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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 ...
In 1988 teams from outside New South Wales began to enter the premiership. With the Super League war, the two rival competitions, the ARL and SL, had twenty-two teams competing in the 1997 season. As part of the agreement for the NRL, the competition would be forced to reduce to only fourteen teams in 2000. Currently in 2025, there are ...
Winning Team Defeated Team Score Venue Date 1: 40: Manly Warringah Sea Eagles: Melbourne Storm: 40–0: ANZ Stadium: 5 October 2008 2: 38: Eastern Suburbs Roosters: St George Dragons: 38–0: Sydney Cricket Ground: 20 September 1975 3: 32: North Sydney: Glebe: 35–3: Sydney Cricket Ground: 6 September 1922 4: 29: Balmain: South Sydney: 33–4 ...
The 2006 NRL Grand Final won by the Brisbane Broncos over the Melbourne Storm, 15–8. The matchup was a significant milestone in the history of the NRL, as two interstate teams (teams not from New South Wales, the perceived "heartland" of the NRL) contested the grand final for the first time ever.
The following is a list of rugby league competitions that are still currently in existence. This includes both international tournaments played by national Test teams and also domestic club and provincial competitions. Throughout the list bold indicates the league is a professional or semi-professional competition.
Shutdown as part of the ARL and Super League merger to end the Super League war. Gold Coast Titans formed in 2007 Hunter Mariners: 1997: 1997: Shutdown as part of the ARL and Super League merger to end the Super League war. Illawarra Steelers: 1982: 1998: Merged with the St. George Dragons: Became St George Illawarra Dragons in 1999 North ...
Rugby league is a growing sport in Africa and the Middle East, with a large growth in players since the 1990s, some of which have played at the game's elite levels in the National Rugby League and Super League. The game in the Middle East is one of the fastest growing sports with regular internationals played against European and Mediterranean ...
The Australian Super league and the ARL had 22 teams combined 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 Perth Reds, the South Queensland Crushers and the Hunter Mariners.