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Rugby league is the dominant winter sport in the eastern Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland. [46] The game is also among the predominant sports of Tonga [47] and is played in other Pacific nations such as Samoa and Fiji. Researchers have found that rugby league has been able to help with improving development in the islands. [48]
Pages in category "Rugby league records and statistics" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Biggest League Leaders Shield winning margin:, 2019; St Helens R.F.C. (52 points) over (Wigan Warriors) (36 points) Smallest League Leaders Shield winning margin: 0 points and 14 points difference - 2002, St. Helens (+405) over Bradford Bulls (+391). Saint Helens won the League Leaders Shield with a superior points difference.
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 ...
Women's Rugby League World Cup: Rugby league: Worldwide Quadrennial: 2022: 15: 128,098: 8,540: 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup: IFAF Junior World Championship: American football: Worldwide: Biennial: 2018: 9: 76,115: 8,457: 2018 IFAF U-19 World Championship: FIFA U-17 World Cup: Association football Worldwide Biennial 2023: 52: 437,575: ...
The Midwest Rugby League (MWRL) is a rugby league long discussed competition in the Midwest United States. In 2009 an organization named Midwest Rugby League was formed to promote rugby league in the Midwestern United States, and to operate the Stockyarders team from 2010 onwards. [39]
The 50th anniversary of rugby league in Australia was marked by hosting the second ever Rugby League World Cup tournament in 1957. The attendance record for a rugby league match was re-set by the 1965 NSWRFL season's Grand Final between St. George and South Sydney attracting a crowd of 78,065.
The formation of the USA Rugby League was announced on January 12, 2011. Seven teams that had previously competed in the American National Rugby League, the United States' established rugby league organization and recognized governing body for the sport, announced they were breaking with the AMNRL to form a new league.