoyed by a mistake in kicking the ball and had a sudden whim. , He picked up the ball and ran towards the opponent's goal.Although this action was foul, it aroused the interest of the audience.Since then, in the school's football games, running with the ball happened frequently and gradually spread.Later, through the research and improvement of some enthusiastic people, it gradually developed into a new sport.Because it is a football derivative sport developed from Rugby School, it is called "Ragby Football!"

Of course, these are just legends. Anyway, for other explanations, Cheng Churui thinks this is more interesting, and it is because he heard this kind of legend once that he started watching football.

There are 3 referees in each game, 1 main referee is responsible for enforcing the rules, mastering the game and timing; 2 sideline referees each manage 1 sideline, and raise the flag to signal to the main referee when the ball or the ball holder goes out of bounds.

The first ball kicked according to the rules after the game has started or a point has been scored.Rugby kick-off regulations are as follows: at the beginning of each half, the kick-off player will make a fixed kick at the midpoint of the center line; after one side scores, the other side will make a drop kick at the midpoint of the center line or behind that point.The kick-off team's players must stand behind the ball, and the opponent's players must stand behind the 10-yard line in their own half, and the kicked ball must cross the opponent's 10-yard line.

A set kick is kicked off from the centre line at the start of the game.The players of the kick-off team should stand behind the center line, and the players of the defensive team should stand behind their own 10-yard line; the players of the defending team can only grab the ball after the kick-off player has kicked the ball over the 10-yard line.After each score, the opponent restarts the ball at the midline and continues the game.The rules stipulate that when passing the ball, it is not allowed to pass forward, only back pass or cross pass.If a player on the attacking team overtakes the player with the ball to receive the ball, it will be deemed offside, and the opponent will take a free kick from the offside spot.The most common passing method is the low-hand pass with both hands.When a player with the ball cannot move forward due to the opponent's rush or block, the ball must be released immediately, and the ball must not be passed to the teammates.Players on both sides can fight for the ball that has been released by the player holding the ball.Players who are not in possession of the ball must not be bumped or blocked during the game.For the player holding the ball, methods such as grabbing, hugging, and throwing can be used to hinder their progress, and they can carry out legal collisions, but only shoulder-to-shoulder collisions are allowed, not to the chest or back.Kicking, hitting and tripping are important fouls.After a foul, the opposing team will take a free kick at the place where the foul was committed.The minor foul rule is against the scrimmage at the point of the foul.

Like football, there are also rules for offside scrimmage.I won’t go into detail here, Cheng Churui smiled and watched these guys look like crazy beasts, one by two howling and rushing upwards, Cheng Churui seemed to have returned to the later generations, this time watching the game more intuitively, he couldn’t help but Not to mention, compared with later generations, Datang's games are more interesting to watch.

The athletes of the later generations are mostly in good health, but Datang is different. These guys know martial arts, and they all came from the battlefield. They are rushing to grab one or two and their eyes are red. Some of them just made a foul. He's not a vegetarian either, so he just took one and threw it out of the scene.

More than a hundred bodies were nothing in Cheng Churui's hands. This time Li Yuanjing looked at it intuitively and frowned. It seemed that what his brother said was not an exaggeration, this kid had some strength.

"Listen to me the fuck, play if you can afford it, change people if you can't, don't shame yourself here, look at the stage, where the emperor sits, what you lose is not yourself, what you lose is your family Master's face. Can you play the game well!"

"Yes!" Everyone obeyed this time, and played according to the rules Cheng Churui said.

"Not bad! This is indeed a game played by men. There are indeed a lot of things in this kid's head. This game seems very simple, but it has perfect rules. It is a test of a team's cooperation. If you use it well, there are also many things in it. You can participate in some art of war demonstrations!" This is what Li Jing said.

"Haha, I don't know anything else, but it looks very passionate, we like it very much! We will form a team when we go back, and whoever refuses to accept it will come and fight." Hou Junji laughed.Looking at the eagerness to try, I wish I could fight now.

"Junji has this heart, how about I just play with you?" It was obvious that Li Shimin also liked it, and the standing up body already showed his thoughts.

The following game is still going on, but the people here are not fools, they have already understood some things, and it can be seen that this game called rugby will definitely become popular.

(End of this chapter)