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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.
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.
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 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 ...
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 .
2024 Samoa rugby league tour of England; A. Men's rugby league Ashes (modern series) Men's rugby league Ashes (original series) C. County Championship (rugby league) D.
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 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.