Comparison of Canadian football and rugby union "rouge" and the receiving team gains possession of the ball but give up a point to the punting team for failing to advance the ball out of the endzone. An important difference between the two sports involves the aftermath of a score. In Canadian football, the scoring team kicks off, except after a safety. In rugby union, the team scored upon kicks off (in rugby sevens, a variant of rugby union featuring seven players per side, the scoring team kicks off). Canadian teams have twelve players on the field per side. Different players may be interchanged at will for offence
Hugh O'Neill (Canadian football) his first game as a Tiger-Cat on July 2, 2015, recording two punts for a 38.5 yard average. Hugh O'Neill (Canadian football) Hugh O'Neill (born January 20, 1990) is a professional Canadian football punter and placekicker for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted 11th overall by the BC Lions in the 2011 CFL Draft. In the Canadian Football League’s Amateur Scouting Bureau final rankings, he was ranked as the eighth best player for players eligible in the 2011 draft, and fifth by players in the CIS. He played CIS football with the Alberta Golden