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A rugby league team consists of 13 players on the field, with 4 substitutes on the bench. Each of the 13 players is assigned a position, normally with a standardised number, which reflects their role in attack and defence, although players can take up any position at any time.
Rugby sevens: The substitution rules for seven-a-side rugby are in general very similar to those of rugby union. Under the official World Rugby rules used at most international tournaments, teams are allowed up to three tactical replacements per match, however a variant rule allowing for up to five tactical replacements per match is commonly ...
The golden point, a sudden-death-overtime system, is sometimes used to resolve drawn rugby-league matches. Minor variations exist. In the National Rugby League, if the scores are level at the end of 80 minutes, five minutes are played, the teams swap ends with no break, and five more minutes are played. Any score (try, penalty goal, or field ...
West Hartlepool RFC hung up their No. 5 jersey in memory of their lock John How who died of a heart condition in a 1994 league match. Waitete Rugby Club (affiliated to the King Country Rugby Football Union in New Zealand) retired the number 5 jersey and replaced it with 55, in honour of legendary club and national rugby hero All Black Colin Meads.
Name Début Last Match Position Appearances Tries ... Substitute in 1975 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley, ... Stand-off in the first season of rugby league, 1895–96 214:
National Conference League: D3 4 Salford Red Devils: Super League: 1 Sheffield Eagles: Championship: 2 Shaw Cross Sharks National Conference League: D1 4 Siddal: National Conference League: 4 Skirlaugh: National Conference League: D1 4 South London Silverbacks Conference League South: 4 St. Helens: Super League: 1 Stanley Rangers: National ...
Hull F.C. (known as the Hull Sharks between 1996 and 1999) is an English rugby league club who have had numerous notable players (1,200 as of 27 May 2024) throughout their history, each player of the rugby league era who has played (and so excludes non-playing substitutes) in a competitive first-class match (including those matches that were subsequently abandoned, expunged or re-played, but ...
The International Rugby League (IRL) was founded in its current form in 1998, consisting of 10 full members. [ citation needed ] The federation currently consists of 35 members (14 full and 21 affiliate), and 24 observer members.