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DSLR's certainly help for the fast AF, and good lenses for short DOF's that scream expensive equipment lol.
Good rule of thumb, If you can't see their eyes, don't take the picture (of course there is exceptions to this rule, but its a good starting point)
For sideline sports, a good starting point is 200mm (Baseball I find 150-280mm x1.5 crop = ideal for the first base line and pitcher), Always try to keep the ball / puck / whatever in the frame, However its also a good idea to do tight crops of just the action / focus player. Its not like video where you want to see everything that is going on, you want to isolate the action.
What sport?
I haven't done any Rugby / football, But I would imagine try to keep in front of the runner so you can get some face shots of whoever is holding the ball. Probably try to get a lens that is in the 300mm + range, As the field is quite large and the mad unpredictable piles of people will give you some really busy foregrounds at wider focal lengths...
Also watch your backgrounds so they aren't too distracting. Heres about as wide as I ever shoot, and it was just to keep the ball in frame.
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