IT’S always a good feeling seeing your nation secure a try – but securing a bonus point makes victories a little bit sweeter.
Some of the best rugby union squads are set to go at it once again at the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
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And if you don’t try, you don’t win – it is as simple as that.
But fans want to know how many tries their nations need to collect a bonus point.
How many tries for a bonus point at Rugby World Cup 2023?
A try bonus point will be awarded to teams that score four or more tries in a Pool match.
And earning bonus points in addition to the ones given for winning is an incentive for sides to score as much as possible.
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The winner of a match will receive four points, while a draw sees the teams
However, nations can also collect a losing bonus point should they suffer defeat by seven or fewer points.
Bonus points were first introduced to the Rugby World Cup at the 2003 Australian tournament.
Are bonus points given in the knockout phase?
Bonus points are NOT awarded in the knockout stages of the competition.
There are different procedures to determine the result of a match if scores are still level after the full-time whistle.
Extra time of ten minutes each way with a five-minute interval is the first stage.
If the scores are still level, then a ten-minute sudden death where the next team that scores wins is played out.
And if there is still no breakthrough, a kicking competition comes into play where nominated players have to kick from three areas of the field until the most successful side wins.
When is the Rugby World Cup 2023?
The Rugby World Cup will begin on Friday, September 8.The tournament will last around 7 weeks, with the final taking place on Saturday, October 28.Matches will be held in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne, Nice, Nantes and Toulouse.