1) Team Size
A standard rugby team consists of 15 guys on the field at any offered time and 7 reserve players around the sideline, while a normal league team consists of only 13 players wand 4 reserves. Rugby League operates an interchange system for reserve players with each team allowed to produce up to 10 modifications throughout the game. Rugby is distinctive as players cannot return to the field as soon as they come off, with two notable exceptions to this rule.

2) Scoring
A try in rugby is worth five points, a conversion 2 points, a penalty and field objective are each worth three points. In rugby league a try is 4 points, the conversion is two points, a penalty is also 2 points plus a field purpose is worth only 1 point.

3) Scrums and Lineouts
Each games possess a scrum, although in rugby league the scrum just isn't as contested as it is in rugby, the quantity of players employed within the league scrum is also less than that of rugby. Rugby league doesn't have lineouts like rugby. In the event the ball or player together with the ball go over the touch line, the opposing team is provided the "put in" to get a scrum inside the centre from the field where the ball crossed the touch line. Therefore the touch line is normally not employed for possession because it is in rugby, with a single or two exceptions.

4) Tackling
While the tackling notion is comparable in both games they may be handled differently. As league has a six tackle rule the opposing team typically commits minimal players (two or three) per tackle so as to preserve the defensive line strengthened for the following running play. In rugby a tackled player will attract quite a few players from each teams to be able to safe the ball. Rugby league also enables the use of a shoulder charge, which is not permitted in rugby, it's through the shoulder charge that a variety of leagues 'big hits' are located.

5) Advancing the Ball

This is where one of the principal variations among the games requires spot. Rugby league includes a '6 tackle' rule in which they have six tackles to advance the ball as far as you possibly can. At the fifth tackle the ball is normally kicked to acquire ground as possession will then be handed more than. A knock on, forward pass or infringement commonly final results in possession getting handed over for the opposing group. Rugby adopts continuously contestable possession, with players contesting the ball via rucks and malls because the game moves about the field. Kicking is extra open in rugby as 'ball in hand' or ball possession doesn't hold precisely the same importance because it does in rugby league.