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Rugby league positions
Rugby league positions: the 13 numbered on-field roles (1 fullback to 13 loose forward) in rugby league's 13-a-side game, with backs 1–7, forwards 8–13, interchange benches, and differences from rugby union's 15 positions.
Rugby League World Cup
Rugby League World Cup, IRL's international rugby league championship since 1954; men's, women's (2000) and wheelchair (2008) events; Australia holds 12 of 16 titles; RLWC2026 in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
Rugby sevens
Rugby sevens, often called sevens or Rugby 7s, is a form of rugby union with seven players a side and 14-minute matches, invented in Melrose, Scotland, in 1883.
Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics, its Olympic debut at Rio de Janeiro after a 92-year rugby union absence; 12-team men's and women's tournaments at Deodoro, with Fiji and Australia winning the first gold medals.
Rugby sevens at the 2026 Asian Games
Rugby sevens at the 2026 Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya), 1-3 October 2026 at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Rugby Field; 12 men's and 8 women's teams; Hong Kong China won men's gold, Japan women's gold, China silver in both.
Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics
Rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics, also called Olympic rugby sevens, is the seven-a-side rugby union tournament at the Games since Rio 2016, after a 92-year gap; Fiji and Australia were the first champions, France won men's gold in 2024.
Rugby union
Rugby union: 15-a-side (or sevens) contact football code with 21 World Rugby laws; first international 1871, IRFB founded 1886, professional since 1995, Rugby World Cup since 1987.
Rugby union bonus points system
Rugby union bonus points system: extra league points for four or more tries or losing by seven or fewer, standard 4-2-0 allocation, adopted from Super Rugby 1996 and the 2003 Rugby World Cup to the Six Nations in 2017.
Rugby union positions
Rugby union positions: the 15 on-field roles in 15-a-side rugby union, eight forwards (1-8) and seven backs (9-15), with sevens using three forwards and four backs; covers numbering, roles, laws, and history.
Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup: quadrennial rugby union championship for the Webb Ellis Cup, first held 1987 in Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand and South Africa hold three men's titles each; England won 2003; 24 teams from 2027.
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Rugby World Cup Sevens, the quadrennial world championship of rugby sevens run by World Rugby, first held in Edinburgh in 1993; England won the inaugural Melrose Cup, New Zealand lead with three men's and two women's titles.
Rui Hachimura (八村塁)
Rui Hachimura (八村塁), born 1998 in Toyama, Japan, is a Japanese NBA power forward, 9th overall pick in 2019 by the Wizards, later the Lakers, signed by the Clippers in 2026 to a two-year, $28 million deal.
Rule 5 draft
Rule 5 Draft: annual MLB December draft of unprotected minor leaguers, dating to 1892. $100,000 fee, pick must stay on the MLB roster all season or be offered back for $50,000; famous pick Roberto Clemente (1954).
Rules of baseball
Rules of baseball: the codified playing rules, chiefly MLB's Official Baseball Rules, plus WBSC, NCAA, and NFHS codes. Covers strike zone, infield fly, balks, 2023 pitch-clock and shift changes, and ABS adoption for 2026.
Rules of basketball
Rules of basketball: codified playing regulations from James Naismith's 1891 original 13 rules to today's FIBA Official Basketball Rules, NBA Official Rules, and NCAA rules, differing in game length, court size, three-point distance, and foul limits.
Rules of netball
Rules of Netball: World Netball's official rulebook for seven-a-side netball; 2024 Edition effective 1 January 2024, covering positions, footwork, obstruction, and the FAST5 short format.
Run (baseball)
Run (baseball): the unit of scoring, credited when a player legally touches home plate. Covers run scored, earned vs. unearned runs, RBI, Rule 5.08, and run-estimation metrics like Runs Created and BaseRuns.
Run batted in
Run batted in (RBI) is a baseball statistic credited to a batter whose batting action scores a run; also called ribbies. Excluded on errors and double plays; first published by the Chicago Tribune in 1880.
Running back
A running back (RB), also known as a halfback or tailback, is an offensive position in American football, usually the team's main ball carrier in rushing, receiving, and blocking.
Rupp Arena
Rupp Arena, at Central Bank Center in Lexington, Kentucky, opened 1976, home of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball; 20,500 seats, named for coach Adolph Rupp, hosted 1985 Final Four.
Ruslan Gazizov
Ruslan Gazizov (Руслан Газизов), born 2004, Russian ice hockey forward; 2020 Winter Youth Olympics gold medalist, four OHL seasons with London, now a VHL forward for Diesel Penza after one KHL game with Torpedo.
Russ Howard
Russ Howard (born 1956, Midland, Ontario) is a Canadian curler, two-time Brier and world champion (1987, 1993), 2006 Olympic gold medallist with Team Gushue, and originator of the Moncton Rule, the free guard zone.
Russell Henley
Russell Henley (born 1989, Macon, Georgia) is an American PGA Tour golfer, six-time tour winner including the 2013 Sony Open debut and 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational, 2025 Ryder Cup member, ranked sixth in the OWGR.
Russell Okung
Russell Okung, former NFL offensive tackle (Seahawks, Broncos, Chargers, Panthers), drafted 6th overall in 2010, two-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl XLVIII champion, and first NFL player paid partly in bitcoin.
Russell Westbrook
Russell Westbrook, NBA point guard (born 1988), 2017 MVP, 9-time All-Star, drafted 4th in 2008 by Seattle; retired August 12, 2026 after 18 seasons as all-time triple-double leader (209) with 27,176 points.
Russell Wilson
Russell Wilson is an American former NFL quarterback who led the Seattle Seahawks to their first Super Bowl title and retired in 2026 after 14 seasons.
Russia men's national ice hockey team
Russia men's national ice hockey team (Сборная России по хоккею с шайбой), governed by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia and IIHF successor to the Soviet team: 27 world and 9 Olympic golds, competed as OAR/ROC, banned from IIHF play since February 2022.
Rusty Staub
Rusty Staub (Daniel Joseph Staub, "Le Grand Orange"), MLB outfielder/first baseman 1963-1985 for Astros, Expos, Mets, Tigers, Rangers; only player with 500+ hits for four teams; died 2018.
Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
Rutgers Scarlet Knights football is Rutgers University's Division I FBS program in the Big Ten. Hosted college football's first intercollegiate game in 1869, plays at SHI Stadium (41,500) under coach Greg Schiano.
Rutgers Stadium
Rutgers Stadium, called SHI Stadium since 2019, is Rutgers University's football stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. Opened 1994 on the 1938 stadium site, capacity 52,454 after a $102 million 2009 expansion; naming rights run through June 2029.