15 a side playing in union plus subs and 13 a side playing plus subs in league
There are fifteen players on the Rugby Union team.
There are 13 players on the pitch in each rugby league side, as opposed to 15 in rugby union teams. The difference is in the forwards. Rugby union teams have 8, but rugby league teams survive with only 6.
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.
15 each side plus 5 subs allowed for each side 30 on the pitch at anyone time with a total of 10 subs between both teams.
Each team consists of 13 players plus 4 substitutes.
In a standard game of soccer (football), each team has 11 players on the pitch, including one goalkeeper and ten outfield players. Therefore, there are a total of 22 players on the pitch during a match.
26 players, 13 from each team.
In the union code 8 players from each side form the scrum. In the league code its 6 players from each side (league do not have flankers)
In Rugby Union: 30 + 1 referee + 2 assistant referees = 33. In Rugby League 26 + 1 referee + 2 touch judges/linesmans = 29.
There are 15 players from each team on the field during a rugby union match.
13 players on each size plus subs
There are 21,587 registered rugby union players in Canada as of January 2009 There are 21,587 registered rugby union players in Canada as of January 2009