Rugby league like the union is both a professional and amateur sport run globally by the rugby league international federation.
What is rugby union and rugby league.
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.
As well the ban on passing the ball forward is another of the two distinct features common to both forms.
In much of the rugby union playing world the sport of rugby league is infrequently played and rugby union is commonly known.
I ve never seen or heard of rugby league anywhere.
Today rugby union is more popular in the south of england whereas rugby league is more popular in the north of the country.
This can be seen by south africa s vast difference in ranking position on the rugby union world rankings and the rugby league world rankings.
We predominantly play rugby union i myself am a winger and fullback respectively.
A sport which differs in a number of notable ways from rugby union.
The oval ball is a key feature common to both forms of rugby.
The form of rugby which those northern rugby football union clubs developed would come to be known as rugby league.
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.