На 13 октомври 1972 г., полет 571 на уругвайските военновъздушни сили, нает да превози отбор по ръгби до Чили, се разбива в ледник в сърцето на Андите. Малцината пътници, които оцеляват при катастрофата, се оказват в една от най-трудните за оцеляване среди в света.
Филмът разказва вдъхновяващата история на Нелсън Мандела и неговите опити да обедини нацията в труден момент. Мандела се обръща за помощ към капитана на южноафриканския отбор по ръгби. Новоизбраният държавен глава е наясно, че неговия народ остава както икономически разединен, така и заради расовата сегрегация. Мандела вярва, че би могъл да обедини хората чрез универсалния език на спорта.
Една от най-коментираните и невероятни истории са силата на човешкия дух се е разиграла на 13 октомври, петък, 1972 г., когато самолет на уругвайските авиолинии, превозващ младежки отбор по ръгби, катастрофирал в Андите. Част от пътниците загинали на място, но повечето останали живи, за да чакат помощ... за да чуят по радиото, че издирването е прекратено... за да останат без храна и вода... за да се борят с минусовите температури и планинските бедствия... за да преживеят десет седмици в тези условия и накрая да се опитат сами да доведат спасението си.
Rick Penning lives life just like he plays rugby; fast, hard-hitting and intense. When life on the edge lands him in jail, prison ward Marcus Tate offers him a chance to get back in the game by playing for his rival, Highland Rugby. Reluctantly Rick joins the team where he must adopt the grueling training schedule that Coach Gelwix enforces, or finish out the season behind bars.
Филмът следва три контрастни и преплетени истории, случващи се рамките на една квадратна миля от съвременния Лондон. Бивш играч на ръгби, Макс се бори да намери живот извън игрището и опитва да спаси брака си с бившата актриса Емили. Кингсли е малък наркодилър, който отчаяно търси път да се махне от улицата.
A 17 year-old student is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity.
Mark, a new and inexperienced rugby club member, finds himself drawn to Warren, a seasoned first team player. When a series of happenstances at an away fixture lead to a drunken encounter, Mark and Warren unwittingly embark on a romantic affair they struggle to hide from their partners and teammates.
A music-mad 16-year-old outcast at a rugby-mad boarding school forms an unlikely friendship with his dashing new roommate.
Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
In Northern England in the early 1960s, Frank Machin is mean, tough and ambitious enough to become an immediate star in the rugby league team run by local employer Weaver.
Hero and Beatrice, cousins and best friends, have very different approaches to love. Beatrice, burned once, is fiercely avoiding her arrogant ex-boyfriend Benedick and has sworn off men in general. Hero, a true romantic, is deeply in love with Benedick's friend Claudio, but too shy to say it. When they get trapped in a house with the entire boys rugby team, they'll be forced to face the questions they'd been avoiding.
Odyssey Saône, a young Wallisian of Caledonian origin, leaves everything behind to try his luck in France as a rugby player. Soane is thirsty for freedom, fighting for recognition that it lacks.
Jean, 18 years old, is the prodigy heeler of his village rugby club. While his team is defending its title, he falls madly in love with Ayoub, a player from the opposing team. The brotherly relationship he has with his teammates turns out to be more fragile than he thought.
Бившият известен ръгбист Джо Канаваро възпитава своя 13-годишен син в неголямо село в южна Франция. Том се учи добре в училище и постига успехи в математиката, обаче за разлика от своя баща, обожава да играе голф. Но за Джо приемствеността между поколенията непременно трябва да бъде продължена. Така той, въпреки волята на своя син и цялото село, решава да го притисне, за да стане момчето ръгбист.
Diagnosed with an incurable illness, Charles, a rugby tycoon who has made a fortune in New Zealand prints an ad in his hometown looking for his sister that he's not seen in fifty years. A notary clerk, believing that Charles has a terminal illness responds to Charles' search for heirs claiming to be his sister. Charles finds that he was misdiagnosed and returns to France to meet his long lost sister.
A Uruguayan rugby team crashes in the Andes Mountains and has to survive the extremely cold temperatures and rough climate. As some of the people die, the survivors are forced to make a terrible decision between starvation and cannibalism.
A dare led a rugby player to kiss his receptive waiter, which led to his first intimate night with a man. He woke with the possibility of a meaningful romance, but circumstances may not be as he thought.
Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their latest get-rich-quick scheme. Though he sincerely wants to teach, young Timmy finds that his female students are far more interested in keeping their eyes on him than on the road.
Upon learning of his girlfriend's infidelity, Greg, the star player of his elite private school’s rugby team, suffers an emotional breakdown, leaving his friends and teammates to pick up the pieces and deal with the crisis in their own ways, ranging from heroic to apathetic to downright horrifying.
During the 2013-2014 season, the U19 team of union rugby club of Auch are competing in the Crabos French championship. Teenager Antoine Dupont and his best friend Anthony Jelonch shared victories and defeats during this last season in their hometown, but also unavoidable village parties.