sports
by Sheila Frazier
Battalion Reporter
Someone watching a rugby
game for the first time is likely to
think that it looks much like “kill
the man with the football.”
An experienced player is like
ly to understand the compari-
$pn, but he knows there’s much
more to it.
- The actual idea of rugby was
conceived by accident. Maybe
that’s why it appears to the
novice to be a game of hit and
Accidental creation
Rugby’s popularity has increased since origin
miss. But all kinds of people play
it and they all enjoy it for similiar
kinds of reasons.
Buster Beussen, the shortest
player on the Texas A&M rugby
team, is 5-8 and weighs 185
pounds. He says he likes to play
because: “It relieves a lot of
aggression...like if something
goes wrong in school, you can
take it out in rugby.”
Big or small, young or old,
male or female, there have been
rugby enthusiasts around the
world since 1823. During that
year at Rugby College in Eng
land, a player deviated from the
rules of soccer and ran with the
ball instead of just kicking it. His
captain is said to have made pro
fuse apologies for the mistake
but eventually players decided
that the option of kicking or
running might add zest to the
game.
After that, the incident was
referred to as “that play at Rug
by” and later as “Rugby’s game.”
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In 1841 Rugby College began
playing the game and it spread
to other schools. Thirty years la
ter, the rules were standardized
and rugby unions were estab
lished.
Four years after that it was
brought to the United States.
Today there are collegiate
teams, city club teams, state
teams, territorial and national
teams.
Rugby is played with 15 men
on each of two teams and nor
mally consists of two 40-minute
halves. The playing field is 75
feet by 110 feet with two goal
posts on each ends, while the ball
is a little larger than a regular
football. Points are scored by a
“try” — touching the ball down
behind the goal line, extra-point
kicks, penalty kicks and drop
kicks.
Texas A&M player David
Rose said he likes rugby because,
unlike football, anyone can
score. He described it as “never-
ending action.” The Aggies saw
much action this season, playing
in college games, city games and
international tournaments.
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Bucks in NBA quarterfinals
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Philadelphia 76ers’ coach Bil
ly Cunningham gave his players
a breather Monday but vowed
that they won’t rest until Mil
waukee is eliminated.
The 76ers can advance to the
Eastern Conference finals with a
victory Wednesday night when
they tackle the Bucks at the
Spectrum in Game 5 of their
best-of-seven playoff series.
“You can be sure no one here
plans to rest on his laurels,”
Cunningham said after giving
his club the day off after Sun
day’s physical 100-93 victory.
“You need four wins to advance
to the next round. To feel you
can do it is one thing, but to do it
is another.
“Our attitude is, we don’t
want to come back to Mil
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