The approach of the Beijing Winter Olympics has ignited the youth's enthusiasm for ice and snow.
In Shenyang, Liaoning, a group of young people started a snow rugby competition in the ice and snow.
Rugby is called a wild sport, and it often falls down when playing on the lawn, so what kind of scene will it be like playing on the snow?
In the Shenyang City College rugby field, a series of distinctive snow rugby has become a special activity for the students after snow.
The "2021 Shenyang City College Snow Rugby Club League", which lasted more than half a month, is going on in the cold wind.
Serve, chase, pass, touchdown, all in one go.
The temperature in Shenyang that day was below freezing, and team members were often thrown to the ground with snow on their faces and clothes.
According to reports, snow rugby has become an increasingly popular event in northern China, with competitions in the Northeast and the whole country every year.
The Shenyang City College League adopts a rugby game system, with 15 men's and women's teams participating.
Different from common rugby, the snow rugby field has 5 players on both sides at the same time, and the number of substitutions is unlimited. The first and the second half are 6 minutes each. These features make snow rugby more exciting and interesting.
The Shenyang City College Rugby Team is a well-known rugby team in colleges and universities across the country. It has won the second place for the women's team and third place for the men's team in the Chinese College Sevens Rugby Championship.
Won the men's championship of Heilongjiang Snow Rugby College twice in 2018 and 2019.
This competition adopts a single round robin system, and the competition will end on November 28.
(Reporter Yu Ruizhai)
Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]