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No. Touch is touch rugby league is tackle google the rules :)
Oval. A Gilbert football for Rugby Union, a Steeden Football for Rugby League and a Sherrin for Australian Rules Football (AFL).
Rugby League
Rugby actually preceded games which use some of the principles such as American football Gaelic football. There are two related types of Rugby. Rugby League and Rugby Union.
Australian rules football, cricket and rugby league.
Well it can be either there is a premier league for both but the most popular one is rugby union they more or less have the same teams except reasonably different rules.
Technically No. The role of any referee in either code rugby code remains that same. However, rules are different of course
Generally their is 2 types of rugby. Rugby Union (15 Players) and Rugby League (13 players). The rules differ but they remain very similar sports. Rugby Uniuon is also played on a sevens basis accross the world.
In 1897 the league was formed in the UK, this was the first version. They took with it the rules of rugby union but to make the game different and allow them to more it in to the professional area they dropped the wing forward positions, removed the rucking and the line out. The added in the 6 tackle rule
The Rugby League Founder, Daviod Gallop and most likely the referees. - The Rugby Football League in each registered country has a Representative who sits on the Governing Board. They create the regulations and these once passed are cascaded to teams and Referees. The referee is there to enforce the unbiased regulations.