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Ruck (rugby union) Rugby union is a contact sport that consists of two teams of fifteen players. The objective is to obtain more points than the opposition through scoring '' tries'' or kicking goals over eighty minutes of playing time. The play is started with on ...

, a contesting for the ball in Rugby Union from a grounded player *

Ruck (Australian rules football) In Australian rules football, the ruck is the name given to both the contests for the ball initiated by a field umpire to commence play, and to the players' specialist position who nominate to contest them (sometimes gendered as a ruckman/ruck ...

, an aerial contest in Australian-rules football between rival rucks *

Ruck (rugby league) Like most forms of modern football, rugby league football is played outdoors on a rectangular grass field with goals at each end that are attacked and defended by two opposing teams. The Laws of rugby league, rules of rugby league have changed ...

, the area surrounding a tackled player in rugby-league football ;People *

Sean Price Sean Duval Price (March 17, 1972August 8, 2015) was an American rapper and member of the hip hop collective Boot Camp Clik. He was one half of the duo Heltah Skeltah, performing under the name Ruck, along with partner Rock. Early life and edu ...

, American rapper who went by the name "Ruck" as a member of Heltah Skeltah *

Alan Ruck Alan Douglas Ruck (born July 1, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Cameron Frye in John Hughes' film '' Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986), as well as television roles as Stuart Bondek on the ABC sitcom '' Spin City'' (1996� ...

(born 1956), American actor *

Berta Ruck Amy Roberta (Berta) Ruck (2 August 1878 – 11 August 1978) was a prolific Welsh writer of over 90 romance novels from 1905 to 1972. She also wrote short stories, an autobiography and two books of memoirs. Her married name was Mrs Oliver Onions ...

(1878–1978), British writer of short stories and romance novels * Calvin Ruck (1925–2004), Canadian senator and author *

Carl A. P. Ruck Carl Anton Paul Ruck (born December 8, 1935, Bridgeport, Connecticut) is a professor in the Classical Studies department at Boston University. He received his B.A. at Yale University, his M.A. at the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. at Harvar ...

(born 1935), American professor of Classical Studies * Carl Ruck (field hockey) (1912–1980), German field-hockey player *

Caroline Rück Caroline Rück is a former Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses ...

, Swiss curler * Monique Ruck-Petit (born 1942), Swiss and French chess master *

Richard Ruck Major-General Sir Richard Mathews Ruck (27 May 1851 – 17 March 1935) was a British Army officer who served with the Royal Engineers, spending most of his career in the Submarine Mining Service, before becoming the Director of Fortifications ...

(1851–1935), Welsh footballer and Royal Engineers soldier *

Róbert Ruck Róbert Ruck (born 10 December 1977) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster (GM) (2000), Hungarian Chess Championship winner (2002), Chess Olympiad team silver medal winner (2002), World Team Chess Championship individual bronze medal winner (2001). ...

(born 1977), Hungarian chess grandmaster *

Sian Ruck Sian Elizabeth Ansley Ruck is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a left-arm Fast bowling, medium Bowling (cricket), bowler. She appeared in 27 Women's One Day International, One Day Internationals and 37 Women's Twenty20 International, ...

(born 1953), New Zealand international cricketer *

Ulrich Rück Ulrich Rück (October 18, 1882 in Nuremberg – November 6, 1962 in Nuremberg) was a German collector of musical instruments, chemist and dealer in pianos. Biography Ulrich Rück, together with his brother Hans, continued the work of his father ...

(1882–1962), German collector of musical instruments and dealer in pianofortes * Wolfgang Ruck (born 1946), Canadian sprint canoeist

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