Rugby league Rugby league 2004 saw a scandal in the sport of rugby league involving Great Britain international players Sean Long and Martin Gleeson. Both players were playing for St Helens at the time; the match in question was between Bradford Bulls and St Helens on Easter Monday, April 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "2004 rugby league betting scandal"
Boots N' All is the name given to two television programmes about the sport of rugby league. One is Australian, the other is aired in the United Kingdom. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boots N' All"
Rugby is played in Cardiff in both rugby league and rugby union forms. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cardiff rugby"
A Grand Final is the culmination of a series of final matches played between a number of sporting teams to decide the premier team. The term is used predominantly in Australian sport in almost all forms. ...more on Wikipedia about "Grand Final"
The history of rugby league began with the schism of 1895 in the sport of rugby football. There are now two forms of "rugby": rugby league and rugby union, which although similar, have different laws and governing bodies. The disagreement that lead to the split was over the issue of "broken time" payments, and first came to a head in northern England in the late nineteenth century. ...more on Wikipedia about "History of rugby league"
The McIntyre Final Eight System was devised by Ken McIntyre in addition to the McIntyre Four, Five and Six systems. It is a play-off system of the top 8 finishers in a competition to determine which two teams will play in the Grand Final. The teams play each other over three weeks, with two teams eliminated each week. Teams who finish in a higher position in the competition are given an easier route to the Grand Final. ...more on Wikipedia about "McIntyre Final Eight System"
The Morocco national rugby league team has been participating in international competition since 1995. Many players for the Moroccan team are drawn from the French competition. ...more on Wikipedia about "Morocco national rugby league team"
Comprehensive regular season results of the NRL. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Rugby League Teams"
The Jim Beam Cup is a semi-professional development level rugby league competition in New South Wales (NSW), Australia run jointly by the NSW Rugby League ( NSWRL) and the NSW Country Rugby League (CRL). The competition is run concurrently with the National Rugby League (NRL) and comprises 10 teams drawn from both the Sydney metropolitan area and the NSW Central Coast, north of Sydney. The competition is named after its major sponsor, Jim Beam Brands (JBB). ...more on Wikipedia about "NSWRL Jim Beam Cup"
Playing rugby league requires the player to be fit. Depending on the exact role or position of the player, being big and/or fast are major advantages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Playing rugby league"
Power play is a sporting term used in various games. ...more on Wikipedia about "Power play"
Rugby league is a team sport, played by two teams of 13 players. The aim is to carry an oval ball up the field towards the opponents in-goal where the ball is grounded to score a try. The opposing team attempts to prevent the attacking team from carrying out this objective by tackling the player with the ball. It is one of the two codes of rugby, the other being rugby union. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rugby league"
During the 1990s attempts were made to introduce the sport of rugby league to Kenya. As of 2005 there is no evidence that the game still being played there. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rugby league in Kenya"
In 2002 a domestic league was set up in Lebanon, intially with four university-based teams. Players from the domestic competition now feature in the national side, and a side composed entirely from Lebanese domestic players, known as Lebanon Espoirs has been formed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rugby league in Lebanon"
Rugby league nines is a version of rugby league played with 9 players on each side. The game is substantially the same as full rugby league, however scrums involve only three players per team, and all kicks at goal must be made by drop-kicks. Games normally last only 15 minutes (7.5 minutes each way). ...more on Wikipedia about "Rugby league nines"
The dummy-half was introduced through the introduction of the play-the-ball rule, prior to 1907. The dummy-half is responsible for the collection of the ball, on the completion of the play-the-ball. The hooker has become known as dummy-half, perhaps because of his prior duties in the scrum and the line-out. However any player on the field can play the role of the dummy-half, which is often the case given the speed of modern rugby league which moves the position of the dummy-half greatly after every play. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rugby league positions"
Rugby sevens is a variant of rugby football in which only seven players per side feature. Both rugby league and rugby union have sevens versions. The union version was first played at Melrose in the Scottish Borders. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rugby sevens"
A Rugby shirt, often refered to as a jersey, is a shirt worn for either Rugby union or Rugby league. It usually has short sleeves, though long sleeves are common as well. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rugby shirt"
Super League is the name of various sports competitions in different disciplines ...more on Wikipedia about "Super League"
Super League was a rugby league competition that was held in Australia in 1997. It was owned by News Corporation, and in 1998 merged with the Australian Rugby League competition to form the National Rugby League. ...more on Wikipedia about "Super League (Australia)"
This Sporting Life is a 1963 British film which tells the story of a rugby league player in the Northern England whose romantic life is not as successful as his sporting life. ...more on Wikipedia about "This Sporting Life"
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University were a rugby league team representing the University of Sydney who played in the NSWRL Premiership from 1920 - 1937, in the NSWRL Second Division and Metropolitan League competitions from 1963 to 1976 and currently play in the NSW Tertiary Student Rugby League. ...more on Wikipedia about "University (Rugby League)"
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