Stephen "Steve" Rule (born 5 June 1952) is an English-born former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and current rugby union coach. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for and Cheshire Rugby Football Union, and at club level for Loughborough Students RUFC and Sale, as a fly-half, i.e. number 10, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Salford and St. Helens, as a fullback, i.e. number 1, and coached representative level rugby union (RU) for Cheshire Rugby Football Union, and at club level for Sale, Lymm RFC, New Brighton and Macclesfield RUFC.