Rugby union is the variation that I play here at Penn State and is the most popular around the world. All of these blog posts have focused on rugby union, so although most of the topics apply to all forms of rugby, I figured for my final passion blog I should write about these other forms of rugby.
Rugby league somewhat similar to rugby union, but it has several stark contrasts. For starters, rugby league only has 13 players on the field as opposed to the 15 of rugby union. The scoring also differs between the two. Although points are awarded for the same actions, tries are only worth 4 points rather than 5 and penalty kicks are worth 2 instead of 3.
The greatest difference between the two is that there are no rucks in rugby league and the team with the ball must turn it over after 6 tackles, almost like 4 downs in football. This is greatly different from union where there can be possessions that last for tackles or phases , and turnovers come from the tackle contest rather than the number of tackles. These two organizations competed for control of the game, but neither could win total control. As a result, two forms of the game, or "codes", developed.
One was run by the Rugby Football Union and called "rugby union", and players of this code couldn't earn money from the game though rugby union players can earn money now.
The other was run by the Northern Rugby Football Union and called "rugby league", and players of this code were allowed to earn money.
These two codes have slightly different rules, with the most important differences being in the way play is continued after a player has been tackled, and in the number of players on each team; 15 for rugby union and 13 for rugby league.
This old British saying cleverly contrasts football or soccer with rugby. The saying shows the irony of the fact that a rough and dangerous game like rugby was played by polite, well-educated "gentlemen", while the much gentler and safer game of football was played by tough, lower-class men with a reputation for violence. Even today rugby players might seem to be very polite gentlemen when compared to many footballers, especially those seen swearing at referees and angrily abusing them when a decision goes against them.
Some people might even say that this old British saying still applies today. Rugby union is usually played on a grass-covered pitch metres long and 70 metres wide see diagram below. Each team has 15 players and a game lasts for 80 minutes. The game is played with an oval-shaped ball that players can kick, run with, or pass to teammates in order to score tries or kick goals.
To score a try, worth five points, a player must carry the ball across the opposition's try line and ground it. His team's best kicker can then earn two more points for the conversion if he kicks the ball between the goalposts and over the crossbar.
But scoring a try is not so easy. When an attacking team's players are running with the ball towards the try line, they are faced with a line of big, strong defenders who are experts at tackling. To get past these defenders, attacking players can pass the ball to each other until one of them finds a gap in the defence through which they can run to score a try.
However, in both forms of Rugby, tackling is the same, the ball is the same and the aim of the game is the same. Both codes include scoring tries and having the same physicality required to win. Skip to content. Different rules The main on-field difference between League and Union is the fact that Rugby League is played with 13 players whereas Rugby Union is played with 15 players.
Tackles In Rugby Union, once a player is tackled, a ruck forms when a player from each side joins in to contest for the ball. Biggest Rugby Rivalries in the UK. New Zealand, nicknamed the All Blacks, has been dominating the game since the start of test rugby.
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