Chinning is played on an area of laminated flooring (or lino for the more extravaant) 20 metres by 10 metres(known as a floppedspace). A goal 1 metre wide is marked at each end (known as a goal). at the centre of the pitch there is a diamond marked (known as the chin rest).

The teams consist of three players a side. A forward chinner, a rear chinner and a blocker chinner. There jobs are fairly self explanatory. Before the game the players grease themselves up (see below)....this was originally just for pleasure but more recently players have found it actually leads to improved game performance.

The game starts when a cube (the chin) is placed on the chin rest. It is then the objective of each team to slide on their stomachs (moving with the aid of poles known as chinner chins) and push the chin with their chin across the flopspace into the goal. Chinners may tackle eachother using their chins.

  When a goal (or chin) is scored a jaw factor of 1 is scored and all the members of the scoring team have five minutes in which to perform the chin dance. If the referee believes that the chin dance was impressive an extra jaw factor of one may be awarded. If the dance was not impressive then the opposing team have the chance to gain a conversion by ramming the scoring teams casptain with their chin. If the scoring teams captain's jaw breaks then the conversion is successful and everyone shouts: "CHIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!" a jaw factor of 1 is awarded for a successful conversion. The game continues for 14 hours before a short tea break and the second half consists of ten minutes of play.