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How much does a rugby ball weigh?
435 g15.3 ozWhich one: World Rugby: 410 to 460 g
A rugby ball weighs about 435 g (15.3 oz).
Sizes and weights of sports equipment are set by rulebooks, so these are some of the most exact numbers in the game. Where a rule allows a range, Tilt uses the middle of it. Source for this figure: World Rugby Law 2.
How heavy is that?
- A rugby ball weighs about as much as 7.3 eggs.
- A rugby ball weighs about as much as 440 paperclips.
- A rugby ball weighs about as much as 17,000 grains of rice.
- It takes about 10 rugby balls to balance a cat.
- It takes about 1,100 rugby balls to balance a horse.
About the same weight
More sports balls and gear
- Volleyball 270 g
- American football 411 g
- Soccer ball 430 g
- Boxing glove 454 g
- Basketball 620 g
- Bowling ball 7.26 kg
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