This article deals with several different games, all of which are referred to as touch rugby. For an article on the most popular form of touch rugby, which is also known as Touch, touch football or six down, see:
Touch football (rugby league). The name touch rugby, refers to derivatives of
rugby football in which players do not tackle in the traditional, highly physical way, but instead touch their opponents using their hands on any part of the body, clothing, or the ball.
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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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