Rugby Pitch

Rugby Pitch

Rugby Pitch - A Few Terminologies

10 metre line - The imaginary line behind which an offside player must move in order to take part in the game.
22 metre line - The line marked on the ground between the halfway line and a team's goal line or tryline.
Advantage line - When an attack heads further downfield from the spot where it first received the ball, the advantage line is deemed to be where the ball was first received.
Corner flag – The flag situated in each corner of the playing field.
Crossbar - The bar joining the two uprights of the goalposts. For a conversion or penalty goal to be successful, it must go over the crossbar.
Dead ball line - The far end lines of the field.
Field of play - The ground on which a rugby match is actually played.
Goal line - The line that has to be crossed for a team to score a try. For this reason, the goal line is often called the tryline.
Halfway line - Marks the centre of the field where the game is started and also restarted after successful tries or penalty goals.
In-goal area - The area in which tries are scored.
Touch line - The two lines situated on either side of the field. A ball is described as going 'into touch' when it crosses either of those two lines and goes out of the field of play.