Rugby

[Redheadthere]

I accept it`s easy to score points in a game of rugby union. I mean, you`ve only got to stand in the wrong place and you can concede a penalty. Does anyone know though of any top flight game that ended scoreless?

[bibblebub]

a quick search finds
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070223092346AA168o4
http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?19379-Lowest-score-during-a-Rugby-Union-match

which give these possibilities:-
- Gala v Heriots (?) in the scottish 1st division in the mid 90's.
- a leinster final
- Ireland and Scotland played out 3 0-0 draws before 1901
- Tonga played Fiji in a 3-match series during 1924. They won the first match 9-6, lost the second 14-3 and drew the decider 0-0.
- Scotland v New Zealand in 1963 (possibly)

[jno]

the laws are constantly being tinkered with to encourage more scoring but up until 1980 or so, low scores were the norm, more like football than basketball.

England v Scotland 1886. NZ v Scotland 1963.

[Quizmonster]

'Conceding a penalty', as such, is not the same easy points in rugby as it generally is in football...except when England reaches a penalty shoot-out, obviously! A team may win a dozen penalties and score from none of them if they're all inside their own 22, say.