In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards and seven backs. In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16–23. Players are not restricted to a single position, although they generally specialise in just one or two that suit their skills and body types. Players that play multiple positions are called "utility players".
A rugby league team consists of thirteen players on the field, with four substitutes on the bench. Each of the thirteen players is assigned a position, normally with a standardised number, which reflects their role in attack and defence, although players can take up any position at any time.
Five-eighth or Stand-off is one of the positions in a rugby league football team. Wearing jersey number 6, this player is one of the two half backs in a team, partnering the scrum-half. Sometimes known as the pivot or second receiver, in a traditional attacking 'back-line'. play the five-eighth would receive the ball from the scrum half, who is the first receiver of the ball from the dummy-half or hooker following a tackle.
Jonathan Charles Bell is a former rugby union player and coach. During his playing career, Bell played at centre, appearing for his native province of Ulster and club side Dungannon, as well as playing in England for Northampton Saints. He also played international rugby for Ireland.
Peter John Slattery was a rugby union player playing in the position of scrum-half. He played 17 matches for Australia, and was a starting player during the 1991 Rugby World Cup.
Jonathan Matthews Humphreys is a former Wales international rugby union player. He is now an Assistant Coach for Glasgow Warriors. He was formerly a Forwards Coach for the Scotland national rugby union team.
Thomas Sydney Griffen was an Australian rugby union player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Griffin, a hooker, was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed a total of six international rugby caps for Australia.
James Hanson is a rugby union player for Gloucester Rugby in the Aviva Premiership, playing as a hooker.
Humphreys is a common surname. Notable people with the surname include:
John Arthur Fihelly was a rugby union player who represented Australia, a professional rugby league footballer, a founder of the Queensland rugby league, and a Labor Party politician.
John Garven "Jock" Blackwood was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Francis Wallace Meagher was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Walter Alfred Rigney was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
John Wylie P. Breckenridge was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Paul Patrick Scott Costello was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Jonathon Parker Laidley White is an Australian former national representative rugby union player who made twenty-four Test appearances for his country between 1958 and 1965. He is regarded as one of Australia's finest rugby football players of the 20th century.
