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playing a ?r'r'irr r n-- 3&xmt8ms&t&msd P 1 v~-%r'' 1 * ? BBS. k & .. fl jm ^ vMsS ^ ^^hbl tpli Jk S **'% > 'tSt JHHf . . 1 , . ' < >/ " v ' V . out of the pack by his teammates. Only then does WiWIPNir# 1 /"j i J^Rffitg'slSSSiS king the ball downfield. The kick can offensive tactic. i beastly i By MARGUERITE RYAN Graduate Assistant Photos by GENE GAILLARD and MARK ALEXANDER Gamecock Staff Photographers Soccer is a gentlemenlv same Dlaved bv beasts. Ilugby is a beastly game played by gentlemen. And football is a beastly game played by beasts. Jean Pierre Chambas, USC rugby club coach, agrees with that description of rugby but prefers calling it a "hooligan's" game. It has been referred to as "organized chaos" and club captain Sam Mabry emphasizes the word "organized." "Peonle don't understand it. Thev read ar I tides about rugby games and look at the pictures, and it looks like a mad mob," Mabry says. HE ADMITS most persons never play or see rugby until they're in college. He says that not understanding the game accounts for the small crowds, about 50 persons, who usually come to the club's home games. But he adds that anyone can pick up the rules by just watching. "It's a lot simoler than football." Mabrv savs. He gives as an example the offsides rule: if an offensive man gets ahead of the man with the ball he is "offsides" and cannot take part in the play until he is once again behind the ball, or the other team gets possession. That's why you might see offensive team members running backwards. Spectators may also quickly deduce that the ball can only be kicked or carried forward; if it bounces off a man towards the opponent's goal, a "knock'on" penalty is called. Chambas and Mabry agree that rugby is different than American football, the stuff on which most rugby players and spectators have been raised, and Chambas said a five-minute explanation to spectators of these and other rule differences might be a good idea. THEY ALSO AGREE that rugby is less dangerous than either football or soccer. "Just about every player has some type of injury," Mabry says, "but the only way to get hurt is to have the ball." Rugby players cannot tackle anyone who doesn't have the ball, and once the ball carrier is down, he must release the ball. Rugby players cannot use padding or helmets as weapons because they don't wear any. The two 40-minute halves are relieved only by a 10-minute half time. There are no substitutions. See related story. Page 13 IF JSI ^/vfiBwH If Wm^Jm^r^^pj^M JMbJ mme ? " HHHK hhhhh gggr -*V^H gfl apPN" jC* / j[