Football: Difference between revisions

** [[Rugby league]] – usually known simply as "football" or "footy" in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland, and by some followers of the game in England. Also often referred to simply as "league".

***[[Touch football (rugby league)]] – a non-contact version of rugby league. In South Africa it is known as '''six down'''.

***Oz Tag - a non-contact version of rugby league, in which a [[velcro]] tag is removed to indicate a tackle.

*** [[Rugby sevens]] [[Image:Fiji Cook Island rugby.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Rugby sevens]]; [[Fiji national rugby union team|Fiji]] v [[Cook Islands national rugby union team|Cook Islands]] at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] in Melbourne.]]

** [[Touch rugby]] – generic name for forms of rugby football which does not feature tackles.

* [[American football]] – called "football" in the United States and Canada, and "gridiron" in Australia and New Zealand. Sometimes called "tackle football" to distinguish it from the touch versions.

** [[Arena football]] – an indoor version of American football.

** [[Nine-man football]], [[eight-man football]], [[six-man football]] - versions of tackle football, played primarily by smaller high schools that lack enough players to field full 11-man teams.

** [[Touch football (American)]] – non-tackle American football.

*** [[Flag football]] – non-tackle American football, like touch football, in which a flag that is held by velcro on a belt tied around the waist is pulled by defenders to indicate a tackle.

* [[Canadian football]] – called simply "football" in Canada; "football" in Canada can mean either Canadian or American football depending on context.

** [[Canadian flag football]] – non-tackle Canadian football.

** Nine-man football - similar to nine-man American football, but using Canadian rules; played by smaller schools in [[Saskatchewan]] that lack enough players to field full 12-man teams.