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Not all playing fields are the same size. The rugby league playing field, [1] also referred to as a pitch [2] or paddock, is the playing surface for the sport of rugby league football and is surfaced exclusively with grass. [3] The dimensions and markings of a full-sized playing area are defined in Section 1 of the Laws of the Game. [1]
Diagram of a Canadian football field A rugby league field The Canadian football field is 110 yards (100 m) long and 65 yards (59 m) wide with end zones 20 yards (18 m) deep. At each goal line is a set of 40-foot-high (12 m) goalposts , which consist of two uprights joined by a 18 + 1 ⁄ 2 -foot-long (5.6 m) crossbar which is 10 feet (3.0 m ...
Although both codes are played on similar sized rectangular fields, the dimensions of rugby union fields can vary up to a maximum size that is larger than the fixed size of American football fields. Rugby union fields are limited to a maximum length of 144 metres (157 yd) long (100 metres (110 yd) between goal lines) and width of 70 metres (77 ...
At each goal line is a set of 40-foot-high (12 m) goalposts, which consist of two uprights joined by a 18 + 1 ⁄ 2-foot-long (5.6 m) crossbar which is 10 feet (3.0 m) above the goal line. The goalposts may be H-shaped (both posts fixed in the ground) although in the higher-calibre competitions the tuning-fork design (supported by a single ...
0-9 22 The 22 m line, marking 22 metres (72 ft) from the tryline. 89 An "89" or eight-nine move is a phase following a scrum, in which the number 8 picks up the ball and transfers it to number 9 (scrum-half). 99 The "99" call was a policy of simultaneous retaliation by the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa, (the 99 comes from the British emergency services telephone number which is 999 ...
In the middle of the field is the 50-metre "halfway" line. Each side of the field, on either side of the 50-metre line, is identical. 10 metres from the 50-metre line is the 40-metre line, followed by the 30, 20, 10-metre and goal or "try" lines. This makes up 100 metres of field that is used for general play.
An American football field A rugby league field. American football is played on a rectangular field 120 yards (110 m) long by 53 1⁄3 yards (48.8 m) wide. Near each end of the field is a goal line, which are 100 yards (91 m) apart. A scoring area called an end zone extends 10 yards (9.1 m) beyond each goal line. Yard lines cross the field ...
250–400 feet (76–122 m) [2] (distance from home plate apex to nearest center field fence) - 446.9–492.9 feet (136.2–150.2 m) [3] - grass WBSC: Diamond 400 feet (120 m) (distance from home plate apex to center field fence) - Distance between foul poles (each one are 275 feet (84 m) or more from home plate apex) - Baseball5: Square 18 ...