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Tag Rugby is a non-contact team game in which each player wears a belt that has two velcro tags attached to it, or shorts with velcro patches. The mode of play is similar to Rugby League with attacking players attempting to dodge, evade and pass a rugby ball while defenders attempt to prevent them scoring by "Tagging" - pulling a velcro attached Tag from the ball carrier. The sport has become particularly popular in Ireland, run by both the Irish Rugby Football Union and the Irish Tag Rugby Association, each with their own competition. Many companies pay for or sponsor company teams as a method of recreation hence this format of rugby's popularity and its non-contact nature makes it playable for mixed sex and age teams and inter-office competitions. There are 4 major types of Tag Rugby played in Ireland. They include Men Only Leagues, Women Only leagues, Mixed Leagues (in which a minimum of 3 players must be female), and Vets league (over 35's). Each type is usually played in 4 different ability categories ranging from A league (the most competitive) through, B , C, and Beginners league (the most inexperienced and usually the least competitive). In 2003/2004, the English RFU introduced Mini Tag into its junior development program called The Three Stages of the Rugby Continuum, replacing the previously encouraged the playing of Non-contact/touch rugby. Mini Tag is currently the only form of rugby permitted by the English RFU for Under 8 & Under 7 age groups. The selected variation requires backward passing, the use of a Size 3 Rugby Ball and does not allow scrums or lineouts.

1 OzTag
2 Wheelchair Power Tag Rugby
3 Further reading
4 Footnotes

OzTag

Oztag is a recreational sport that now has competitions running all over Australia, with the largest areas located in Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra. It is a game designed to be a non-contact form of rugby league. Like most versions of tag rugby a tackle is made when one of two velcro stripes, known as tags, is removed from the ball carrier's shorts. Players can pass and kick the ball and tries in Oztag are worth one point and there are no conversions. Former St George Dragons Halfback Perry Haddock founded the hybrid sport while coaching the 1992 St George Jersey Flegg side which boasted Dragons first-grade coach Nathan Brown and National Rugby League board member Gorden Tallis.

Wheelchair Power Tag Rugby

Wheelchair Power Tag Rugby is a form of rugby which is played indoors by two teams of three wheelchairs each. It does not involve real physical contact and is played with a medium sized rugby ball.