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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. 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 ...

5. Rugby league - Wikipedia

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   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, rugby, 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 112–122 m (122–133 yd) long with H-shaped posts at both ...

6. Playoff format - Wikipedia

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   This system was further refined into the top-six system used by the Championship and League 1 of European rugby league until being abandoned from the 2015 season forward. A slightly modified version of this system was used in the A-League of Australian soccer starting in 2010 before a pure knockout format was adopted beginning in 2013.

7. Comparison of American football and rugby union - Wikipedia

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   In American football a touchdown scores 6 points; in rugby union a try is worth 5 points; and 4 points in rugby league. Rugby also allows for a penalty try , awarded by the referee when he believes that a try has been prevented by the defending team's misconduct.

8. Australian rules football in Australia - Wikipedia

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   It is also fast growing in New South Wales and in Queensland, though with participation rates there of 1.2% it is considered a minor sport, lagging behind soccer and rugby league in overall interest. These two states represent more than half of the Australian population and this dichotomy of football culture is referred to as the Barassi Line .

9. Rugby league match officials - Wikipedia

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   Rugby league match officials are responsible for fairly enforcing the Laws of the Game from a neutral point of view during a match of rugby league football and imposing penalties for deliberate breaches of these Laws. [1] [2] The most senior match official is the referee. They may be assisted by a range of other officials depending on the level ...