Coin Rugby
Challenge the family to a table -top round of good ole fashioned coin rugby. This is a game for two players so form a line-up and may the best man win!
Two players face each other at opposite ends of a dining table. Decide who is Player 1 and Player 2. Take a coin – $1, $2 or 50c, whatever you have on-hand – this is your ‘rugby ball’. Before kicking off, decide what score you are playing to – maybe first to 15?
Player 1 starts with the coin overhanging (balanced half on and half off the table) their end of the table. Player 1 flicks the coin with their fingers or bumps it with their hand –up to three times – to move it across the table. If the coin goes off the table or doesn’t overhang the other end, no points are awarded and the turn goes to the other player. If the coin DOES overhang, Player 1 gets five points and a chance at goal.
For a chance at goal, Player 1 takes the coin and spins it on table,aiming to catch it between their thumbs whilst mid-spin. If Player 1 DOESN’T catch it between the thumbs, their turn ends.
If Player 1 DOES catch it, Player 2 makes a goalpost by placing their thumbs together and spreading their hands out on the table. Player 1 holds the coin between their thumbs,then ‘throws’ the coin through the goal post. Two points are awarded for getting the coin between the posts.Now, the players swap over and Player 2 takes a turn!