Beach rugby

The sport is particularly popular in Italy, in the Balkan region and in Eastern Europe.

In Beach rugby, rucks, mauls, scrums, gang tackles, kicks above waist heights, lineouts are outlawed.

The size of a beach rugby field depends on the decision of the league.

A rugby ball is oval-shaped and made of synthetic leather panels that have small dimples to enhance handling.

Occasionally, a sudden-death extra time period is used to resolve matches drawn at the end of regulation, but not all leagues use this rule.