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On August 29, 1895 representatives of the northern clubs met in the George Hotel, Huddersfield to form the "Northern Rugby Football Union". The reasons stem from the roots of rugby union. In the south of the country the game was played mainly by the "upper classes" at public schools, but in the north it was played by mainly working class men such as miners etc. When they got injured or were to play a match that interfered with working hours they wanted some sort of payment to compensate but the rugby union would not agree to this saying that if you cannot afford to play the game dont play it at all! That is what caused the split. Certain rules were changed, play the ball after a tackle, scrum instead of a line out etc, and teams reduced from 15 to 13 players. jed.

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