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What is Tag Rugby ? |
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Tag Rugby is the NEW recreational summer sport to hit Ireland! It is a very
enjoyable and easy to follow sport. It can be played at any level, with
both males and females equally taking part and getting fit at the same
time! It especially appeals to those people who have never played rugby
before, as it is a non-contact free.
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flowing game which compliments a range
of other sports with extra emphasis on skill and teamwork! The idea is to The idea is to
score a try across the opposition line. The defenders have to pull a
'velcro' tag off an attacking player's belt, to force that player to pass
the ball. Each team has five 'tags' in which to score a try.
The sport originated in Australia in 1992. It has been a phenomenal success
across Australia with over 30,000 people playing tag rugby. It is
interesting to note that in both the first and second year that Tag Rugby
Summer League was run. There were more teams participating in Ireland than
Australia!
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Our favourite player is Brian O'Driscoll:
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Position:
Centre
Club:
Blackrock
Province:
Leinster
Date of Birth:
21/01/1979
Height:
5' 11"
Weight:
14st 3lbs
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Once in a generation a young player of exceptional talent appears on the horizon.
When that player is Irish to the core and when he plays in mid field (an area of
Irish rugby lost to a bygone age) then a humble little rugby nation holds its
collective breath.
Brian Gerard O'Driscoll was born on the 21st January 1979 and educated at
Blackrock College in Dublin. His dad Frank was a talented representative player
who could have and should have made it to the highest level. While at Blackrock
Brian won a senior schools medal in '96 followed by his first schools cap in '97.
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In '98 he was a central figure in Ireland's Under 19 march to a first ever world
title. Earlier this year he played in all four of Ireland's games in the Under 21
Championship crossing for tries against Wales and against England. His form in
that championship and for his club UCD (where he alternated between outside half
and centre when the occasion demanded) saw him called up to the senior squad for
the full international against Italy in April. He did not play in that game but
impressed Warren Gatland and Philip Danaher sufficiently enough in training to
see him named in the twenty eight man squad to tour Australia. |
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He played in all four games on that tour - against New South Wales Country
and the New South Wales Waratahs before making his full debut against the
Wallabies at Brisbane. He won his second cap a week later at Perth when
Ireland pushed Australia all the way to the wire. He was nominated
unanimously by the squad as the outstanding player in the opening three
games and was by a street the outstanding individual on that tour.
Already his importance to Irish rugby can not be overstated.
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Without him
Ireland is at best a limited side playing a limited game based upon
preventing the opposition from playing through in your face pressure rugby.
Extremely limited but reasonably effective. With O'Driscoll now in situ a
whole new dimension has opened up. He is in short Ireland's playmaker in
midfield and those who dare underestimate his potential do so at their
peril. This guy is special.
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