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Bath-Bristol derby: Bristol Rugby vs. Bath Rugby [63] West Country derby: Gloucester Rugby vs. Bath Rugby [64] The New West Country derby: Bristol Rugby vs. Exeter Chiefs [65] Milton Keynes derby: Bletchley RUFC vs. Milton Keynes RUFC [66] [67] vs. Olney RFC [68] Former West London/Hampstead FC Split Derby: Wasps RFC vs. Harlequin F.C. [69] [70]
Historically, rugby league has been the second biggest spectator sport in England with 6.8 million spectators attending the 1948–1949 English season. Rugby league is most popular in its traditional heartlands and, in those areas, interest in the sport can rival that of association football.
Games between two rivals that are based in areas of close geographical proximity are often known as a local derby, or simply just a derby (UK: / ˈ d ɑːr b i / DAR-bee, US: / ˈ d ɜːr b i / DUR-bee); a sporting event between two teams from the same town, city or region.
The Big Welsh Derby is played between the only two Welsh clubs in the professional ranks of British rugby league. Celtic Crusaders joined the national leagues in 2006 and were, at that time, the only Welsh side outside the amateur game. They left South Wales and moved to Wrexham in 2009.
Men's rugby league Ashes (modern series) Men's rugby league Ashes (original series) Women's rugby league Ashes; Australia vs England in rugby league; Australia vs Fiji in rugby league; Australia vs France in rugby league; Australia vs New Zealand in rugby league; Australia vs Papua New Guinea in rugby league
The Super League (also known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, and legally known as Super League Europe Ltd.) [1] [2] is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of which eleven are from Northern England , reflecting the sport's geographic heartland within the UK and ...
Between 1999 and 2002, rugby league below Super League was re-organised into one large competition, the Northern Ford Premiership. In 2003, the NFP was divided into National Leagues 1 and 2 with a National League 3 made up from sides drawn from the Rugby League Conference and British Amateur Rugby League Association winter leagues. It was ...
The 2025 season will be the 30th season of the Super League, and 131st season of rugby league in Great Britain.The season will begin on 13 February 2025 with defending champions Wigan Warriors playing at home to the Leigh Leopards.