the wallabies
rugby union
England has national teams for both rugby union and rugby league
South Africa, rarely play Rugby League because soccer and union are very popular over there, but Rugby League is increasing with the fans.
rugby league is where play cannot carry on every time a man gets taken to the floor you must put the ball through your legs for another player to pass it. rugby union is where play is fluent with rucks and mauls
jimmy birch a good old legend
Rugby League has 13 players on each team. Rugby Union has 15 players on each team. There is a recognised game of seven-a-side in Rugby Union.
Participation rates of Rugby League in Australia is very high, roughly same about how much people play rugby union in France or England.
Answer. Gridiron has less contact than rugby union or league. It is a more basic one dimensional sport designed for lesser athletes who struggled at Football or rugby union/league. ----------------------- Rugby,we don't need to wear all that padding to play a full on contact sport,same as rugby league,full on contact
The Leicester Tigers play in the English Union club. That plays in the Aviva Premireship of which they were the 2010 champions.
Tama umaga's brother Mike encouraged him to play Rugby Union. They both played Rugby League but Mike switched to Rugby and was selected to play for Manu Samoa, the Samoan representative side, at the Rugby World Cup. Mike persuaded Tana to switch to Union as well and, as they say, the rest is history.
Firstly, we can't label all Americans as "Yanks" because below the Mason-Dixon Line, Southerners get offended.Secondly, in the UK and Europe, Football is Football ie Soccer.In the USA, American Football is Grid Iron and they also play Soccer.In New Zealand, they play Rugby Union (the "All Blacks") and Rugby League (the "Kiwis"), both of which are Football; and they play Soccer (the "All Whites") in the FIFA World Cup.In Australia, we play Rugby League (the "Kangaroos"), Rugby Union (the "Wallabies"), Australian Rules (AFL - the oldest codified and registered game in the World), all of which is Football; and we play Soccer (the "Socceroos") in the FIFA World Cup.