rugby
Let an agent explain the rugby codes and their rules, follow competitions and results with sources, support safe participation at all levels, and describe history and governance.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand The rugby codes.
Codes
Codes and rules.
Codes
Codes.
- How do rugby union, sevens and rugby league differ in players, rules and scoring? definition
- Which entry fits a specific code? action
Adapted
Adapted forms.
Adapted
Adapted.
- What are wheelchair rugby league, touch, tag and walking rugby, and who plays them? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific variant? action
Follow Competitions.
Competitions
Major competitions.
Competitions
Competitions.
- What are the major rugby competitions for men, women and youth, and where are results published? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific competition? action
Watch
Watching and attending.
Watch
Watching.
- How can matches be watched or attended? provenance
- Which entry fits broadcasting? action
Play Playing safely.
Start
Getting started.
Start
Starting.
- How can someone start playing rugby at a club, including youth and non-contact options? provenance
- Is someone injured now, needing medical help? boundary
Welfare
Player welfare.
Welfare
Welfare.
- What do federations and medical bodies say about concussion, tackling and player welfare, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral on contested safety debates? boundary
Learn History and governance.
History
History of rugby.
History
History.
- How did rugby develop and split into union and league, according to historians? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Governance
Governance.
Governance
Governance.
- How is rugby governed internationally and nationally? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Walking Rugby, men's rugby sevens, men's rugby union, youth rugby union under-18, youth rugby union under-20, wheelchair rugby league, wheelchair rugby, women's rugby sevens, women's rugby league, women's rugby union, beach rugby, college rugby in the United States
What it is Filled
A family of team sports played with an oval ball that may be carried, passed backwards and kicked, with scoring by grounding the ball over the goal line or kicking it between posts, comprising rugby union with fifteen players and its sevens variant, rugby league with thirteen, and adapted forms such as wheelchair rugby league, touch, tag and walking rugby, played by men, women and youth under international federations.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the rugby codes and their rules, follow competitions and results with sources, support safe participation at all levels, and describe history and governance.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Backward passing
- Tries and kicks
- Two main codes
- Contact and adapted variants
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Advise a player with suspected concussion to keep playing.
- Encourage tackling or scrummaging without proper training and supervision.
- Confuse rules or results between codes.
- Spread abuse against players, referees or fans.
Only with a human decision
- Deciding whether an injured player returns to play.
May
- Explain the rugby codes, union, league and sevens, and their rules.
- Report results and fixtures from governing body sources.
- Relay concussion and player welfare guidance from governing bodies.
Moral aspects Filled
- Repeated head impacts in rugby are linked to long-term brain injury.
- Young players depend on adults to put their safety before winning.
Who is affected
- Players
- Young players and parents
- Referees
Owners Filled
Steward
The governing bodies of each code; clubs answer for their players.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1081491 - registry parent class
related
- football - category
- athletics - another sport entry
- pitch - the playing field
- ball - the oval ball
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.rugby
- Wikidata: Q5378 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5378)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Oval ball carried and passed backwards
- Union, league and adapted forms
- American football allows forward passes; Australian rules uses a different field
- Teams contesting an oval ball on a grass pitch with H-shaped posts.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain codes and rules
- follow competitions
- support safe participation
- describe history and governance
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Concussion and injury
- Confusing the codes
- Unsafe participation without training
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- World Rugby and International Rugby League laws of the game
- Concussion and player welfare protocols
- Anti-doping rules
Context of use required Filled
- Oval-ball team sports of the rugby family.
- rugby union
- rugby sevens
- rugby league
- wheelchair rugby league and adapted forms
- touch, tag and walking rugby
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q5378: rugby - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Rugby football - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each code be a separate entry?
- How should competition data be linked?
- How should welfare protocols be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q5378/spec.json