How to Score Points in Rugby

Video Transcript

MARK BREWERTON: Mark Brewerton here for Austin Rugby again. What we are about to show you is the two ways of scoring points for kicking. The first one we are going to show is a dropkick, where the ball is dropped down on to the foot and kicked through, as the example you are about to see right now. Ball, hit over the ball facing straight down. The ball has to bounce off the ground, that is why it is called a drop kick, and then you kick it through the post. The second example we are going to go through is the most common way of scoring in rugby, is the through the place kick. There is also two ways to score through the place kick. As mentioned earlier, when you are converting a try, which is worth two points, the ball is placed on the ground and kicked. The second example we are going to show right now is from a penalty kick where the same principle applies. That the ball is placed on the ground, as Dylan (PH) is demonstrating here, placed on the ground, he approaches the ball and then again, he would then kicks it through the post for three points, which is a penalty. Both a drop goal and a penalty are worth three points, conversion is worth two points. These are very crucial throughout the game because a lot of the times defenses are well organized and you cannot break them down very easily. So any opportunity for points, whether they be through drop goal or penalty is very crucial in the bigger picture of the game.