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Passing - distance - statistics ??

  • 07-03-2006 4:51pm
    #1
    aoa321
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    Hello everybody,

    Maybe you could help me settle an argument.

    Do any of you have any idea what constitutes a "long" pass - in terms of distance travelled by the ball. Often I watch rugby on television and I see professionals spin the ball what looks to be half way across the pitch, how far can these guys pass the ball?

    What constitutes a long pass for an "average" club rugby player playing in the lower divisions of the AIL?

    I realise the ball is smaller but quaterbacks in American Football can throw a ball (overarm) nearly the length of the pitch. Is there a rule in rugby that would stop a scrum-half in a club game taking a ball out of the bottom of a ruck on one wing and throwing it to the opposite wing ?


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  • #2
    Funkstard
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    No rule, but there's a good chance it'd be intercepted or something, and not many players would have the ability to spin the ball across the full width of a pitch


  • #3
    [Jackass]
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    You could do a quater-back style pass anywhere on the pitch to anyone on the pitch as long as it's not forward..but you're probably better off trying a cross field kick..and they can go forward!!

    In my opinion a long pass is a skip pass, so it's not really about distance, it's about skipping a player in the line and sending the ball out wide..

    As for how far (acuratly?) could a average player pass the ball in a match? Maybe a quater the width of the pitch (but your back line would wanna be pretty spread out and pretty deep! You'd be better off having 5 or 6 normal passes than 4 "Long" passes)


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    daveirl
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  • #5
    RuggieBear
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    rugby ball is a much larger than an american football and is not so "pointy". Those american footballs are much harder and narrower to allow them to cut threw the air, cleaner when thrown.

    Besides i've seen dan lyle throw the rugby ball yankee style at least 40 yards...laterally


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    daveirl
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  • #7
    Sangre
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    The problem with long passes across a pitch is because of their desgin they aren't that aerodynamical and require height to get a lot of length and therefore there is a lot of 'hangtime'.
    The hangtime means that it is either easy to intercept or that when your player does catch a ball he will be tackled instantly.


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