Rugby league
Rugby league fitbaa,[3] uisually cried rugby league,[4] or simply league is a full contact sport played bi twa teams o thirteen players on a rectangular field.[5]
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| Heichest govrenin body | Rugby League Internaitional Federation |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Footy, The Greatest Gemme o Aw[1][2] |
| First played | 7 September 1895, post schism |
| Characteristics | |
| Contact | Full contact |
| Team members | 13 |
| Mixed gender | Single |
| Categorization | Ootduir team sport |
| Equipment | Fitbaa |
| Venue | Rugby league playin field |
References
eedit- ↑ Fagan, Sean (16 Januar 2005). "George Lovejoy". rl1908.com. Archived frae the original on 1 Januar 2011. Retrieved 1 Januar 2011.
[George Lovejoy] coined the expression 'Rugby League – The Greatest Game of All'
- ↑ Grasso, Robert (28 Julie 2008). "Simply a mess: rugby league now the game forgotten by all". SBS World News. Australia: SBS. Archived frae the original on 1 Januar 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
- ↑ Collins, Tony (1998). Rugby's great split: class, culture, and the origins of Rugby League football. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7146-4867-5.
- Bellew, T. J. (1984). Laws of the game of rugby league football. Australian Rugby Football League.[deid airtin]
- A. N., Gaulton (1968). Encyclopaedia of Rugby League Football. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 978-0-7091-0377-6.
- Macklin, Keith (1974). The History of Rugby League Football. London: Stanley Paul. ISBN 978-0-09-120780-9.
- John Nauright & Charles Parish (2010). Sports around the World. USA: ABC-CLIO, LLC.
- Paul Downward and Ian Jackson (2004). Common Origins, Common Future? A Comparative Analysis of Association Football and Rugby League Football in the UK. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-275-98032-0. Cite has empty unkent parameter:
|coauthors=(help) - Moorhouse, Geoffrey (1996). A People's Game: The Centenary History of Rugby League Football, 1895–1995. London: Hodder and Stoughton.
- Rugby Football League (1957). Rugby league football: the official illustrated handbook of the Rugby Football League. Great Britain: Educational Productions Ltd.[deid airtin]
- ↑ RLEF. "What is Rugby League?". Rugby League European Federation. Archived frae the original on 20 Julie 2009. Retrieved 28 Julie 2009.
- ↑ Dept. Recreation and Sport. "Dimensions for Rugby League". Government of Western Australia. Archived frae the original on 1 Januar 2011. Retrieved 28 Julie 2009.