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Line 6: − ==Schism==+ − Rugby League was popularized in the south of England by northern commentator [[Eddie Waring]] with catchphrases such as "Its an up and under", and "it looks like he's having an early bath" when a player was sent off before the end of the game. In Australia in has traditionally been the predominant sport in [[New South Wales]] and [[Queensland]]. − − The game of rugby was one game, until 1895, when the clubs in the North of England formed a breakaway from the Rugby Football Union. At the time this was not seen as a dramatic step with the new body referring to themselves as the [[Northern Rugby Union]] to suggest the difference was merely one of geography. − − However, the roots of the schism were deep. The Northern clubs had come to dominate the game of rugby, with [[Yorkshire]] dominating the county championship and the majority of the England team being supplied by Northern clubs. However, the development of soccer from a private school game to a working class game had alarmed many in the rugby authorities, who were determined that rugby should not fall into the same trap. The rugby authorities were therefore determined to clamp down on professionalism within rugby. − − It must be emphasized that professionalism in this sense applied to working class people. It was accepted that middle and upper class people would be payed to play, however, as they did not need the money they were still playing for pleasure and were therefore amateur. As working people would often need the money that would be lost in time off to play the game, money to then was essential to their playing the game and they were therefore seen as professional mercenary players, something unacceptable to the majority of South of England rugby clubs, but essential for the operation of many northern clubs. − − As votes to accept some payment for [[broken time]] were rejected, twenty-two clubs broke away from the rugby football union to form professional rugby. The restrictions on professionalism in the new rugby authority were actually stricter than for the rugby union, with a listed profession essential to being permitted to play the game. Initially the new game was played by identical rule to rugby union, but as the ruling body remained separate, a new game developed as both sports diverged from their ancestor - just as American football and Canadian Football separated further. − − As soccer gained in popularity in the north of England, alterations to the game of rugby were made by the Northern Rugby Union to make the game more spectator friendly. Line outs were abolished, the ruck simplified and the number of players on each team reduced to thirteen. These alterations enabled the new game of rugby to retain popularity, while the towns in the North of England that remained with the Rugby Union, such as [[Liverpool]] and [[Manchester]] became predominantly soccer towns. − − In 1907, a tour of a southern hemisphere team to Britain exposed them to the new rules played in the north. A tour, dubbed the 'All Golds' was organized, which was a great commercial success. The new game was taken to Australia, where it quickly became the predominant team sport in New South Wales and then Queensland.
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The laws of the game were later codified by the [[Rugby Football Union]] so that a team comprised 15 players and games were played over two halves of 40 minutes. An alternative version with 13 players per team was developed by the [[Rugby League]] which was formed in 1893. Historically, Rugby Union was played at southern English public (private) schools - though it also had a strong following in industrial areas such as south Wales and mining districts in south-west England - and the senior teams comprised strictly amateur players. Rugby League was mainly played in working class areas of northern England and used professional players.
The laws of the game were later codified by the [[Rugby Football Union]] so that a team comprised 15 players and games were played over two halves of 40 minutes. An alternative version with 13 players per team was developed by the [[Rugby League]] which was formed in 1893. Historically, Rugby Union was played at southern English public (private) schools - though it also had a strong following in industrial areas such as south Wales and mining districts in south-west England - and the senior teams comprised strictly amateur players. Rugby League was mainly played in working class areas of northern England and used professional players.
RUGBY RULES! BETTER THAN THAT PATHETIC AMERICAN FOOTBALL. NEVER IN ALL MY LIFE HAVE I BEEN SO BORED WATCHING A SPORT, IN FATC THE ONLY TIME IVE EVER BEEN MORE BORED WAS WHEN I READ THE BIBLE!
==International==
==International==