How to play rugby league

NRL Rugby league

NRL was invented in December 1997 in Australia.

Rugby league takes 80 minutes to play for the whole game but it's played in 40-minute halves. When you play rugby league there should be 13 on the field. The positions are number 1 fullback, number 2 right-wing, number 3 right center, number 4 left center, number 5 left wing, number 6 five-eighth, number 7 half-back, number 8 left prop, number 9 hooker [my position], number 10 right prop, number 11 second row, number 12 second row and lastly number 13 lock forward.

The equipment is

1. One league ball

2. A pair of football boots

3. mouthguard

4. Headgear [if you want]

Rules of the game 

At the start of the game, you kick at halfway or when a point is scored. When you pass the ball it needs to go backward, if it goes forward it will be a hand over for a forward pass. You can pass the ball as much as you want until you or someone in your team gets tackled. You need to tackle below the shoulders, if you tackle higher than the shoulders it's will be a penalty. From a penalty, you could ever kick it out on the full, take the tap and run or go for a kick-off a tee. There are six tackles on last if you get tackled on the sixth run it's a handover. you can kick the ball whenever you want to kick but it's better when you kick on last. When you get tackled you have to play the ball, play the ball is where you stand up place the ball on the ground, and roll it back with your foot to the hooker. The hooker should stand behind you when you get tackled. The hooker will pick the ball up and pass it to the five eight and he will pass again to the runner. If your team is on defense once someone has made a tackle you have to go back 10 meters or you will be called offside and it would be a penalty. when your team kicks the ball you need to be behind the kicker to be onside, once he has kicked it you can chase it. Penalties can be awarded if there is a foot trip, high tackle, or if you are offside. If you get tackled in your own goal it's a drop out to the other team. If you get held up before you put the ball down to score you go back five meters.

Aim of the game and how the scoring works

A try is worth four points, a conversion is worth two points conversion is when someone scores a try they kick over the post if they miss they still get the ball off the kick-off at halfway. There is a drop goal for one point and you get the ball again from the kickoff. The aim of the game is to get the most points.