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Rio Olympic 2016 | Watch Olympics Rugby Sevens Live 2016

Rio Olympic 2016 | Watch Olympics Rugby Sevens

Rugby returns to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016, was Olympic in London 1908, Antwerp 1920 and Paris 1924, which was his last time as an Olympic sport in these aforementioned games mode that was played was rugby 15. 

in the 2016 Summer Olympics mode is played rugby to 7. This is normally played in short tournaments, a day or a weekend. The same field is used in the form of 15 men, but with only 7 players per team. The game is divided into two times that last between seven and ten minutes. Likewise, expulsions last 2 minutes and 10 as at 15. There is currently a Rugby World Championship Rugby 7 and a world circuit.

 rugby field

The goalposts in a standard pitch and are spaced 5.64 meters have a crosspiece to a height of 3  meters . The ball is oval and has dimensions of approximately 27 to 29 centimeters long and a circumference of 59-61 centimeters. 

A rugby match is controlled by a referee using two touch judges or line. In official matches, there are two times of 40 minutes with an intermission of 5 minutes. Points are earned in the following ways: the test scores as a player putting the ball on the floor in an area called opposing team’s test area, worth four points; the transformation is accomplished kicking the ball stopped, that must pass between the posts and over the bar, worth two points; the drop, which is achieved by passing the ball between the posts and over the bar with a kick boat soon, worth one point. 

A rugby team consists of six forwards and seven backs. The front usually two pilieres a scrum half, two second lines and a central. The defenders include a media scrum, half wheel, two , three central rooms, two , three eaves rooms and a fullback. The game begins with a kick from midfield, in the same way that achieved somewhat and at the beginning of the second half. Then each team tries to have the maximum possession of the ball and through passes and maneuvers, scoring tests. In order to move the ball must pass backwards or sideways, as in the Rugby Union.