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	Rugby - MSN Encarta
		Rugby was only played as an amateur sport until 1995, when the IRFB passed a resolution allowing national governing bodies and local rugby clubs to pay their players.
		A rugby field is not more than 100 m (109.36 yd) in length and 69 m (75.46 yd) in width, and is divided transversely by two lines 22 m (24.06 yd) from each goal and a halfway line.
		In rugby the conversion kick is taken from anywhere on a line perpendicular to the goal line at the point that the ball was touched down.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574167/Rugby.html (933 words)

	Football - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		In Scotland, football was banned by James I in 1424 and by James II in 1457.
		In 1823 William Webb Ellis, a pupil at Rugby School, is said to have "showed a fine disregard for the rules of football, as played in his time" by picking up the ball and running to the opponents' goal, but the evidence for this bold act does not stand up to close examination.
		Rugby league rules diverged significantly from rugby union in 1906, with the reduction of the team from 15 to 13 players, and the introduction of the play the ball (heeling the ball back after a tackle).
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/f/o/o/Football.html (5903 words)

	Touch football (rugby league) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Touch (with a capital "T"), is also known as Touch Football (particularly in Australia) and Touch Rugby in other countries.
		Touch started in Australia as a social "park game" and as a training technique for rugby league teams during the 1950s and 60s.The two persons accreditted with "Starting it all" and known as the "Founder/Life Members" were Robert(Bob)Dyke and Ray Vawdon both members of South Sydney Juniors Leagues Club.
		The field is of rectangular form and dimension of 70 X 50 meters (ie half of a normal rugby or football field).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Touch_football_(rugby_league) (2231 words)

	Definition of Rugby
		Rugby is played with an oval-shaped, leather-covered, inflated ball, 11 to 12 inches (28-30 cm) long, 23 to 24½ inches (58-62 cm) in circumference, and weighing 14½ to 15½ ounces (400-440 gm).
		Rugby matches are made up of two 40-minute periods of play, broken by a period of not more than five minutes at half-time (after which the teams change sides) and by not more than a two-minute period for each permitted delay in the match.
		Rugby developed through an infraction of the rules by a Rugby School boy, William Webb Ellis, during a soccer (or association football, as it is known outside the United States) match in 1823.
	wesclark.com /rrr/define.html (1215 words)

	Touch vs Tackle Rugby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Touch rugby used to be called non-contact rugby to distinguish it from tackle rugby.
		We simply call it touch rugby now to recognize that the players do bump into each other and fall to the ground, but the emphasis is on the two-hand tag (replacing the tackle) and purposeful collisions between players are against the rules.
		Like touch rugby, as paradoxical as it no doubt sounds to those new to rugby, tackle rugby is safe, even to the point of a lower injury rate than other sports.
	www.pru.org /BRYCRugby2006TouchTackle.htm (324 words)

	touchfootball.html
		Touch is played with the aim of moving the ball towards the opponents score line by running and passing the ball backwards to your team mates.
		The Rugby tackle has been replaced with a simple 'touch' by the defender, followed by a play the ball action (a roll- ball).
		The touched player stands at the position of the touch and rolls or pushes the ball backwards on the ground between the legs towards the acting half.
	www.cybersydney.com.au /kids/sar/touch.html (310 words)

	Juniata River Rats Men's Rugby Club - What is Rugby?
		Rugby is described as a "game of ruffians played by gentlemen." It is played today by men and women, young and old, rich and poor, and the game continues to grow in popularity all over the world.
		Touch judges stand on the sideline and mark where the ball went out and who controls the ball for a line out.
		In Rugby League a team is given six phases to score, and if they do not, the ball is given to the other team who have six phases to score.
	clubs.juniata.edu /mensrugby/whatis.htm (889 words)

	Super Touch Rugby
		Touch rugby, or Touch as it is known, is a minimal contact sport that is played throughout the world by men, women and children.
		Touch rugby is similar to rugby but without, importantly, the tackling, scrumming, mauling, lineouts and kicking.
		Touch rugby is easy to learn and a great way to get in shape.
	www.supertouch.co.za /index.html (269 words)

	Touch Rugby - Munich
		Touch (known as Touch Football in Australia and Touch Rugby in Britain) isn't soccer.
		In Berlin the Touch players have officially formed as a Touch club, although they are within a larger sporting club called BSV 92, which is a subsection of the Rugby club there.
		It is one reason TOUCH München is looking to follow Berlin’s example and join an existing sports club rather that register ourselves as a new club, in which case we would go onto a waiting list for access to a field somewhere.
	www.toytowngermany.com /wiki/Touch_Rugby (498 words)

