Rugby is played for two 40-minute halves, with continuous play like soccer. It has 15 players per team, on a field 100m long and 70m wide, with "Try Zones" (end zones). Much like American Football, scoring in rugby can take place with a Try (5 points by running the ball into the Try Zone and touching the ball down to the ground, hence the term "Touchdown" in American Football), an Extra Point Conversion (worth 2 points), a Penalty Goal (3 points, very similar to a Field Goal), and with a Drop Goal (3 points). Players may run, kick, or pass the ball in order to advance down the field, though all passing must be either laterally or backwards. A team is penalized for a forward pass in rugby (even if it is just 1m forward)! While tackling is a huge part of the game, other common rules of American Football are forbidden...i.e. blocking, tackling without wrapping up, tackling above the shoulders, etc.

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There are no football pads in rugby! Only a mouthguard and an attitude!