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American football and Rugby football

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Difference between American football and Rugby football

American football vs. Rugby football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. Rugby football refers to the team sports rugby league and rugby union.

Similarities between American football and Rugby football

American football and Rugby football have 19 things in common (in Unionpedia): Association football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, College football, Comparison of American and Canadian football, Down (gridiron football), Football helmet, Formation (American football), Forward pass, Gridiron football, Indoor American football, International Olympic Committee, Rugby union, Scrum (rugby), Shoulder pads, Snap (gridiron football), Team sport, The Independent, Walter Camp.

Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground.

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Canadian football

Canadian football is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area (end zone).

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College football

College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities.

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Comparison of American and Canadian football

American and Canadian football are gridiron codes of football that are very similar.

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Down (gridiron football)

A down is a period in which a play transpires in American and Canadian football.

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Football helmet

The football helmet is a piece of protective equipment used mainly in American football and Canadian football.

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Formation (American football)

A formation in football refers to the position players line up in before the start of a down.

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Forward pass

In several forms of football a forward pass is a throwing of the ball in the direction that the offensive team is trying to move, towards the defensive team's goal line.

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Gridiron football

Gridiron football,.

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Indoor American football

In the United States, indoor football is football played at ice hockey-sized indoor arenas (as opposed to certain NFL teams which have large indoor stadiums, such as the New Orleans Saints who play in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome).

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité International Olympique, CIO) is a Swiss private non-governmental organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is the authority responsible for the modern Olympic Games.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Scrum (rugby)

A scrum (short for scrummage) is a method of restarting play in rugby that involves players packing closely together with their heads down and attempting to gain possession of the ball.

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Shoulder pads

Shoulder pads are a piece of protective equipment used in many contact sports such as American football, Canadian football, lacrosse and hockey.

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Snap (gridiron football)

A snap (colloquially called a "hike", "snapback", or "pass from center") is the backwards passing of the ball in American and Canadian football at the start of play from scrimmage.

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Team sport

A team sport includes any sport which involves two or more players working together towards a shared objective.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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Walter Camp

Walter Chauncey Camp (April 7, 1859 – March 14, 1925) was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football".

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American football and Rugby football Comparison

American football has 316 relations, while Rugby football has 229. As they have in common 19, the Jaccard index is 3.49% = 19 / (316 + 229).

References

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