Ruck can refer to a contest for possession in different forms of football.
- Ruck (rugby union) - contesting for the ball in Rugby Union from a grounded player
- Ruck (Australian rules football) - aerial contest in Australian rules football between rival ruckmen at a bounce in the centre of the ground or ball-up around the ground.
- Ruck (short for ruckus or ruction or derived from the 19c verb 'ruck' - to take severely to task; to row) is a colloquial term for a quarrel, row, or fight.
It may also refer to certain people:
- Sean Price, American rapper who went by the name Ruck as a member of Heltah Skeltah
- Alan Ruck (born 1956), American actor
