Most offside decisions in rugby union happen at rucks and mauls, especially when the ball is being recycled a lot. Like the scrum, an imaginary line is drawn through the foot of the last player in the ...

NORTH Melbourne hopes to have unearthed a ruck bargain, having convinced a promising rugby union and rowing prospect to switch to Australian football. North has signed 17-year-old Tom Jeffries, who ...

Is there a difference between them? Basically, it all depends on whether the tackled player is held up by an opponent or goes to ground. In a maul the ball is held off the floor and all the players ...