Play Rugby Union or Rugby League
23 Jul 2011
So you have decided that you would quite like to play rugby – now what type of Rugby do you want to play – will it be Rugby Union or Rugby League?
Well here are some of the main differences –
Rugby Union has lineouts; rugby league doesn’t.
Rugby Union has unlimited tackles. In Rugby League, the attacking team has a limit of six tackles to do whatever they can with the ball. After the sixth tackle, the ball is handed over to the opposition; they then have six tackles to do whatever they like. And so it goes on.
In Rugby Union, a tackled player must let go of the ball, whereas in league, a tackled player can retain possession.
One of the other differences, one less likely to affect your choice as to which to play, is that Rugby Union has 15 players and Rugby League only has 13 players.
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