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Rugby is played in many countries around the world, but there is an obvious tilt towards commonwealth countries. Traditionally, these countries used (and still use, to some extent) non- metric measurements. However, rugby is all metric, and seems to have been for quite some time. However, you sometimes hear commentators slip, and refer to the 22 (metre line) as the 25 (yard line), which indicates that imperial measurements were used before. I am interested in information about when the change happened, and about the decisions made. If distances were just converted and then rounded, it would have become the 23 metre line. Also, no other distances seem to have changed numbers, despite going from yards to metres. The 15 metre line for the back end of the lineout, for example, seems to give more space than a 15 yard one, and that would affect the tactics a bit. You would think that they would try to avoid affecting the game play when just changing the definitions. Or was it e.g. a 50 ft line before? Some pointers to articles about this would be appreciated. / Coffeeshivers ( talk) 13:01, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
Did going metric have any observable effect on the game itself? ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 13:43, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Why was Kristen Stewart made to wear glasses in Speak? What did this contribute to the plot or character? And what was she anyway? --Tim —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.230.231.84 ( talk) 17:31, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
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Rugby is played in many countries around the world, but there is an obvious tilt towards commonwealth countries. Traditionally, these countries used (and still use, to some extent) non- metric measurements. However, rugby is all metric, and seems to have been for quite some time. However, you sometimes hear commentators slip, and refer to the 22 (metre line) as the 25 (yard line), which indicates that imperial measurements were used before. I am interested in information about when the change happened, and about the decisions made. If distances were just converted and then rounded, it would have become the 23 metre line. Also, no other distances seem to have changed numbers, despite going from yards to metres. The 15 metre line for the back end of the lineout, for example, seems to give more space than a 15 yard one, and that would affect the tactics a bit. You would think that they would try to avoid affecting the game play when just changing the definitions. Or was it e.g. a 50 ft line before? Some pointers to articles about this would be appreciated. / Coffeeshivers ( talk) 13:01, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
Did going metric have any observable effect on the game itself? ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 13:43, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
Why was Kristen Stewart made to wear glasses in Speak? What did this contribute to the plot or character? And what was she anyway? --Tim —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.230.231.84 ( talk) 17:31, 29 December 2009 (UTC)