A number of additional rules are also added relating to the specific issues associated with a tag based game.
[2] League Tag (Australia) competitions for ladies are held throughout winter across all Country Rugby League Groups in New South Wales at senior level, whilst most areas also have junior competitions for girls start from as young as under 8s.
There are now over 9000 female players registered in country New South Wales League Tag competitions.
The most significant changes are a reduction of players per side from 13 to 11 and elimination of scrums, whilst additional rules such as prohibitions on grabbing clothing, fending of tags and performing 360-degree turns are added.
These rules allow league tag to be played on grass or all-weather pitches such as astro-turf, etc.
League tag (Ireland) is a fledgling discipline of tag rugby league having been only formally coded in January 2008, it had its first officially organised competition in University College Cork in March 2008, during the competition the rules were revised to suit more enjoyable game playing experience.
League tag now has a regulatory on-line body, the LTRA[1] which provides advice on coaching, refereeing and playing the game.
The defending team is allowed a single marker, who must stand square, i.e. directly in front of the attacking player who is going the play-the-ball.
If a defending player touches the ball in flight and it goes to ground, this will count as mishandling on his part and the original attacking team will be awarded a zero tackle play-the-ball.
This version of League Tag was a forerunner to X-League – information (https://web.archive.org/web/20201123191138/https://www.rugby-league.com/get_involved/play/x-league ) (Wayback Machine archived at 23 November 2020)