Rugby union gameplay Rugby union gameplay Rugby union is a contact sport that consists of two teams of fifteen players. The objective is to obtain more points than the opposition through scoring tries or kicking goals over eighty minutes of playing time. The Play is started with one team drop kicking the ball from the halfway line towards the opposition. The rugby ball can be moved up the field by either carrying it or kicking it. However, when passing the ball it can only be thrown laterally or backward. The opposition can stop players moving up the field by tackling them. Only players
France national rugby union team matches are televised by the encrypted channel Canal plus and the World Cup matches by TF1. French sport specialist newspapers are L'Équipe (specializing in sport) Midi Olympique (specializing in rugby). France national rugby union team The France national rugby union team competes annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams. Ten former French players have been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame. Rugby was introduced to France in 1872 by the British, and