18 years old
14 Years Old
13
about 18 or older
40+, Rugby League is a highly contact and lot's of impact. I don't think 40+ will handle the amount of power.
16 years old.
Rugby, both Union and League are high level contact sports. There are occasions when players will have a "heavy debate" mid game. As a general rule even when tempers flair on the pitch issues are forgotten when the game is over. As an old saying goes - Rugby is a thugs game played by gentlemen! However, there are procedures in place to "capture" violent and dangerous play. In the event that a formal complaint is made by either side OR by an official the player concerned is brought up in front of a disciplinary committee to answer allegation of such play. There have been players banned for weeks to lifetime for this type of play. NOTE: Rugby is one of the few or perhaps only sports where the referee is called "Sir" or Madam by the players as dissension against a referee is highly frowned upon
jimmy birch a good old legend
A 12 year old can referee most hockey games if he or she knows the game, the rules and knows who to skate.
15-16
invented 12823 and formalised with rules in 1870
no, Ben Barba is 19 years old.
Both codes of Rugby (League and Union) have their origins when a soccer player picked up the ball from the ground and started running with the ball. -- It was claimed to have been born when a 15 year old William Webb-Ellis a student of Rugby School, Warwickshire in England, whilst playing football picked up the ball and ran with it. The game was thereafter developed. Rugby League (a picture of which is above) is a separate sport from Rugby Union that was formed in 1895.