Rupeni Caucau hands down. Nobody can match him for sheer ability. He scored tries from everywhere on the pitch, tries involving strength, skill and pace. he also scored countless tries against top class opposition like the ACT Brumbies in the Super 12 at the height of their success and on an international stage like his great try against France. He also dominated when he moved to France to play for Agen. Lets hope he gets back, he still has a few years left if he gets his fitness back and gives up the wacky tobacy.
zac Zoltan Olah is the greatest rugby player of all time with his lovely drop kicks.
for rugby league it is 13 players and for rugby union it is 15 players
twice at time of answering(2012) 1991 and 1999
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
In Rugby Union: 30 + 1 referee + 2 assistant referees = 33. In Rugby League 26 + 1 referee + 2 touch judges/linesmans = 29.
The rugby world championship is held every four years and varies in where it is held each time. The latest championship for rugby union was held in France though.
The football association was formed and outlawed handling the ball. The players of the time split from the FA and formed the Rugby Football Union
ashen littlejohns and Charles lavis came up with it
Union is made up of 2 halves - each 40 minutes plus stoppage time
Rugby Union was the predecessor of the League code Rugby union prompted American Football whose creator was Walter Camp, Australian Rules football is reported to be linked to BOTH Gaelic Football and crossed with Rugby. All these have a history that appears to commence After 1825 when rugby first started with the exception of Gaelic Football which used a round ball and appears around the same time as rugby - there is little to connect them.
League gains approximately the same media time as union
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