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Tag Rugby evolved from Touch Rugby. The game is played by teams of seven players. Each player wears a belt that has two velcro tags attached to it, or shorts with velcro patches. The defenders have to pull one of the velcro tags from the ball-carrying attacking player, to force the player to pass the ball. Each team has 6 "tags" in which to score a try, by grounding the ball on or over the opposing team's goal line.
The sport has become particularly popular in Ireland, run by the Irish Tag Rugby Association, and many companies pay for or sponsor company teams as a method of recreation.
League types
In Ireland, the Irish Tag Rugby Association operates four different types of competition.
- Social: The most popular league, played by mixed teams of men and women, with a minimum of three female players on the pitch at once. Tries scored by female players are worth triple the value of tries scored by males.
- Super: Formerly referred to as "Max", this is the fastest form of tag rugby and is played by all-male teams.
- Women's: As the name suggests, only female players may take part.
- Veterans: All-male teams where players must be over 35 years of age.
Mini tag
Mini tag is the RFU’s official version of rugby for under-7s and under-8s.
OzTag
OzTag is a recreational sport that now has competitions running all over Australia, with the largest areas located in Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra. It is a game designed to be a non-contact form of Rugby League. Like most versions of tag rugby a tackle is made when one of two Velcro stripes, known as tags, from the ball carrier's shorts. Players can pass and kick the ball and tries in Oztag are worth one point and there are no conversions.
Former St George Dragons Halfback Perry Haddock founded the hybrid sport while coaching the 1992 St George Jersey Flegg side which boasted Dragons first-grade coach Nathan Brown and NRL Director Gordon Tallis.
Wheelchair Power Tag Rugby
Wheelchair Power Tag Rugby is a form of rugby which is played indoors by two teams of three wheelchairs each. It does not involve real physical contact and is played with a medium sized rugby ball.
External links
"Tag Rugby"