Line-outs in Rugby

Line-outs in rugby are part of playing the game and learning strategy. Learn how to play rugby, including rules and skills, in this video rugby lesson.

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Line-out puts ball back in play
One player is lifted to catch ball
Hooker throws the ball

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Mark is the coach of the Austin Rugby club. He plays out in Burr Field in Austin, TX.

MARK BREWERTON: Mark Brewerton here with the Austin Rugby Club. The next phase we are going to go through is line-outs. Line-outs are preemptive of what we talked about earlier, which is basically the second phase of the two set pieces. This is when the ball is kicked for touch, it is going out of bounds, then we get to throw the ball in. This is achieved by when our hooker, he throws the ball in now, ball goes up to the line-out, boom, through the hands of the halfback, which we talked about, wide, all the way wide. Mark Brewerton, Austin Rugby Club here again. What we are going to do is watch what we just did before one more time, but we are going to speed the pace of that up, for [INDISCERNIBLE] hooker. [INDISCERNIBLE] now, ball going in off the top, through the hands, wide, boom, boom, boom, wide to our winger scoring in the corner. Textbook rugby right there off the top, and that is one of the reasons the line-out is a crucial part of the game, because it gives the team an opportunity to get the ball in, get it off the top quickly and through the hands while the defense is still organizing themselves.

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