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The New South Wales Rugby League ran the major rugby league competition of New South Wales from its inception in 1908 until 1994.Following the introduction of a new format for interstate rugby league, the State of Origin series in 1980, the decade of the 1980s brought about expansion of the NSWRL premiership, with the introduction of commercial sponsorship, the Winfield Cup, and the addition ...
The New South Wales Rugby League ran the major rugby league competition of New South Wales from its inception in 1908 until 1994.Following the introduction of a new format for interstate rugby league, the State of Origin series in 1980, the decade of the 1980s brought about expansion of the NSWRL premiership, with the introduction of commercial sponsorship, the Winfield Cup, and the addition ...
Later in the season a match was played at Long Beach, California. The game did not count toward the series, but the match retained State of Origin status and is included in the records and player appearance calculations. It was billed as an historic occasion for the game and an opportunity for rugby league to grab a foothold in the United ...
Wigan defeated Warrington 12–5, in front of a crowd of 17,773. [ 9 ] In 1991 Rugby World TV promoter John F. Morgan of Lake Placid, NY was petitioned by Rugby League Australia to bring a U.S. team to the Sydney 7s and in 1993 Morgan created the American Patriots who became a novel hit at the event.
12–7 Eastern Suburbs: 27,104 1932: South Sydney Rabbitohs (11) 19–12 Western Suburbs Magpies: 16,925 1933: Newtown Jets (2) 18–5 St. George Dragons: 18,080 1934: Western Suburbs Magpies (2) 15–12 Eastern Suburbs: 25,174 1935: Eastern Suburbs (5) 19–3 South Sydney Rabbitohs: Sydney Cricket Ground: 22,106 1936: Eastern Suburbs (6) 32 ...
The two competitions were reunited as the National Rugby League (NRL) in time for the start of the 1998 season. The NRL was established as a company owned in partnership between the ARL and News Limited. In 2013 the ARL was reconstituted as the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) and News Limited handed their 50% stake in the NRL back to ...
The Australian Super league and the ARL combined had 22 teams in 1997. When the NRL was formed in 1998, it was decided that there would only be 20 teams.The Melbourne Storm were the sole expansion team that year, meaning that the NRL had to remove three teams: the WA Reds, the South Queensland Crushers and the Hunter Mariners.
2023 - Penrith Panthers become the first team in 40 years, and the first in the modern NRL era, to win three premierships in a row (2021, 2022 and 2023). This rare feat is known as a three-peat . This grand final is remembered for the biggest comeback ever in an NRL grand final, with Penrith down 24–8 with 18 minutes remaining to go on to win ...