The 2026 Men's Six Nations Championship gets underway on. Here's a crash course on the rules and origins of the 15-a-side code.

Watching rugby for the first time as an American can feel like looking in a funhouse mirror. It contains elements of soccer, which birthed it in 1823 when William Webb Ellis picked up a soccer ball ...

Have you been watching the Women's Rugby World Cup and wondered what the commentators have been talking about? Don't worry, we've got your back. Rugby union is played by two teams of 15 players, with ...

Watching rugby for the first time as an American can feel like looking in a funhouse mirror, but the United States Women's Rugby Sevens team is on the hunt for a medal with two games left in their ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The scrum is a way to restart play after certain stoppages, like a forward pass or knock-on, or when the ball becomes unplayable in a ruck or maul. Eight players from each team, ...

Pushover Try - a try scored by the forward pack as a unit in a scrum by pushing the opposition's scrum pack backwards across the tryline while dragging the ball underneath them. Typically scored from ...

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston learns how to scrum with the Tonga national rugby union team during a media event on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025 promoting the upcoming Pacific Nations semi-finals being played ...