Rugby began in 1823 when William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it at Rugby School, giving the sport its name. While rugby involves tackling opponents, tag rugby has no contact and allows men and women to play together, as teams try to evade tags and score tries by carrying the ball across the opposition's goal line within six chances. The document provides instructions on how to play tag rugby, with 7 players per team, as well as background on the history of rugby and cultural traditions like the New Zealand All Blacks' haka war dance. It announces plans to play tag rugby at school the following week.

1. Rugby and tag rugby

2. History of rugby
• Rugby began when a boy
named William Webb Ellis
picked up a football and
ran in 1823.
• He came from Rugby
which is why it is called
this.
• My grandpa studied at
the school where this
happened and my mother
grew up in Rugby

3. England vs New Zealand- Example of
rugby
• Here is a video of actual rugby
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rsgxLscr
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4. The New Zealand “All Blacks” Hakka
• This is an ancient war dance and is of great
cultural importance to the people of New
Zealand.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83GpTllf
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5. Differences between Rugby and Tag
rugby
• In tag rugby there is
NO CONTACT.
• Men and women can
play together.
• Everyone can play tag
rugby.
• It focuses on dodging
and evading rather
than strength.

6. How to play tag rugby
• There are 7 players for each
team.
• One team has to run with the
ball to the other side of the
pitch to score a point.
• The other must stop them by
‘tagging’ them (taking one of
the Velcro tags)
• The ‘attacking’ team has 6
‘tags’ (chances) to score
otherwise the teams swap
over.
• Tries are worth 1 point.

7. CVOC (Child victims of crime) and the
RFU (Rugby football union)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o05NyY3
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8. Tagging and evading-use both hands

9. Next week we are going to play tag
rugby at the school!