I'm watching the Netflix documentary and tbh without knowing much about the game I feel its pretty lacking at explaining some basic things.
Like I'm in the last episode and I still don't know how.many points you het for what? Like how many points for winning the game etc. I've gathered is variable lol
Also almost no mention of things like the Triple Crown etc. They focus on the overall champioship but I thought that there's way more than that, right? Those other titles are quite important, for what I recall?
The points system is odd in rugby and it's one of those things I think they might have ignored because as soon as you explain it people's eyes start to glaze over.
In game - 5 for a try (touching the ball down over the try line) and then 2 if you make the conversion.
Penalty kicks and drop goals - 3 points
After the game - if you've scored 4 tries you get 1 point in the table, win or lose.
If you've lost but are within 7 points in the game, 1 point in the table.
Winning = 4 points in the table
Drawing = 2 points
There are trophies in between different teams that are important (Calcutta Cup is only between England and Scotland for example, Triple Crown is England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland) but again could add confusion - Scotland could win the Calcutta Cup and the Triple Crown but lose the 6 Nations to France/Italy
Basically - it's been around so long that there are tonnes of weird nuances that they've clearly decided not to talk about and focus on the players. Which can be interesting but removes a lot of the context. It's bizarre they can have eight episodes and not mention a scrum.
