Rugby is a football code, so there is no difference. However, it is different from other football codes:
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In Rugby game each team has 15 players, but American football has 11 players. additional point, in American football players always use pads protect themselves but Rugby players don't use this!
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Rugby and American football are two completely different games. Americans refer to rugby as rugby, and American football as football.
Rugby originated from soccer (football)
In general those that follow union or league know the difference.
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No they all meet the requirements of both codes.
Rugby Football League was created in 1895.
Rugby Football Union was created in 1871.
Oval. A Gilbert football for Rugby Union, a Steeden Football for Rugby League and a Sherrin for Australian Rules Football (AFL).
football was a sport with many variations, each school had there own version of football, oxford football, cambridge football, ect. rugby football was football from rugby school in the town of rugby, when students went to university after they left school they took their versions of rugby with them and rugby came out of this, this was back in the 1850's when this happened and from there the sport of rugby football spread to different countries, the split between the two codes came in the early 20th centuary when workers who played rugby football demanded pay for broken time when playing rugby football when they could of been at work earning money, many clubs wanted to stay amature as a game but some clubs resisted and split from the rest to form the northen leage, this became rugby league. the rugby union stayed amature untill 1995 when the game turned proffessional as it was attracting a worldwide audience and it couldn't stay amatue.. there is your basic history of rugby any questions?