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  2. Laws of rugby league - Wikipedia

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    The rules of football as played at Rugby School in the 19th century were decided regularly and informally by the pupils. For many years the rules were unwritten. [7] In 1845 three pupils at the school, William Delafield Arnold, Walter Waddington Shirley and Frederick Leigh Hutchins were tasked with writing a codified set of rules by the then Head Schoolboy and football captain Isaac Gregory ...

  3. Touch rugby - Wikipedia

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    FIT rules have become the most common rules used both in FIT-sanctioned competitions and informal games of touch rugby. A version of the FIT rules known as one touch in South Africa features a change of possession after a single touch rather than the six in the league-derived game. League tag is a semi-contact version of rugby league. It was ...

  4. Touch (sport) - Wikipedia

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    Touch is a variation of rugby league with the tackling of opposing players replaced by a touch. As touches must be made with minimal force, touch is therefore considered a limited-contact sport. The original basic rules of touch were established in the 1960s by members of the South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club in Sydney, Australia. [1]

  5. Rugby league - Wikipedia

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    Touch (also known as touch football or touch rugby) is a variant of rugby league that is conducted under the direction of the Federation of International Touch (FIT). Though it shares similarities and history with rugby league , it is recognised as a sport in its own right due to its differences which have been developed over the sport's lifetime.

  6. Touch judge - Wikipedia

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    As in rugby union, touch judges stand behind the posts to confirm success of a penalty kick or the conversion of a try. Touch judge and referee signals and duties in rugby league are laid out in the laws of the game. In some matches, additional officials are used solely to determine whether a try has been correctly grounded.

  7. Touch (rugby) - Wikipedia

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    Touch is the area outside two touch-lines which define the sides of the playing area in a game of rugby football. As the touch-lines are not part of the playing area they are usually included as part of touch. When a ball is "kicked into touch", it means that it has been kicked out of the playing area into the touch area.

  8. Touch football - Wikipedia

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    Tag rugby, non-contact, flag pulling, versions of rugby; Touch rugby, other games derived from rugby football in which players touch rather than tackle opponents; Touch (sport), a variant of rugby league football in which players touch rather than tackle opponents Federation of International Touch, the worldwide governing body for touch football

  9. Rugby league gameplay - Wikipedia

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    Like most forms of modern football, rugby league football is played outdoors on a rectangular grass field with goals at each end that are attacked and defended by two opposing teams. The rules of rugby league have changed significantly over the decades since rugby football split into the league and union codes. This article details the modern ...