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The following list is a complete collection of results for the England national rugby league team.England's matches against Australia and New Zealand show a limited number of matches played due to the fact that the Great Britain national rugby league team participated and represented England in tournaments such as World Cups and also tours in the 1900s, and early 2000s before their last ...
In 1948 the first televised rugby league match was played when Wigan's 8–3 Challenge Cup Final victory over Bradford Northern was broadcast to the Midlands. In another first this was the first rugby league match to be attended by the reigning monarch, King George VI, who presented the trophy.
List of England women's national rugby league players is a list of people who have played for the England women's national rugby league team. Heritage Numbers (H#) were determined by the Women in Rugby League project in collaboration with England Rugby League. [1] [2] Tries and goals are incomplete for five matches in the years 2007, 2008, and ...
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.
The 2025 England Lions and Lionesses tour of Australia was originally scheduled be a joint tour of Australia by the England men's and England women's national rugby league teams. [ 1 ] In October 2024, talks began regarding moving the tour to England, thus making the Australia men's and Australia women's national teams the tourists.
The first step was to reduce the Championship from 14 clubs to 13 at the end of the 2024 season. This was achieved by the bottom two clubs being relegated to League 1 but only the League 1 champions being promoted. The team finishing third-bottom in 2024 played the team winning the League 1 play-offs for the 13th spot in the 2025 Championship. [5]
England vs New Zealand in rugby league is a rivalry between the England national rugby league team and the New Zealand national rugby league team in the sport of rugby league. The first test match between the two sides was in 1975, with a 17–17 draw being the result.
The 2022 Rugby Football League Championship is a rugby league football competition played in England. It is the second tier of the three tiers of professional rugby league in England, below Super League, and above League 1. The sponsors for the league are the bookmakers, Betfred and the league will continue to be known as the Betfred Championship.