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Beach Rugby

Beach rugby is a compact rugby format on sand, often played as Beach Fives with a maximum of five players per team on the field. Unlike 15-a-side rugby, it focuses on short attacks, tries, quick restarts and simplified rules; open-play kicking, rucks, mauls and lineouts are not part of World Rugby Beach Fives.

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Classification

Category Ball sport

Family Rugby Codes

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Beach rugby is rugby on sand with small teams, quick restarts and simplified rules, often as Beach Fives.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like rugby pace, contact and team running but want a shorter festival format.

Cost 20-80 EUR for event fee, sports kit, water/sun protection and possible mouthguard; ball and field usually come through club/event. Usually rugby club, beach festival or university sport rather than a separate beach league. Rugby club, beach-rugby festival, touch/tag rugby group or university sport.

First progress Rugby experience helps; sand running, contact control and rule changes take several sessions.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

rugby ball
safe sand area
markings
team
water/sun protection
mouthguard by contact level

First steps

find a rugby club or Beach Fives event
practise backward passing and safe contact
play short 5v5 games
clarify local festival rules

Rugby club, beach-rugby festival, university sport, touch/tag rugby offer or World Rugby-adjacent variant information.

Check the sand area, learn tackling progressively, use a mouthguard by contact level and manage heat/rest breaks.

Weitere Angaben

Tags variant, variante, outdoor, beach, team, rugby, beach-rugby, ball-sport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Score more points than the other team by advancing the ball and scoring tries.

Teilnehmer

Two teams; Beach Fives laws allow a maximum of five players per team on the field.

Teamgröße

5v5 in the core Beach Fives format, with substitutes by event.

Spielfeld

Safe sand area with markings, try lines and touch lines.

Dauer

Short-match formats by festival or tournament.

Wertung

Tries decide the score; local rules may define additional details.

Gewinnbedingung

Most points/tries at full time wins.

Ausrüstung

rugby ball
sand-field markings
team kit
mouthguard by contact level

Wichtige Regelpunkte

knock-on
forward pass
unsafe tackle
open-play kick
not releasing the ball on the ground