Are you fun watching or playing rugby football? No doubt that most of you is enjoying this sport, isn’t it? What do we know about rugby football? To some of doesn’t have any idea yet in this regard, the following details that I will mention here will help.

According to one reference, rugby football is described as a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom which is prominent in two current sports, the rugby league and the rugby union. How do we understand these two current sports of rugby football? Let’s consider other references how they described rugby league and rugby union as follows.

The rugby league is a full contact sport played by two teams and each team has thirteen players played on a rectangular grass field and was originated as a split from the Rugby Football Union in England in 1895 over the issue of payments to players. However, the rugby union is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century which is based on running with the ball in hand.

Where do the rugby shirts made of? Before, it is made of cotton but now these are made of mixed cotton and polyester to prevent absorbing much water or mud as cotton alone. The rugby jerseys are quite different depending on the type of rugby game. A shirt worm by rugby league players usually has a large “V” around the neck and more colorful that the rugby union which is more traditional design, such as completely white or one color with a different color stripes.