Whats the differance between legue and Union?? and can i just have some general info on it?
Thanks xxxx
2006-11-21 20:56:07 · 9 answers · asked by danielle h 2 in Sports ➔ Rugby
ONE AS 15 PLAYERS RUGBY UNION AND ONE AS 13 PLAYERS RUGBY LEAGUE
2006-11-21 20:59:53 · answer #1 · answered by michael b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes league is the fast contact sport in the world. Players get hammered and get up and play the ball to a colleague and the game goes on. There are 13 players in a league team and four substitutes and there can be 12 interchanges. In union there are are 15 people in a team and 7 substitutes so you can change the entire team.
When a union played is tackled the forwards jump on him and form a ruck or a mall to try and get the ball and the game is painfully slow. There is a lot of injuries in union but relativel;y few in league.
In both game you have to touch the ball down over the try line for a try. In league you get 4 points and union 5 points. If you kich the ball then over the cross bar and between the posts in either game you get two points. If you kick a penalty goal in league you get 2 points and in union 3 points. Adrop goal in league is 1 point and in union 3 points.
Union is a game for forwards fighting over the ball at rucks and mauls and boring to watch with backs kicking it a lot of the time. League is a fast open game with backs and forwards having handling and running skills of similar proportion and provides 80 minutes of none stop action.
I hope that helps.
2006-11-23 18:38:58 · answer #2 · answered by Closed Down 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
League only has 13 players a side compared to 15 in union, also there are no Lineouts in league.
The main difference between the codes is that in league each side is limited to 6 sets of play in trying to score before handing the ball over to the opposing team.
League was a breakaway from union at the turn of the century, so that their players could be paid for playing, while was until recently an amateur game.
2006-11-22 07:25:12 · answer #3 · answered by rybo_69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rugby League is played by teams of 13 a side. Union is played by teams of 15 a side. Scrums in Union are contested, meaning each side tries to push the other off the ball. In League scrums are un-contested. When the ball goes out of play on the touch/side lines in Union, the game is restarted with a line out. In League it is restarted with a foot tap and pass. In Union, once play has commenced, the game is continuos until a try is scored or an offence is committed. In League, a set of six plays is commenced with the player in possesion heeling the ball between his legs. Each play is ended by a player being tackled and held. If, by the end of six plays, a try has not been scored, the ball is passed over to the opposing team, who in turn commence a set of six plays.
Hope this helps you in begining to understand both games.
2006-11-22 06:21:19 · answer #4 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rugby Union is a kick and chase game. Rugby League rules!
2006-11-22 04:59:34 · answer #5 · answered by dadn33 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In league the players have main posession of the ball but in union the ball spends most of its time in the crowd.
2006-11-22 15:47:49 · answer #6 · answered by billofthebailey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ONE AS 15 PLAYERS RUGBY UNION AND ONE AS 13 PLAYERS RUGBY LEAGUE
2006-11-23 05:33:12 · answer #7 · answered by pengiuns2go 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leauge is far superior than union..leauge is full on hard hitting as union is for whimps lol all this kick an chase whats it all about
2006-11-22 11:39:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ones national, the others within the uk.
2006-11-22 04:58:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