Oh joy! Another American wannabe. The goalposts are on the goal line, where they belong. The rouge is a point teams earn by getting close enough to the goal line to kick it over the goal line and prevent their opponents from getting it back over the goal line. A field goal is just two bonus points for kicking it between the goal posts Every team playing every other more than once means the standings are meaningful since nobody gets an easy or hard schedule, they are all equivalent.