The Flying Kukris usually train late August until end April at HKIEd Sports Centre. Please read the HKIEd SC FK House Rules.

Everybody please arrive for training at 9.30. We finish at noon.

Variations due to pitch availabilty, tournaments and league matches will normally be announced in What's New and highlighted on your Team page.


So what happened to the ELVs over the Summer?

After last season the IRB has chosen to discard 3 ELVs:
Law 17 - Head/shoulder must not be lower than the hips,
Law 17 - Pulling down the maul,
Law 19 - Choice of numbers in line-out.

So what does that mean for us?
Simply the laws reverts and again says "Players joining a maul must have their heads and shoulders no lower than their hips". Sanction = Free Kick. "A player must not intentionally collapse a maul. This is dangerous play." Sanction = Penalty Kick. Finally as far as forming a line-out is concerned, "At least 2 players from each team must form a line-out. The team throwing in the ball decides the maximum number of players in the line-out." Sanction = Free Kick on the 15m line.

The rest are now all Laws - the ELVs are dead! So Learn the Laws of Rugby.

An introduction to rugby

Highlighted skill for January: A guide to the offside rule

Followed by How to beat a man one on one:

Here's an example from a recent International of the commitment needed to put in a big hit:

And here's another example of how not to do it:

Tackling is about 25% technique and about 75% self-belief and commitment. Get that first big hit in and feel the buzz of a job well done!

And a few choice highlights from the recent rugby matches. Watching International rugby can teach you the good stuff and it can show you the bad stuff!