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What is the origin of the word try in rugby?

Anonymous

∙ 16y ago

Updated: 10/20/2022

It comes from 'Try-at-goal'. Originally a try was not worth points but only gave the try-scoring team a chance to 'try-at-goal' meaning they could attempt to gain points by kicking a goal (kick a conversion, convert the 'try' into points).

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∙ 16y ago

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