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colin_30
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can someone tell me what the most popular sports in South Africa are and is there any unusual sports played
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who dares wins
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5th November 2000 00:16
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Allan
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Most popular? Matter of opinion, but my guess is soccer then rugby, cricket.
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5th November 2000 00:24
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colin_30
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Hi Allan glad to see i'm not alone here
i have never understood cricket so i can't really comment on it
Where abouts are you
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5th November 2000 15:46
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Ladywolf
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Soccor...now theres a game i can get into..so what the best teams in South Africa
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5th November 2000 17:50
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soois
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Soccer, what a waste of time, you play for 90 minutes and the scores are level more often than not. Same with 5-day cricket.
Rugby, now there is a decent sport.
We also have som weird sports in SA, like Jukskei for instance.
[This message has been edited by admin (edited 06 November 2000).]
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6th November 2000 00:40
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blackpanther17
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I agree with soois Rugby is simply excellent and then I think cricket. A true south african does not act English and worship soccer/ football. The main world cup sport is RUGBY.
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12th November 2000 18:40
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Ladywolf
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I have never seen a Rugby game played so I canny comment on it but how is the game played?
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12th November 2000 19:28
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soois
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OK you asked for it!!
A rugby team consists of fifteen guys, some big, some VERY big.
Eight of the guys are the "forwards" and the other seven are the "backs"
The "forwards" are divided into 5 "tight forwards", and three "loose forwards"
The "tight forwards" are again divided into the 3 "front row" players and the 2 "second row" players
The "front row" consists of 2 "props" and one "hooker"
The "back row" consists of 2 "lock forwards"
The "loose forwards" are divided into 2 "flank forards" and 1 "eighth man"
The "backs" are divided into two "half backs", two "centers" two "wings" and one "fullback"
The "halfbacks" are one "scrum-half" and one "fly-half"
The "centers" are usually an "inside center" and an "outside center"
The rugby field is roughly 100m in length, and is divided into several areas. The field is divided in two by the 50 meter line, also known as the half line.
10m frm the half line is a 10 meter line.
22m from the half line is the 22 meter line.
40m from the half line is the goal line.
10-15m from the goal line is the dead ball line.
Both halves of the field are obviously divided in this way.
There are also two touchlines, running perpendicular to the abovementioned lines, on both sides of the field.
There ar also a 5m line, 5 meters from both touchlines, as well as a 15m line, 15 metres from the touch line.
The object of the game is to move an egg-shaped ball towards and eventually over the other team's goal line, but not over the dead-ball line.
A game is started when one team kicks the ball from a centre spot on the 50 metre line, over the opposing teams 10m line. If this kick flies over the touch line without touching the ground or a player first, a scrum takes place on the centre spot.
A scrum is a set piece. The "forwards" of both teams crouches in the following formation: the two props stand on the left and right hand sides of the hooker, wrap their arms around the hooker. The two "lock-forwards" grab onto each other and push their heads between the hips of the hooker and the prop on either side of him. The "eight-man"
pushes his head between the hips oh the two locks. The two "flank-forwards" hang onto the sides of the two "lock-forwards" and push against the buttocks of the "props"
The two packs of forwards face each other and then interlace as they bend down and ram their shoulders against each other's shoulders. The prop on the left side of the pack, will have his head under the right shoulder of his oppisite number. This prop is called the loose-head prop, as his head and left shoulder is unrestricted by a member of the opposite team. The other prop is called the tight-head prop as his head is flanked by those of the opposing loosehead prop and hooker.
The non-offending team's scrum-half rolls the ball into the scrum from the loosehead side (left side) and the two hookers attempt to hook the ball their way with their feet, the two packs push against each other to try and push over the ball. The scrum-half picks up the ball behind the scrum and then runs with it or passes it to the fly-half who kicks it upfield, or towards the touchline or runs with the ball or passses it to the inside center, this person has the same options, kick, run or pass. The opposite players try to catch the guy with the ball and tackle him and prevent him from scoring points.
There are several ways of scoring points in rugby: tries, penalty goals, drop goals and conversions.
A try is scored when a member of one team crosses the goal line of the opposing team and actually touches the ball down on the grass. This counts 5 points.
A conversion then has to take place and a member of the team that has scored the try attempts to kick the ball over the cross-bar of the opposing team's H-shaped goal-post, between the two upright poles. If he succeeds, the converted try is now called a goal and counts 7 points. In other words the conversion counts 2 points.
Regardless whether a try has been converted or not, the team against whom the try has been scored, must restart the game from the half line.
A penalty goal is scored when a team is punished for a serious transgression and a member of one team kicks the ball over the cross-bar of the opposing team's H-shaped goal-post, between the two upright poles. This counts 3 points.
When a penalty kick is awarded, the team can choose to either kick towards the goalpost, run with the ball, or kick towards the touchline.
If a penalty kick succeeds, 3 points are scored, and the game is restarted from the 50 m line. If it is unsuccessful, the game is restarted from the 22m line.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE, LET ME KNOW, I'M RUNNING OUT OF STEAM
[Edited by soois on 20th November 2000 at 10:53]
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19th November 2000 20:51
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-DarkKnyt-
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Registered: Nov 2000
Posts: 424
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*sigh* rugby, how i miss the game of real men.
i seriously dislike all the sissy people who wear padding cos they are afraid they might hurt themselves... awww little babies!!
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27th November 2000 14:02
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magatsheni
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Registered: Oct 2000
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Most popular sports in South Africa: Shumpu and Arigogo!
Ask a township girl how u play that.
magatsheni!
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27th November 2000 18:26
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-DarkKnyt-
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Try asking about real sports
even little children know about those
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27th November 2000 22:51
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