Participation rates of Rugby League in Australia is very high, roughly same about how much people play rugby union in France or England.
No player would wear shin pads in rugby, there is no need for them.
There wasn't actually a rugby team it was 2 school sides from the same school (rugby school warwickshire england) playing the game of football which later became rugby
there were 2 Scotland and England with England forming first. The matches between thr two are the oldest international games in rugby history
The sport Rugby League is the same as in the USA. The competition however is called; American National Rugby League
The name remains the same - Hooker
One is an R&B guitarist from the 1970s. Another is a TV producer (The Two Ronnies, The Young Ones, and Red Dwarf). There's also a rugby player and a poker player of the same name.
it started 1823 in England in a town called Rugby, Warwickshire when playing football a boy picked up the ball and ran forward with it instead of retreating as the rules of football required at that time. The idea of running at the opponent caught on and more students did the same. As these people left the school and went to university etc they took he concept with them. This increased to players and soon the game became formalised
They are based in Robertsbridge, East Sussex. England. However, the production of the world famous ball is also subcontracted out. As the Owners of GILBERT are Grays who started making rugby balls around the same time as Gilbert. Grays were based in Cambridge - England.
Football in England is run by the Football Association. Rugby is known as Rugby Football. To distinguish between the two people called football Association Football. The word 'association' was eventually shortened to 'soccer' by the general public.
Very difficult to answer but consider an old adage Rugby is a thugs game played by gentlemen (not being sexist here but gentlefolk didnt seem to make the same impact)
Rugby and American football are two completely different games. Americans refer to rugby as rugby, and American football as football.