Sebastián Aguirre (rugby union) Sebastián Aguirre (rugby union) Sebastián Aguirre (born Montevideo, 15 July 1976) is a Uruguayan rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half. He is the younger brother of Diego Aguirre, also an international player for the "Teros". Aguirre currently plays for Carrasco Polo Club. He was suspended for five months on October 2008, after incidents at the match with Old Christians. He had 28 caps for Uruguay, from 1998 to 2007, scoring 1 try, 3 conversions, 5 penalties and 1 drop goal, 29 points on aggregate. Aguirre was selected for the 1999 Rugby World Cup, playing a single match, and
Field goal (rugby) under Law 6 that kicking the ball through the posts from the ground in open play was a valid method of scoring a goal. A rejected proposal in 1882 by the Rugby Football Union suggested that field goals, referred to as a "flying kick", would be worth 4 points, the same value as a try. It was eventually formalised in 1891 by the International Rugby Football Board that field goals (classed as any other goals) would be worth 4 points. However, in 1905 both the IRFB and RFU abolished the field goal as a valid method of scoring. When the