The Rugby Football League (RFL) is the governing body for rugby league in England. Founded in 1895 as the Northern Rugby Football Union following 22 clubs...
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Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred...
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Queensland Rugby Football League (QRL) is the governing body for rugby league in Queensland. It is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission...
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sports rugby union and rugby league have shared origins and thus many similarities. Initially, following the 1895 split in rugby football, rugby union...
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Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league. Rugby football started at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire...
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of rugby league as a separate form of rugby football goes back to 1895 in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire when the Northern Rugby Football Union...
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Australian Rugby League Commission Limited (ARL), formerly the Australian Rugby Football League Limited known as the Australian Rugby League is an Australian...
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State of Origin series (redirect from State of Origin, Rugby League)
The State of Origin series is an annual best-of-three rugby league series between two Australian state representative sides, the New South Wales Blues...
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In rugby league football, the Laws of the Game are the rules governing how the sport is played. The Laws are the responsibility of the Rugby League International...
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Like most forms of modern football, rugby league football is played outdoors on a rectangular grass field with goals at each end that are attacked and...
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the Australian Rugby League Commission. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) until...
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first-grade rugby league records from the National Rugby League (1998-) and its predecessors, the New South Wales Rugby Football League (1908-1994),...
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The Queensland rugby league team represents the Australian state of Queensland in rugby league football. Nicknamed the "Maroons" after the colour of their...
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Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia and contributor to today's National Rugby League...
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The New South Wales rugby league team has represented the Australian state of New South Wales in rugby league football since the sport's beginnings there...
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5 oz). Rugby league footballs are slightly more pointed than rugby union footballs and larger than American footballs. The Australasian National Rugby League...
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The National Rugby League (known as the NRL Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship) is a professional rugby league competition in Australasia which contains...
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A rugby league team consists of 13 players on the field, with 4 substitutes on the bench. Each of the 13 players is assigned a position, normally with...
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International Rugby League (IRL) is the global governing body for the sport of rugby league football. The IRL organises the Rugby League World Cup, the...
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November 1954 – 3 January 2006) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played for the Cronulla-Sutherland...
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The Brisbane Rugby League premiership was a rugby league football competition in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was first held in 1922 and for every...
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Rugby league is played across England but is most popular in Northern England, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire where the game originated. These areas...
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Rugby league in Australia has been one of Australia's most popular sports since it started being played there in 1908. It is the dominant winter football...
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Sydney University RLFC (redirect from Sydney University Rugby League Football Club)
The Sydney University Rugby League Football Club is a rugby league team currently playing in the Saturday Metro League competition. The University of Sydney...
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the Rugby Football League, Maurice Lindsay reopened the idea for a Super League. He wanted the new league to break the stereotype of rugby league being...
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Rugby Football Union created the competition in 2003, by absorbing the Japan Company Rugby Football Championship. The chief architect of the league was...
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The Australian national rugby league team, the Kangaroos, have represented Australia in senior men's rugby league football competitions since the establishment...
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rugby league football coach who is the head coach of the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL), and a former professional rugby league footballer...
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International Rugby League and was first held in France in 1954, which was the first World Cup held for any form of rugby football. The idea of a rugby league World...
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Queensland, Rugby league was introduced in 1908 and is the most watched winter sport in the state and the second most participated football code after...
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