	English Rugby League History
		Handling the ball was permitted in football in the early 1800's when players were allowed to take a mark and then a free kick, long before Ellis arrived at Rugby.
		The reverse picture that the RFU has painted that the rugby game was born from soccer the moment Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it is clearly, even with very little examination, false.
		What is known is that at Rugby School by the 1830's running with the ball was in common use, the goal posts had been extended to 18 feet high (with a cross-bar at 10 feet above the ground) and there were forms of scrummaging and line-outs.
	www.rl1895.com /england-rugby.htm (719 words)

	SOCCER FOOTBALL \| DAVID BECKHAM, PELE, ERIC CANTONA, GEORGE BEST, GARY LINNEKA
		Sheffield Football Club also has a claim to be the world's oldest surviving "football club", in the sense of a club not attached to a school or university.
		Rugby union is often referred to as rugby (and as rugger only by those educated at private schools).
		The sport of rugby league is referred to by those who follow it as league or football, the use of rugby to refer to rugby union is not very popular among followers of league.
	www.solarnavigator.net /sport/football.htm (7040 words)

	Lebanon Touch Association
		About L.T.A. The Lebanon Touch Football Association was formed in 1998 and participated in the 1999 Opens and Seniors World Cups and 2001 and 2005 Youth World Cups.
		Much like the Lebanon Rugby League, the touch association was formed and is based in Australia to give Australian/Lebanese players the opportunity to represent their country in their chosen sport.
		League is popular in Universities and in the Army so perhaps that would be a good starting point for touch.
	www.lebanontouch.org /index.php?page=1 (432 words)

	Touch Football Australia: Touch Football Australia
		If the touch downs and score lines are any indications the Men’s and Women’s Open B Divisions are a resounding success in their inclusion in the NSWTA State Cup this year.
		Penrith Touch is hoping to continue their successful Men’s Open 2006 campaign when Day Two of the 30th NSWTA State Cup gets underway at Port Macquarie at 8.00am on Saturday morning.
		Touch Football Australia will be involved in the Inaugural Harvey Norman Beach Footy Tournament on 15-16 December 2006 at Maroubra Beach in Sydney.
	www.austouch.com.au (631 words)

	History of Rugby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The form of rugby officially designated as Rugby Union Football played in more than 100 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, England, France, Italy, Fiji, and South Africa.
		The sport's international governing body is the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB), located in Dublin, Ireland.
		In the case of a serious infringement, or a foul, the referee, who is the only judge, may award a free kick against the offending team.
	www.atlantarugby.com /rughistory.html (837 words)

	The Official Lao Rugby Federation Website : Touch Football
		The touch football action was as hot as the weather when the Lao Rugby Federation hosted their annual mixed tournament on the weekend.
		Lao Rugby Federation Development Officer, Viengkhone Vongphensy, says he is pleased with their rapid development, "We've been conducting coaching clinics at the Nornsaad school for going on 6 months now and it's great for us that the rest of the Vientiane rugby community can get a chance to see their improvement.
		The next events for the Lao Rugby Federation are 7's Carnivals on the 2 nd and 16 th of October at the Kilometer 8 Field.
	www.laorugby.com /arc_3.htm (516 words)

	TOUCH München (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		We play Touch (also known as Touch rugby or Touch football) every Sunday from 11am, and in the summer every Tuesday from 6:30pm as well, in Munich's English Gardens.
		TOUCH München is sending a Mixed Team to compete in this exciting tournment on the 11th June hosted by Brussels Celtic.
		Touch Munich is organising its first Touch rugby league for the summer months of 2005.
	www.touchmuenchen.de (383 words)

	NSW Police Rugby League Football Association (Inc) - NSW Police Council of Sport - NSW Police Games
		The New South Wales Police Rugby League Representative side was selected after a carnival was held at Narrabeen Sports and Fitness Camp between 26 and 28 April.
		Police Rugby League players representing Country, City East and City West competed for inclusion in the New South Wales Police Rugby League side to play Queensland Police in the annual interstate clash which was held this year at Telstra Stadium on Sunday 21 May, 2006 before the Bulldogs and Sharks match.
		The camp began with a friendly game of touch football against the Bulldogs, footage of which was screened on the Channel 10 news and Fox Sports that evening.
	www.nswpolicesport.com /Clubs/RugbyLeague.html (674 words)

