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The modern-day Rugby League Ireland was formed in 2001 initially in Leinster and Munster conferences, prior to this the competition was known as Ireland Rugby League, [3] though after a season the league reverted to a national competition for two seasons before the conferences were reintroduced for 2004.
Rugby League Ireland (RLI) is the internationally recognised governing body for the development of rugby league football in Ireland, [1] having secured official recognition from the RLIF in 2000. It is recognised within the Irish Sports Council and took over the running of the Irish international team entirely in 2008 for the World Cup.
The first domestic rugby league club in Ireland were the Dublin Blues. They were a club founded in 1989 by Brian Corrigan. Following the formation of the Ireland national side in 1995 a league competition was mooted to aid further development. In 1997, the first Rugby League tournament began in Ireland.
This period also saw a temporary relaxation of the regulations prohibiting rugby union players from contact with rugby league. In an extraordinary development a team representing rugby league met a rugby union equivalent in two matches, held to raise money for the Red Cross. Both games were held under rugby union rules; both were won by the ...
Rugby league is the dominant winter sport in the eastern Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland. [46] The game is also among the predominant sports of Tonga [47] and is played in other Pacific nations such as Samoa and Fiji. Researchers have found that rugby league has been able to help with improving development in the islands. [48]
The Cranberries’ protest song ‘Zombie’ has become a celebratory anthem for Ireland, first at the Rugby World Cup and now at the Six Nations, but some are unhappy with the lyrics
League tag was developed by the rugby league club of University College Cork in Ireland as the club were given limited facilities and many of the recruited players were novices to any code of rugby and contact sport in general, a game that could be played on astroturf as well as grass with an emphasis on participation was required, league tag ...
Tripping with the leg is not allowed in either code. However, in rugby league, if a tackling player has both hands on the ball carrier, he is allowed to use his legs to bring him to ground. In rugby league, a tackle is deemed to be complete when the elbow of the arm holding the ball touches the ground, or the player is held in an upright tackle.