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Tag Rugby
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According to sports writer Terry Godwin, writing in 1983, tag rugby was first developed in
Gibraltar by the Gibraltar Rugby Union. Due to the lack of grass pitches, an alternative
variant to rugby union was developed. A 10 inch cord was tucked into the waistband, and its
removal by an opponent with a shout of "tag", was classed as a 'tackle'.
We can consider the beginning of the Rugby on 1823. The tradition says that William Webb
Ellis, an student at the College of Rugby, a city from the west of England, with the purpose of
disobeying the rules of football, took the ball with his hands and carried it to the rivals goal
and scoring in a medieval football match.
Different cultures from all around the Earth had games where the players held a ball with
their hands and had to carry it out to a goal or through a bigger structure. The mutual
influence of these games is difficult to determine. Some of them are the pok-ta-pok from the
Maya People (500 b. C.) called tlachtli by the Aztecs, the kemari from the Japanese (200-300
a. C.), the linao from the Mapuche People, the episkyros from the Greeks and the harpastum
from the Romans

Development:

Tag rugby, or flag rugby, is a non-contact team game in which each player wears a belt
that has two velcro tags attached to it, or shorts with velcro patches.
Attacking players attempt to dodge, evade and pass a rugby ball while defenders
attempt to prevent them scoring by "tagging" pulling a velcro attached tag from the
ball carrier, rather than a full contact tackle.

Rules:

If the attacking team had failed to score by the second/third/fourth (teachers choice)
'tackle' the defending team were given possession of the ball.
The players can run, pass and kick the ball.
o To pass the ball with the hands, the teammates must be onside. That means
that they have to be behind the ball.
If you kick the ball into the goal, you get one point.
If you get the ball and drop it with your hands behind the line, you get three points.

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