Comparison of Canadian football and rugby league

At the time association football, or "soccer", and rugby were not as differentiated as they are now and teams would negotiate the rules before playing a game.

Modern rugby league has been judged by William K. Frampton as having "an amazing resemblance to the original Canadian game".

[1] Frampton characterised rugby league as "so similar to the game Neil Taylor played that is effectively an improved version of it".

[1] However the games diverged subsequently resulting in major differences such as the forward pass, where the ball is thrown to a receiver located farther down field.

If the interchanges are used up and a player becomes injured and cannot continue, the team simply has to play a man short.