They are different in sll ways except that the ball is the same shape, a goal is kicked, and people are tackled.
Rugby and American football are two completely different games. Americans refer to rugby as rugby, and American football as football.
Which Version? The US call American football-football and association football-soccer.In the UK we call association football-football,Rugby football-Rugby and American football a girl's game because of all the padding they wear!
It is said that football evolved from rugby and rugby evolved from soccer
Gridiron is American football where as rugby is not
Rugby
American football evolved out of rugby. It wasn't a combination of two games. -actually football was combined from soccer AND rugby.
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.
The wages are increasing in rugby compared to soccer and American football
Soccer --> Rugby --> American Football
American football is an overly simplified version of rugby league.
Rugby
NO its to big!