RL General questions

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

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Ive got 2 ive been wondering about:

- Why do we call the it "Dummy Half"? Its a weird name and it doesnt have an obvious logic. Is it referencing something?

- Does anyone know any of the 1895 Founding Fathers of RL? The Aussies in 1908 are fairly well known, but i can find a single name attached to the NU 1895 move

Thanks in advance for the help. Feel free to post more Qs if you have any....

 

[King hit]

They are called dummy halves because they are not hookers

 

[T-Boon]

- Why do we call the it "Dummy Half"? Its a weird name and it doesnt have an obvious logic. Is it referencing something?

I don't know where the "dummy" comes from a better name would be the half forward or forward half or wrestle back or ground passer.

 

[Fire]

- Does anyone know any of the 1895 Founding Fathers of RL? The Aussies in 1908 are fairly well known, but i can find a single name attached to the NU 1895 move.

Useful website: http://www.napit.co.uk/viewus/infobank/rugby/superleague/history.php

If you're in NSW you should be able to loan the below books from the State Library of New South Wales:
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UcCZPAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL15344746M/Rugby_disunion
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=coJbHAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

 

[unforgiven]

(If there is already a thread like this, please merge them)

Ive got 2 ive been wondering about:

- Why do we call the it "Dummy Half"? Its a weird name and it doesnt have an obvious logic. Is it referencing something?

- Does anyone know any of the 1895 Founding Fathers of RL? The Aussies in 1908 are fairly well known, but i can find a single name attached to the NU 1895 move

Thanks in advance for the help. Feel free to post more Qs if you have any....

They are called Dummy Half or Acting Half because in Rugby it is the half that collects the ball from the ruck, so in Rugby League the player collecting the ball at the ruck is a substitute for the halfback collecting the ball hense the terms Dummy or Acting.

 

[T-Boon]

They are called Dummy Half or Acting Half because in Rugby it is the half that collects the ball from the ruck, so in Rugby League the player collecting the ball at the ruck is a substitute for the halfback collecting the ball hense the terms Dummy or Acting.

So fake half

 

[unforgiven]

So fake half

Exactly, I almost wrote fake half lol.

 

[firechild]

- Why do we call the it "Dummy Half"? Its a weird name and it doesnt have an obvious logic. Is it referencing something?

This is one that sits alongside "Why do they call it a five eighth?" that I really wonder why so few rugby league fans know the answer to. The answers to both are really quite obvious if you know a little bit about the game.

 

[Captain Apollo]

(If there is already a thread like this, please merge them)

Ive got 2 ive been wondering about:

- Why do we call the it "Dummy Half"? Its a weird name and it doesnt have an obvious logic. Is it referencing something?

- Does anyone know any of the 1895 Founding Fathers of RL? The Aussies in 1908 are fairly well known, but i can find a single name attached to the NU 1895 move

Thanks in advance for the help. Feel free to post more Qs if you have any....

It is a reconstruction, but you might find this of some interest -

https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...375150/The+Founding+of+the+Northern+Union.pdf

 

[beave]

In union the same position is called a ‘scrum half’ because he is halfway between the forwards and the backs. I guess in league he’s not positioned at a real scrum/maul at each play the ball so maybe that’s where the ‘dummy’ part of the term comes from??

 

[Differ To The Coifed]

Exactly, I almost wrote fake half lol.

Yes like Jeff Robson

 

[mozza91]

Why does Paul Kent have a job?

 

[Perth Red]

So fake half

Pretend half would be more apt given the way some of them want to play lol

 

[muzby]

They are called Dummy Half or Acting Half because in Rugby it is the half that collects the ball from the ruck, so in Rugby League the player collecting the ball at the ruck is a substitute for the halfback collecting the ball hense the terms Dummy or Acting.

Isn’t the guy playing the ball the active half?

 

[unforgiven]

Isn’t the guy playing the ball the active half?

No, Dummy Half and Acting Half are interchangeable names for the player collecting the ball at the play the ball.

 

[dogslife]

Why is it called rugby league and not topball?

Who the f**k is Jason Smith?

 

[The Rosco]

Why is it called rugby league and not topball?

Who the f**k is Jason Smith?

Jason Smith . . .? I know of him.
Oh hang on, on second thought no, never heard of him.
It never gets old.

 

[Meapro Ham]

Why is blocker roach?

 

[dogslife]

Is Matt Lodge available for kids parties?

 

[Zerô]

Why was St George nicknamed the Dragons and not the Dragon Slayers or Knights?