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  2. Rugby league gameplay - Wikipedia

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    There are four ways to score in rugby league: tries, conversions, penalty goals, and drop goals. The try is worth four points and is the primary means of scoring. To score a try, the ball must be placed with controlled downward pressure on the goal line (also called the try line ) or in the in-goal area between the goal line and the dead ball ...

  3. Laws of rugby league - Wikipedia

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    The rules of football as played at Rugby School in the 19th century were decided regularly and informally by the pupils. For many years the rules were unwritten. [7] In 1845 three pupils at the school, William Delafield Arnold, Walter Waddington Shirley and Frederick Leigh Hutchins were tasked with writing a codified set of rules by the then Head Schoolboy and football captain Isaac Gregory ...

  4. Rugby league - Wikipedia

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    Rugby league is the dominant winter sport in the eastern Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland. [46] The game is also among the predominant sports of Tonga [47] and is played in other Pacific nations such as Samoa and Fiji. Researchers have found that rugby league has been able to help with improving development in the islands. [48]

  5. Comparison of rugby league and rugby union - Wikipedia

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    Wigan won, 82–6, in the first match, played under league rules, and lost the second, 44–19, under union rules. In January 2003, St Helens rugby league took on Sale rugby union in a single game played at Knowsley Road, intended to have one half under league rules and the other under union rules.

  6. Rugby league nines - Wikipedia

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    Rugby league nines (or simply nines) is a version of rugby league football played with nine players on each side. The game is substantially the same as full rugby league, with some differences in rules and shorter games. Nines is usually played in festivals, as its shorter game play allows for a tournament to be completed in a day or over a ...

  7. Mod league - Wikipedia

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    Mod league is a form of rugby league developed by the Australian Rugby League.It was developed to introduce children to rugby league. Mod league follows on from mini football; it introduces laws more common to the full international laws of rugby league, whilst also keeping the theme of being an introductory level.

  8. Glossary of rugby league terms - Wikipedia

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    The golden point, a sudden-death-overtime system, is sometimes used to resolve drawn rugby-league matches. Minor variations exist. In the National Rugby League, if the scores are level at the end of 80 minutes, five minutes are played, the teams swap ends with no break, and five more minutes are played. Any score (try, penalty goal, or field ...

  9. Try (rugby) - Wikipedia

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    A try is a way of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area (on or behind the goal line). Rugby union and league differ slightly in defining "grounding the ball" and the "in-goal" area. In rugby union a try is worth 5 points, and in rugby league a try is worth ...