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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 10 team Super League went with the same style, ending up with an 18-game season. After the two leagues reunified into the National Rugby League , the 1998 NRL season saw the 20 teams play 24 matches, playing five teams twice whilst coming up against the other 14 sides once.
By 1990, a Friday night game was usually scheduled in all rounds. The Friday night game is considered to be the most watched game of the week and many NRL clubs have openly stated that they appreciate the publicity given by these matches. The Nine Network choose the game they consider to be the "match of the round" 5 or 6 weeks in advance.
However, with the increase of scoring due to the 10-metre rule introduced during 1993 and the popular desire for larger dividends, FootyTAB increased the number of point spreads to three (1-10, 11-20 and 21+) for the 2001 season. Before draws were largely eliminated by extra time in 2003, it was possible also to bet on a match being drawn as a ...
Download QR code; Print/export ... pre-season warm-up games or NRL Nines games. Team records ... 16: Newcastle: 20 April 1908 14 August 1909: 20: 9: 11: 0:
The Thursday night NRL version was based around variety with segments, bands and a serious discussion about current issues in the game and past/future match-ups. Former segments included Anti-Ads, National Naan News (with Mahatma Cote), Daredevil Dudes, Hill Report (with Terry Hill ), Yesterday's Hero (with Paul Langmack ), Going..
List of National Rugby League players with five tries in a game; List of players who have played 300 NRL games; List of players with 20 NRL field goals; List of players with 100 NRL tries; List of players with 100 NRL tries and 500 NRL goals; List of players with 500 NRL goals
The Titans defeated Cronulla Sharks 18–16 at Carrara. On that same night, Titans prop Luke Bailey delivered the first profanity on the broadcast, uttering 'fuck' in a post-match interview Andrew Johns' final NRL match was on a Monday Night in round 3, 2007. Newcastle Knights lost to Canberra Raiders 48–18 at Canberra Stadium. Johns retired ...