Editing Rugby league (section)

== Variants ==
Five main variant sports of rugby league exist worldwide; [[Touch (sport)|Touch]], [[Tag rugby|OzTag]], [[League tag]], [[Rugby league nines|Nines]], and [[Rugby league sevens|Sevens]].

Touch, OzTag, and League Tag are all non-contact versions of the sport, where as Nines and Sevens are both reduced form (shorter match times and smaller teams) of the sport.

=== Touch ===
{{Main|Touch (sport)}}
Touch (also known as touch football or touch rugby) is a variant of rugby league that is conducted under the direction of the [[Federation of International Touch]] (FIT). Though it shares similarities and history with [[Rugby football|rugby league]], it is recognised as a sport in its own right due to its differences which have been developed over the sport's lifetime.

Touch is a variation of rugby league with the [[Tackle (football move)|tackling]] of opposing players replaced by a touch. As touches must be made with minimal force, touch is therefore considered a [[Contact sport#Limited-contact|limited-contact]] sport. The original basic rules of touch were established in the 1960s by members of the [[South Sydney Rabbitohs|South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club]] in [[Sydney|Sydney, Australia]].<ref name="Sportingpulse.com-2011">{{cite web|date=2 November 2011|title=The Evolution of Touch – Federation of International Touch – SportingPulse International|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=14-4863-0-0-0&sID=61690&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=14726332&sectionID=61690|access-date=20 August 2014|publisher=Sportingpulse.com|archive-date=22 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822001749/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=14-4863-0-0-0&sID=61690&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=14726332&sectionID=61690|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== OzTag ===
{{Main|Tag rugby}}
OzTag is a non-contact form of rugby league, and can be seen as a variation of British tag rugby. Cronulla Sharks and St George Dragons halfback [[Perry Haddock]] introduced the sport in Australia while coaching the 1992 St George [[Jersey Flegg Cup|Jersey Flegg]] side. Together with Chris Parkes, the two took the sport to fields across Australia. Today, it is played by over 200,000 players in organised leagues across the country.

=== League Tag ===
{{Main|League tag}}
League Tag replaces tackling with the removal of one of two tags carried on an opponent's hips, attached directly to specific League Tag shorts with Velcro patches, but otherwise retains almost all other rules of traditional rugby league (such as kicking). A number of additional rules are also added relating to the specific issues associated with a tag based game.

=== Nines ===
{{Main|Rugby league nines}}
Rugby League played with nine players per team with nine minutes per half, in addition to slight rule modifications to aid the game.

=== Sevens ===
{{Main|Rugby league sevens}}
Rugby League played with seven players per team with seven minutes per half, in addition to slight rule modifications to aid the game.