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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHdYv62F5fs The Perfect Rugby Kick This was inspired by the ever excellent Numberphile video which looked at this problem from the perspective of Geogebra. I thought I would look at the algebra behind this. In rugby we have the situation that when a try is scored, there is an additional kick (conversion kick) which can... Continue Reading →
Finding the volume of a rugby ball (prolate spheroid) With the rugby union World Cup currently underway I thought I'd try and work out the volume of a rugby ball using some calculus. This method works similarly for American football and Australian rules football. The approach is to consider the rugby ball as an... Continue Reading →