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Touch Rugby League is a growing competition in Australia. Touch rugby is also gaining popularity in the United States. The USA Touch association hosts an annual national championship. In 2019, 27 clubs from cities across the USA registered teams into 6 competitive divisions. The sport is known as "Touch" in many parts of the world.
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 league, it is recognised as a sport in its own right due to its differences which have been developed over the sport's lifetime.
The England Touch Association (ETA) is the national governing body for touch football (touch rugby) within England. It was granted membership to the Federation of International Touch (FIT) on 18 March 1995. [1] The current chief executive officer is Chris Simon. [2]
Tag rugby, non-contact, flag pulling, versions of rugby; Touch rugby, other games derived from rugby football in which players touch rather than tackle opponents; Touch (sport), a variant of rugby league football in which players touch rather than tackle opponents Federation of International Touch, the worldwide governing body for touch football
Touch France aims to encourage and develop the practice of the game called Touch rugby (touch rugby or touch football) by applying the set of rules created by the Federation of International Touch (FIT). It manages and regulates the practice of Touch and defends the interests of this sport at local, national and international levels.
Touch is the area outside two touch-lines which define the sides of the playing area in a game of rugby football. As the touch-lines are not part of the playing area they are usually included as part of touch. When a ball is "kicked into touch", it means that it has been kicked out of the playing area into the touch area.
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Bishop initially played touch rugby and rugby league and in 2000 he won the New Zealand Junior Sportsperson of the Year and New Zealand Maori Sportsperson of the Year awards. [1] In 2002, while playing for the Hibiscus Coast Raiders, won the Auckland Rugby League's Best and Fairest award. [2]