If you’re keen for success and are eyeing up the top spot, you’ll need to know how the MAN v FAT Rugby scoring system works. Let’s get into it. On the pitch, the rules for MAN v FAT Rugby are pretty similar to the rules for any small-sided touch rugby league, however we will be following a new version of the game called T1 Rugby. The thing that makes MAN v FAT Rugby special? There are opportunities to score bonus tries based on your weight loss and healthy habits. That’s what’s going to help you lose weight, and what’s going to help you and your team sail to the top of the league.

Players can score bonus tries in four ways:

  1. Team bonus. Each week we add up the number of players on your team that have either lost weight versus the previous week or maintained their healthy BMI*. We award a bonus try for each pair, up to a maximum of 5 tries per team – so that’s 1 bonus try per every 2 player that loses weight, with half tries rounded up.*All players must have a BMI of at least 27.5 to join MAN v FAT Rugby. Once a player reaches a healthy BMI, we no longer encourage them to keep losing weight, so the rules switch up for them and they get bonuses for maintaining a healthy BMI, whether they gain or lose weight. Players who record a weight that is both heavier than the previous week and heavier than they were at the start of the current season will score an own goal.

  2. Hat tricks. Any time an individual player records three losses within their club’s league season, they score 1 full bonus try. These losses don’t need to be consecutive, but they don’t overlap seasons, so one player can get a maximum of 4 hat tricks for his team each season.

  3. 5% loss bonuses. When a player reaches an incremental milestone loss of 5% of his body weight, he gets 3 full bonus tries for his team, a maximum of twice per season. This is always based off your weight when you first join us, so you’ll get a bonus for losing 5%, 10%, 15% of that starting weight, and so on, until you reach a healthy BMI for your height.If you manage to lose 15% of your starting weight in just one season, first of all, hats off to you, and second of all, don’t worry about missing out on those sweet, sweet bonuses – they’ll carry over to the first week of the following season so you can hit the ground running.

  4. Food diary tracking. Teams will score 1 additional bonus try for every 1-3 players who complete their weekly food diaries. This encourages mindfulness about your eating habits and a supportive team, since you’ll all need to work together and stay accountable to one another if you want to score the maximum number of points.

Losing weight is the key to success with your team in MAN v FAT Rugby, so don’t forget to focus on building your healthy habits as well as your performance on the pitch.