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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 ...
In August 1999 the NRL's CEO Neil Whittaker announced that he would resign at the end of the season. [10] The 1999 NRL Grand Final brought about a new official world record attendance for a game of rugby league. 107,999 spectators saw the Melbourne Storm play the newly merged St. George Illawarra Dragons in the decider at Stadium Australia.
The elite professional rugby league club competition in Australia is the National Rugby League (NRL). The NRL's Telstra Premiership is contested by 4 teams from Queensland, 10 from New South Wales, 1 from Victoria and 1 from the Australian Capital Territory as well as 1 team from New Zealand.
This page details first-grade rugby league records from the National Rugby League (1998-) and its predecessors, the New South Wales Rugby Football League (1908-1994), the Australian Rugby League, (1995-1997), and the Super League (1997).
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are a professional rugby league club in the National Rugby League (NRL), the premier rugby league football competition in Australasia.. Based in Belmore, a suburb of Sydney, the Bulldogs in 1935 were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition, a predecessor of the current NRL competition.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 November 2024. Australian rugby league season Rugby league season 2024 National Rugby League Duration 2 March [a] – 6 October 2024 Teams 17 Premiers Penrith Panthers (6th title) Minor premiers Melbourne Storm (6th title) Matches played 213 Points scored 9,964 Average attendance 20,611 Attendance ...
The 10 team Super League went with the same style, ending up with an 18-game season. After the two leagues reunified into the National Rugby League, the 1998 NRL season saw the 20 teams play 24 matches, playing five teams twice whilst coming up against the other 14 sides once.
In 2008, the club renewed its partnership with Stadium Australia to play NRL home games and home finals at the venue for the next 10 years. Redfern Oval, Rabbitohs vs Wests Tigers pre-season trial game, 8 February 2009. During 2008, the City of Sydney Council [58] completed a $19.5 million upgrade and renovation of Redfern Oval. From season ...