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		While the sport of rugby appears to any outsider to be one of the most homosocial, if not homoerotic of macho athletics, the movement toward gay-inclusive teams is only five years old.
		Gay rugby's roots go back to merry olde England, when in 1998 The Kings Cross Steelers made headlines in this paper, and elsewhere, from their first efforts, which were in a long time in reaching a victory.
		It follows the format of rugby League, which is like tackle, but in rugby union, when you're tackled, the ball is still in play.
	members.tripod.com /~homeo/games-rugby.html (1214 words)

	The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading ...
		MANLY coach Des Hasler - concerned that the quality of football in the NRL has suffered because of the load on elite players - has called on the league's management to start planning to ease the pressure on its stars in 2008.
		SUBSTANTIAL changes to the rugby league schedule may see the annual City-Country contest staged in Sydney.
		NATIONAL Rugby League players won't get to vote on a controversial four-year agreement until early next year, leaving the contractual terms and conditions of their employment unclear.
	www.smh.com.au /sport/league/index.html (822 words)

	New South Wales Touch
		The results for the 2006 NSW Touch Association State Cup are now available at the State Cup Website.
		As members of the Australian Open Women's Touch Football Team heading to South Africa for the 2007 World Cup we are looking for your help to get us over there.
		The Powerade Seminar with a cross-code theme was built around an interactive DVD produced after a high level elite seminar held in Melbourne in May. The session offered coaches from Rugby League, Rugby Union, Hockey, AFL and other sports thought-provoking ideas on topics including: team and player empowerment; hydration in sport and leadership.
	www.nswtouch.com.au (1146 words)

	Touchwest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Preparation for the 2007 National Touch League continues for the Barbarians this month.
		A new quarterly WA Touch Football newsletter has been released, and is now available by clicking here.
		The partnership saw the Be Active Members Equity Super League Series launched at Members Equity Stadium on the first Sunday in November.
	www.touchwest.com (491 words)

	Hills Touch Football
		We are about to launch our new Hills Touch membership cards with loyalty discounts from our sponsors......
		Hills Touch supports Winston Hills Junior Rugby League Football Club.
		ALL CAPTAINS (and anyone else) must sign up for the new Hills Touch Football Newsletter that will be emailed to you periodically, keeping you up to date with important information.
	www.touchfootball.com.au (537 words)

	Manchester Evening News - Sport - Rugby League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rugby League Archive Football Rugby League Rugby Union Cricket Ice Hockey Boxing Poker Sport blogs User Comments Archive News Sport Football Entertainment Business Jobs Personal Finance Blogs Photo Galleries Postbag In Touch Crossword Audio & Video Dating About Us Contact Us
		SALFORD'S football director Steve Simms believes the club's new half-back pairing of Luke Dorn and Luke Robinson can be the scourge of opposition defences in Super League XII.
		BIG Adrian Morley is guaranteed to bring his trademark steel and fire back into Super League next year: so expect an explosive impact from Warrington Wolves' star signing.
	www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk /sport/rugbyleague (302 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Rugby League \| Ashes Series \| Kangaroos touch down
		The Australian Rugby League team arrive in the UK for the Ashes series against Great Britain.
		Kangaroo's full-back Darren Lockyer explains what he expects from the tour.
		Links to more Ashes Series stories are at the foot of the page.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/rugby_league/ashes_series/1641324.stm (52 words)

	Rugby Union Football Sports
		- With its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, the IRB is the World Governing and Law-making body for the Game of Rugby Union.
		- The official web site of the FIRA-Association Europeenne de Rugby European Rugby Union, with the latest news, information, results, and events.
		- Rugby Union forum, covering local and international rugby.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Sports/Football/Rugby_Union (69 words)

	CADwire.net - Directory > Sports > Football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union - Official governing body for Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, with associate members in Cairo, Beirut and Jordan.
		FIRA-A.E.R - The official web site of the FIRA-Association Europeenne de Rugby European Rugby Union, with the latest news, information, results, and events.
		North America West Indies Rugby Association (NAWIRA) - Official regional association of FIRA provides news and information on rugby in the North America and West Indies region, including Mexico.
	www.cadwire.net /directory/dir.asp?/Sports/Football/Rugby_Union (175 words)

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