What Is Rugby Union And Rugby League

The oval ball is a key feature common to both forms of rugby.

What is rugby union and rugby league.

The form of rugby which those northern rugby football union clubs developed would come to be known as rugby league. Today rugby union is more popular in the south of england whereas rugby league is more popular in the north of the country. We predominantly play rugby union i myself am a winger and fullback respectively. In much of the rugby union playing world the sport of rugby league is infrequently played and rugby union is commonly known.

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. In rugby league each side has 13 active players and 10 substitutions are allowed during the course of the game the main aim is to score tries by advancing the ball down the length. Rugby league like the union is both a professional and amateur sport run globally by the rugby league international federation. Although both rugby codes are forms of football in many places it could cause confusion as football is understood to mean association football gridiron football gaelic football or australian rules football depending on the country or indeed region of the country.

Rugby league is the more popular one of the two. The first obvious difference between rugby league and rugby union is that the former is played by 13 players per team whilst the latter features 15 players a side. As well the ban on passing the ball forward is another of the two distinct features common to both forms.