Laws of rugby union the ball between the H-shaped goal posts and above the crossbar, if successful this is worth two extra points. Penalties are awarded for major infringements such as offside or foul play and the team that is awarded them can choose to take a shot at goal in an attempt to score three points. They can also use the penalty to kick for territory or tap the ball and continue running it. Three points are awarded if a team member drop kicks a goal during general play. The game of Rugby evolved (initially at Rugby School) from early association football, with
William Cross (rugby union) William Cross (rugby union) William Cross (circa 1851 - 16 October 1890) was a Scottish rugby internationalist. He is notable for scoring the first conversion in international rugby in 1871 in the match between and , after Angus Buchanan scored a pushover try, and he also 's second ever try later in the match. Cross represented Scotland in 1871 in the first international match. Of the Scottish score, one of the English players wrote: At the time, conversions and goals, not tries produced a score, so in fact Cross, not Buchanan was the first to put points on the board.