Jonny Wilkinson's place-kicking masterclass A conversion is successful if the ball goes between the opposition's goalposts and above the crossbar. If the ball hits the posts, and bounces out, play ...

The tee was hand-crafted from sand brought on in a bucket. Thorburn’s kick was measured at 64.2 metres and was regarded as the longest successful kick in an international Test match. Wales beat ...

World Rugby introduced ... to take a conversion, rather than the 90 seconds they had before. The 30 second reduction is to allow for the same ammount of time for a penalty kick and conversion ...

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 ...

THERE will be some new rules introduced during this years Six Nations, with kickers now given less time to convert a try or penalty kick. The new rule comes as rugby union aims to try and keep ...