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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.
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 Rugby Football League (RFL) is the governing body for rugby league in England. [4] Founded in 1895 as the Northern Rugby Football Union following 22 clubs resigning from the Rugby Football Union, it changed its name in 1922 to the Rugby Football League.
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, and referred to colloquially as football, footy (like other codes of football), rugby (like its union counterpart), or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 m (74 yd) wide and 112 ...
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 top tier of rugby league in the United Kingdom is the Super League.It features 12 teams with 10 teams from Northern England, 1 from London and 1 from France. The top six teams enter the play-offs and the winner is determined by the Super League Grand Final.
The Super League (also known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred, and legally known as Super League Europe Ltd.) [1] [2] is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of which eleven are from Northern England , reflecting the sport's geographic heartland within the ...
England women's national rugby league team players (1 C, 17 P) Pages in category "England national rugby league team players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 750 total.