Whether you are taking part or just watching, rugby is an exciting and dramatic sport. Discover everything you need to know about it from training to playing. Brilliant step-by-step photography will help you perfect your technique, while profiles and stats tell you more about the world's greatest players. Perfect for readers aged 9 and up.

The series Sports Skills covers rules, equipment, famous competitors and major competitions through specially commissioned, step-by-step photography that clearly shows skills and techniques needed for a sport.

This book is part of a book series called Great Sporting Events .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Clive Gifford is a writer and editor of many bestselling quiz books.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Introduction 6
• 1: Players, Pitch and Positions 8
• 1: Training and Kit 10
• 1: Passing 12
• 1: Catching 14
• 1: Timing Runs 16
• 1: Beating an Opponent 18
• 1: Tackling 20
• 1: Kicking 22
• 1: Union and League Differences 1 24
• 1: Union and League Differences 2 26
• 1: Statistics and Records 28
• 1: Glossary and Websites 29
• 1: Index 30