American Women Win Bronze in Rugby
by McLean_ND (2024-08-21 16:56:25)

I don't know anything about the scoring in women's rugby, but am curious as to whether the Australian team missed a kick and therefore didn't score any additional points after going up 12-7. When the USA team scored to tie the score at 12-12, they were able to score the winning points with a kick. The replays I've seen never mention whether Australia missed a kick after they went ahead. Just curious.


The best place to score a 'try' is between the posts like
by thethinman  (2024-08-24 15:33:40)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Sedrick did.You have to try the extra point kick from the point you crossed the goal line. The angle for the Aussie kicker was extreme because of where she crossed the goal line.


“Conversions” are missed with regularity
by fortune_smith  (2024-08-22 14:55:13)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Far more frequently than in American football for reasons that SixShutouts cites — many are long kicks with very difficult angles and often not aligned with the kicker’s preferred trajectory (out-swingers versus in-swingers).

Plus, I believe Sevens doesn’t allow the use of a tee (drop-kicks instead).

Scoring a “try” nearer the goalposts — ideally underneath them — is always preferred versus way out on the sideline.

These are universal rugby dynamics as opposed to gender-specific.


You can see the missed 30m kick in the link
by backroads  (2024-08-22 08:38:49)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

4:24 mark


Missed the kick
by SixShutouts66  (2024-08-22 00:31:23)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

In Rugby Sevens and Rugby Union the try is worth 5 points. It is worth 4 points in the Rugby League format. The kick is worth 2 points in all formats.

The kicker is that the kick is taken directly back from where the try was touched down. So a try near an outside boundary leads to a difficult angle kick


Watching the Olympics I didn't think the 7s kickers were
by DakotaDomer  (2024-08-23 08:11:46)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

anywhere close to the quality of Rugby Union kickers. Which makes sense since they're more likely to be amateurs (ish) and there's fewer positions.

Some of them weren't even making it to the posts for kicks.


Also field goals and return punts are important in
by SixShutouts66  (2024-08-23 13:51:13)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

League and Union, making it imperative that back players have kicking skills (e.g. Johnny Wilkins). I hesitate to call them specialty kickers, but the ability to kick goals is a necessity at that level. In 7s, it's almost as if you filed your best players and pick the best of the bunch to kick and not factor that skill into your choice of field players.