Fair catch catch is called a "mark"; see mark (rugby) and mark (Australian football) for more information (however in Australian Rules Football the player is not protected from the opposition team while attempting a mark). Fair catches featured in some extinct forms of football, and they have been abolished in other modern codes. In Rugby league the defensive player attempting to catch the ball cannot be tackled whilst in the air, though the attacking players can contest the ball by attempting to catch it themselves. A player who successfully catches the ball is able to be tackled only once they have landed
Michigan Rugby Football Union Michigan Rugby Football Union The Michigan Rugby Football Union (MRFU) is the Local Area Union (LAU) for Rugby Union teams in the state of Michigan. The MRFU is part of the Midwest Rugby Football Union (MRFU), one of the seven Territorial Area Unions (TAU's) that comprise USA Rugby. Battle Creek Detroit RFC Detroit Tradesmen Rugby Club Detroit Tradesmen Findlay SCARS Flint Rogues Rugby Club Eastside Anchormen Rugby Club Fraser Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Lansing Capital Area Crisis RFC Michiana Michigan RFC Oakland Highlanders Toledo Celtics Traverse City Blues Tri-City Barbarians Ann Arbor Detroit RFC Flint Sirens Kalamazoo Bowling Green University Calvin