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The tour played a large role in establishing rugby league in Australia and New Zealand, and gave birth to international rugby league. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] The first game of rugby league played on New Zealand soil was an exhibition by the tourists on their return in 1908.
0-9 22 The 22 m line, marking 22 metres (72 ft) from the tryline. 89 An "89" or eight-nine move is a phase following a scrum, in which the number 8 picks up the ball and transfers it to number 9 (scrum-half). 99 The "99" call was a policy of simultaneous retaliation by the 1974 British Lions tour to South Africa, (the 99 comes from the British emergency services telephone number which is 999 ...
A rugby union scrum consists of two teams' eight forwards, with each team binding in three rows. The front row is composed of the two props and the hooker . [ 3 ] The two second row forwards (jersey numbers four and five), commonly referred to as the locks bind together and directly behind the front row with each putting their heads between the ...
A Welsh club rugby player was jailed for a year in 2008 for biting an opponent's earlobe off. [17] After a scuffle during a 2009 rugby match in the Cape Town suburb of Brackenfell , a player had to have his fingertip reattached after an alleged biting incident.
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Most often used in a negative way by fans of the more ground-based rugby football in New South Wales and Queensland. AFL: Australian Football League. This acronym is used colloquially as an alternative name for the sport when distinguishing it from other football codes, particularly in Queensland and New South Wales.
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This list shows each country which has a union affiliated to World Rugby, the international governing body for rugby union.It also shows the number of registered clubs playing in each country, official referees and the number of registered players broken down by gender and age group.