... another person with the goal of achieving a goal without suffering. In other words "Gamesmanship", which can be said to be cheating within the laws or bending them. An example of this would be going into a tackle and hitting your opponent with your shoulder first, then wrapping your arms around them. Assertiveness is not entirely a form of aggression but a use of legitimate strategy and force to achieve a prescribed goal within the laws of rugby. An example of this would be an assertive tackle in the beginning of the game in order to intimidate the opponent. Figure 1: showing gray vagueness areas of different types of aggression. Through the years many psychologist have introduced theories to how and why aggression is caused. Freud and Lorenz suggested that people, like animals have inherent predisposition to act aggressively. And Hobbes (1600) called humans homo Lumpus or human wolfs, suggesting that aggressive ...

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