Jugger
Sign in to saveJugger is a sport inspired by the 1989 film The Salute of the Jugger (released as The Blood of Heroes in the United States), in which a game of the same name is played. The film version was invented by the film's stunt coordinator, Guy Norris, and its writer-director, David Webb Peoples, for the movie. The transformation into a real sport happened independently in Germany, the United States, and Australia in the late '80s and early '90s.
Key facts
- Sport.name
- Jugger
- Sport.image
- 275px
- Sport.caption
- The Hannover Living Undeads in the middle of a Jugger match
- Sport.first
- 1995
- Sport.region
- Spain, Germany, Australia, Ireland, United States, United Kingdom, Poland, Spain, Canada, Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Colombia, Argentina, Italy, Israel
- Sport.mgender
- Yes
- Sport.type
- Ball game, team sport
- Sport.equipment
- Skull-shaped ball, prop weapons, stakes or mounds
- Sport.venue
- Field
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- type of sport
- Subclass of
- team sport
- Named after
- The Blood of Heroes
- Image
- Jugger jump over chain.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jugger
- OpenStreetMap tag
- sport=jugger
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- Goal
- Equipment
- Roles
- Roles (in the film)
- Rules
- Germany
- Australia
- Positions
- Timekeeping
- Hits
- Australia 'POX-ECLIPSE'
- Gameplay
- Safety
- Weapons
- Enforcer
- Chain
- Armour
- WA Jugger League
- Ireland
- United States
- Hits and strike zones
- Media
- See also
- References
- External links
Jugger is a sport inspired by the 1989 film The Salute of the Jugger (released as The Blood of Heroes in the United States), in which a game of the same name is played. The film version was invented by the film's stunt coordinator, Guy Norris, and its writer-director, David Webb Peoples, for the movie. The transformation into a real sport happened independently in Germany, the United States, and Australia in the late '80s and early '90s.
Several variations on the game's rules exist: some focus on teamwork, speed, and agility, and are referred to as "sport jugger"; while others more closely resembles the aesthetics and intensity of the game played in the movie, most commonly referred to as "wasteland jugger."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jugger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.