Loosehead Hooker Second row Second row Tighthead Blindside Number 8 Openside Scrum half Fly half Inside centre Left wing Outside centre Right wing Fullback
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Rugby Union: Guide to the Laws
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Choose a position:
1 :  Loosehead Prop
2 :  Hooker
3 :  Tighthead Prop
4 :  Second Row
5 :  Second Row
6 :  Blindside Flanker
7 :  Openside Flanker
8 :  Number 8
9 :  Scrum Half
10 :  Fly Half
11 :  Left Wing
12 :  Inside Centre
13 :  Outside Centre
14 :  Right Wing
15 :  Fullback
Position two
Click on the numbers above for a detailed look at every position
Hooker
One of the joys of rugby is that it is a sport for all sizes.

The 15 men who run out offer different skills for the various situations that may occur. The scrum is made up of eight men who, whether short or tall, all share one trait - they are big brutes who like to get stuck in.

Behind them the backs, contrastingly, offer speed and style. And the two sets of players are joined by the half backs at numbers nine and ten, the talkers and tacticians of the side.

BBC Sport Online introduces you to the many faces that make a rugby XV.

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