Level 2 Video Worksheet 3: Rugby

1 Match the words with the definitions.

to be permitted to code to create full just

to touch down slightly oval trophy Midlands

1 to invent something, or to make something new happen …………..

2 with a shape like an egg …………..
3 complete, with nothing missing…………..
4 a thing like a silver cup that you win in a competition …………..
5 the central part of England, neither north nor south …………..
6 only …………..
7 a system of laws or rules which tells people what to do …………..
8 a little …………..
9 to be allowed to do something …………..
10 to put the ball on the ground behind the other team’s goal line …………..

2 Watch the video clip. Number these topics 1-4 in the order that you hear about
them.

the Rugby Union World Cup ….

the early days of rugby football ….
Rugby Union and Rugby League ….
Rugby School ….

3 Watch the video clip again. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).

1 Rugby School is in the English Midlands.

2 Rugby School is a day school for boys and girls.
3 The modern game of rugby football was created at Rugby School.
4 There was no full written code for rugby football in the early days.
5 William Webb-Ellis ran forward with the ball when he should have stopped.
6 These days rugby football is popular in the UK and few other countries.
7 Rugby Union and Rugby League have very different rules.
8 You use an oval ball in both kinds of rugby.
9 You can only win points in rugby by kicking goals.
10 The Rugby Union World Cup prize is called the ‘William’ Trophy.

Aim High 2 Video Clip 3 © Oxford University Press 2010

4 Watch the video clip for a third time. Circle the correct numbers in the
sentences.

1 Rugby school started in 1567/1657 as a school just for boys. Girls started going
there in 1937/1973. It costs over £20,000/£30,000 a year to study there.
2 Rugby football began in the 18th/19th century. In 1823/1832 a boy at the school
broke the rules of the game when he ran with the ball. On 28th/29th August 1845/1854
a group of 3/4 boys aged between 15/16 and 17/18 finished writing the 27/37 rules of
rugby football.
3 In Rugby Union there are 13/15 players on a team and in Rugby League there are
13/15. A rugby match lasts 60/80 minutes.

4 Every 4/5 years teams from around the world play in the Rugby Union World Cup.
South Africa were the winners in 2007/2010.

Aim High 2 Video Clip 3 © Oxford University Press 2010