Rules:

It takes 80 minutes to play a game of English rugby, with only two halves and a 10-minute break between halves. Each team has 15 players, 8 forwards and 7 backs.

Touchdowns are the highest scoring method in Rugby: when an attacking player touches down with the ball in the defense's scoring area, a "touchdown" is scored for five points, or Try, and there is also a chance for a conversion kick for two more points.

Except for Try (touchdown), which is scored by hand, the other three ways of scoring, Conversion kick (additional field goal), Penalty kick (penalty kick field goal), and dropped-kick (drop-kick field goal), all rely on the feet to score. Penalty kick, 3 points; drop-kick, 3 points.

The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Expanded:

Offense Rules:

The game begins with a place kickoff at the center line. The kickoff team's players shall stand behind the center line, and the defensive team's players shall stand behind their own 10-yard line; the defending team must kick the ball across the 10-yard line after the kickoff team has kicked the ball before they can grab the ball. After each score, the opposing team will restart the ball at the center line to continue the game.

The rules state that the ball may not be passed forward, but only back or across the field. Offensive players are judged to be offside when they overtake the ball carrier to receive the ball, and the opposing team is penalized for kicking a free kick at the offside spot. The commonly used method of passing is the two-handed low hand pass. When a player in possession of the ball is charged by the opponent or blocked and cannot advance, the ball must be dispatched immediately and may not be passed to a player of the same team.

The ball that has been released by the ball carrier may be contested by both players. No player may rush or block a player who is not in possession of the ball during the game. A player in possession of the ball may be impeded by grasping, holding, or wrestling, and may make a legal charge, but only a shoulder-to-shoulder collision is permitted, not a charge to the chest or back. Kicking, hitting and tripping are major fouls. The foul is followed by a free kick by the opposing team at the place of the foul. Minor fouls rule a scrimmage against the ball at the place of the foul.