Touch Football (Touch Rugby) History

The history of Touch Football (Touch Rugby) as it developed from the 1960s

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    1973 : Brisbane Rugby League players establish the first Queensland Touch Football competition (BTFA) 1960s : In the late 1960s, Touch Football begins in Sydney, NSW, Australia 1974 : BMTA – the successor to BTFA and now the largest Touch Football association in Australia. Some Early Brisbane clubs For QLD 1981 and NSW 1980 Year…

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    How Touch Football came about from various forms of Rugby The origins of touch football cannot be discussed without reference to rugby league and rugby union, as touch football is a non-contact version of rugby league. Over the years though, touch football rules have been adjusted such that touch football is now a game in…

  • Brisbane Touch Football Association (BTFA) 1973 to 1983

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    The first Queensland Touch Football Association Pre 1973 In the early 1970s a group of old mates and ex rugby league football players started playing touch at MacGregor High School. They simply had a couple of teams and threw a ball around against each other. (Later many of those players formed the Magregoroos Touch club.)…