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.
Thomas Michael Dunstan Voyce is a former English rugby union player who played at wing or fullback. He previously played for England.
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.
Thomas James "Rusty" Richards MC was an Australian military officer and national representative rugby union player, who was born at Vegetable Creek, Emmaville in New South Wales. Richards is the only Australian-born player to ever represent both Australia and the British Lions and as such the Tom Richards Trophy is named in his honor. He is an inductee to the Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame. However, Tom Richards is not the only player to play Rugby for the Lions and Australia. Blair Swannell (1875-1915) played 32 times for the Lions, has the most test wins of any Lion(6)and, following his immigration to Australia, played one Test for Australia, against New Zealand in 1905. Swannell joined the Australian Infantry and landed with the 1st Battalion at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915 and was shot and killed by a sniper that day.
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.
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 Cecil Parke was an Irish rugby player, tennis player, golfer and Olympic medallist.
Pekahou J. M. Cowan is an Australian rugby union footballer who plays for Japanese Top East League side Shimizu Blue Sharks. His usual position is prop and he can play on both sides of the scrum.
Between October 1966 and March 1967 the Australia national rugby union team – the Wallabies – conducted a world tour on which they played five Tests and thirty-one minor tour matches. Under the captaincy of John Thornett they toured UK, Ireland, France and Canada winning nineteen matches, losing fourteen and drawing three. At one stage they failed to win in four successive matches although in the Test match against England they gave the home side its heaviest defeat in 16 years.
James Hanson is a rugby union player for Gloucester Rugby in the Aviva Premiership, playing as a hooker.
Alfred John "Ginger" Colton was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Walter Davis was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Thomas Shaftesbury "Tom" Smith was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Edward Joseph "Ted" Thorn was an Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative flanker who made 36 appearances for the Waratahs. He played in fifteen Test matches and was captaining the national side on thirteen occasions between 1924 and 1926.
Francis Wallace Meagher was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
John Wylie P. Breckenridge was a rugby union player who represented Australia.
Eric Hamilton Davis was a rugby union player who represented Australia. Davis, a prop, was born in Abbey Wood, Kent and claimed a total of 4 international rugby caps for Australia.
