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The England national rugby league team represent England in international rugby league matches. The team is governed by the Rugby Football League, and is a full member of the RLIF and RLEF. Since the team's first official match in 1904, over 700 players have been selected to represent England.
The Super League operates under a real-time salary cap system that will calculate a club's salary cap position at the start of and throughout the season: [47] The combined earnings of the top 25 players must not exceed £1.825 million. Clubs will only be allowed to sign a new player if they have room under the cap.
The National Rugby League has a salary cap of A$9.6 million in 2018, with a salary floor of A$9.12 million (95% of the cap). The salary cap keeps average annual player salaries at around A$364,800. The National Rugby League adopted a hard salary cap model in its first season in 1998.
The England national team is the worlds oldest national rugby league team, having played the first international rugby league game in 1904 against Other Nationalities, [a] a team initially made up of Welsh and Scottish players. [2] England have made the Rugby League World Cup final three times, being runners-up; in 1975, 1995 and 2017.
Matty Lees (born 4 February 1998) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for St Helens in the Super League [3] and the England Knights and England at international level. He has spent time on loan from Saints at the Sheffield Eagles in the Betfred Championship.
Rugby league is the fourth most popular team sport in England. Historically, rugby league has been the second biggest spectator sport in England with 6.8 million spectators attending the 1948–1949 English season.
List of England national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the England national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match . Note that the "position" column lists the position at which the player made his Test debut, not necessarily the position for which he is best known.
Before the tournament, England played a test match against France which saw Widdop tally his 100th test point in England's 40–6 win. [55] In October 2017 he was selected in the England squad for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. [56] He was selected in England 9s squad for the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s. [57]