How a rugby sevens match works

1. Seven players a side on a full-size rugby pitch, playing rugby union's laws with a few changes.
2. Players carry, pass and kick the ball, but may never throw or knock it forward with the hand. A ball-carrier is stopped by a tackle, and must then release the ball.
3. A try, grounding the ball in the opponents' in-goal, scores five points. The conversion after it, a drop kick, scores two. A penalty goal or a dropped goal scores three.
4. After a score, the team that scored kicks off. The team with more points wins.

How long

Two halves of seven minutes, with a break of at most two minutes. A yellow card sends a player off for two minutes.