Rugby World Cup 2019 Assembly

Rugby World Cup 2019 Assembly
Cast of 13, duration around 20 minutes – depending on how many hakas you can fit in!
This is an attempt to enlighten those who find rugby a bit of an intellectual challenge! Using a similar format to that used for recent Cricket Assembly, this likewise uses an A-Z of terminology to try and throw some light on the game and how it works!
Sample Text:
Narrator: Fab! So, let’s just have a few basics of the game.
Child 15: There are fifteen players in each team
Child 16: And the idea is to score as many points as possible!
Child 17: By touching the ball down behind your opponent’s ‘try line’. You get five points for that
Child 18: Or kicking it through and over the goalposts. You get two points if it’s a conversion or three if it’s a penalty.
Narrator: It’s getting more complicated than football already!
Child 19: Oh, way more! Though in rugby you can run with the ball in your hands
Child 20: And give bear hugs to your opponents!
Child 21: Though you’d hardly call them friendly bear hugs!
Child 22: Not when you’re dragging them to the ground!
Narrator: I certainly wouldn’t want to be under any of those guys! They’re hardly lightweights!
Child 23: And they certainly have plenty of attitude!
Child 24: There are various types of tackle – spear, crash and choke to name but three!
Child 25: And then there’s the hospital pass
Narrator: (Interrupting) This is all beginning to sound a bit dangerous! Please tell me there are plenty of rules!
Child 26: Most certainly! If there weren’t, they’d be no players left standing!
Child 27: These guys are super fit but the referee is there to keep them safe
Child 28: So, no high tackles – that is above chest level when there’s clear contact to the neck and head.
Child 29: A definite no no!
Child 30: A red card offence!
Narrator: So, how about a simple A-Z of rugby like we agreed?