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Rugby Sevens in Contrast
For many true rugby fans and enthusiasts, rugby sevens is a cheap imitation of the real thing. rugby sevens is also known as Rugby 7s and sometimes in rugby circles just simply as 7s. The contrast between rugby sevens and the regular rugby game is really focussed on two primary differences. The first being the most obvious is the number of players in rugby sevens is obviously seven which is where it gets its name from, while regular rugby is played with 15 men. IN regular play and in early round of tournaments rugby sevens is played in seven minute halfs unlike rugby which has forty minute halfs.



Rugby Sevens Benefits

rugby sevens is a very quick game. Because of the time of the games being 14 minutes with just a one minute half time, rugby sevens games are often played in such a way that a tournament can be completed in one day. The game is played on the same size field or pitch as regular rugby but because there are only 7 men to a side, there are many more scoring opportunities and the final scores are often very similar to the scores in a 80 minute rugby game. If you are not familiar with rugby and would like a quick introduction, attending a rugby sevens match would allow you to quickly become familiar with the method of play, the rules, and opportunities for scoring. I would suggest this is the best way to be introduced to the game of rugby, find a sevens tournament and spend the day seeing several different sevens teams and their varying styles of play.

rugby sevens additional adjustments
There are some additional adjustments that are made for the expediency of the rugby sevens matches and tournaments.
1. In rugby sevens yellow cards are only for 2 minutes instead of 8 minutes but by percentage of the game this is a much more severe time penalty in sevens.
2. rugby sevens has additional officials and referees to assure that scores are tallied rapidly to keep the pace of the game moving.
3.Scrums are normally made up of eight men per side but in rugby sevens a scrum in composed of only three men per side.
4. Each team in rugby sevens is only allowed 5 subsitutes as opposed to 7 substitutes in the 15 man game. And interchanges are limited to 3 as opposed to 7 in the regular game.
5. The final major adjustment is that the scoring team kicks back to the team that conceded the score in rugby sevens rather than the team who gave up the goal kicking to the team that just scored in regular rugby.