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Le terme rugby désigne un ensemble de sports de la famille du football caractérisés par l'utilisation d'un ballon ovale, jouable à la main ou au pied, mais ne pouvant progresser vers l'en-but adverse que porté ou botté au pied. L'objectif du jeu est de marquer plus de points que l'adversaire, en marquant soit des drops soit des essais (obtenus et « récompensés » différemment selon les variantes : voir les règles particulières de ces différentes variantes). Rugby football, often just "rugby", may refer to a number of sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England, United Kingdom. Rugby union, rugby league, and American football and Canadian football are modern sports that originated from rugby football. Rugby league and rugby union are the only two sports referred to as "rugby" today. French rugby league supporters sometimes call themselves "treizistes", reflecting the French title of their sport (jeu à treize). The epithet occurs almost universally in France, but its use has also spread to English-speaking countries. Australia is unusual in that rugby league is by far the more popular of the two codes. Support for both codes is concentrated in New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory. The same perceived class barrier as exists between the two games in England also occurs in these two states, fostered by rugby union's prominence and support at private schools. Australian followers of rugby league usually refer to rugby league as "rugby", "footy" or "football" and rugby union as "kick and clap" or "union". A popular television show dealing with rugby league, called The Footy Show screens weekly during the NRL season and t.v. coverage is generally known as Friday Night Football and Monday Night Football. New Zealanders generally refer to rugby union simply as either "football", "rugby" or "rugby union" and to rugby league as "rugby league", "football" or "league". In New Zealand, playing rugby football has a reputation as the epitome of manliness for both Māori and Pākehā (non-Māori), as symbolised by a haka (war dance)