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CPRFC Cherry Point Rugby Football Club MCAS Cherry Point, NC
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Welcome to the Cherry Point Rugby Football Club Homepage! CPRFC is a military club that is based at the Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina. Our members are mostly Marines stationed at MCAS Cherry Point and we have a few visiting civilians from time to time who are, for the most part former Marines that played with us while serving in the USMC. We are members of the North Carolina LAU, Rugby South, USA Rugby. We are also members of the United States Military Rugby Program. Currently our competition pitch is located at MCAS Cherry Point directly behind the McDonald's. Introduction to RugbyRugby is a popular game played by men and women of every race and creed, from under age five to well over fifty, in over 100 countries of the world. The basic game involves 15 players though seven-a-side tournaments are also popular. The object of the game is to score as many points as possible by carrying, passing, kicking and grounding an oval ball in the scoring zone at the far end of the field -- called the in-goal area. Grounding the ball, which must be done with downward pressure, results in a try (worth 5 points). After a try a conversion may be attempted by place kick or drop kick. If the ball passes over the bar and between the goal posts, the conversion is successful and results in a further 2 points. Points may also be scored from a drop kick in general play (worth 3 points) and a penalty kick (worth 3 points). The ball may not be passed forward (though it may be kicked forward) and players may not receive the ball in an offside position, nor may they wait in such a position. Players may not be tackled without the ball. Play only stops when a try is scored, the ball goes out of play, or an infringement occurs. When the ball goes out it is thrown back in at a line-out where the opposing "forwards" line up and jump for the ball. Infringements result in a penalty, or free kick, or scrum. In a scrum the opposing forwards bind together in a unit and push against the other forwards, trying to win the ball with their feet. Substitutions are only allowed in case of injury and there is no separate offensive and defensive unit.
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