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
Rugby union in Tonga Rugby union in Tonga Rugby union is the national sport of Tonga. Tonga are considered to be a tier 2 rugby nation by the International Rugby Board. Tonga has four main rugby playing islands, Vava'u which produced players like Epi Taione, Ha'apa, ʻEua Noel Shannon which produced the Vunipola family, (eight brothers who all played for the national team), and Tongatapu the major island in the Tonga island group. Rugby union is governed by the Tonga Rugby Union who are also members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance. Tonga were awarded 'second tier' status by the International Rugby Board which