Touch football (Rugby league) was played informally in Australia from the early 1920s.
It was first created as a formal sport in 1968 when Bob Dyke and Ray Vawdon founded the South Sydney Touch Football Club.
Rugby originated from soccer (football)
Flag football or touch football
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In Australia, the game of "Touch" is played with a football. It is sometimes incorrectly called "Touch football", but it has no allegiance to the game of football.
Football/soccer originate from China, but officially it started in England
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"touch rugby"
In an on-sides kick the football does not have to touch the ground. The football must travel at least 10 yards before the kicking team can legally touch the football.
NRL is tackle football, there are kicks in play (start of field) and there are converisons. Touch football requires you to touch a player, no kicks during plays and no converisons.
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