Sport
Rugby League
Also Known As Rugby League Football The formal full name; rugby league is the commonly used short form already carried as this entity's own name.
Football Codes
Rugby league split from rugby union on 29 August 1895, when twenty-two clubs from Yorkshire and Lancashire, at a meeting at the George Hotel in Huddersfield, resigned from the Rugby Football Union to form the Northern Rugby Football Union. The dispute was over broken-time payments: compensation for working-class players' lost wages, which the RFU's own amateur administration refused to sanction. The Northern Rugby Football Union reduced teams from fifteen to thirteen players and took the name Rugby Football League in 1922.
Facts
Origin YearMarks the Huddersfield schism, 29 August 1895, in which twenty-two Yorkshire and Lancashire clubs resigned from the Rugby Football Union over broken-time payments. Originating RegionNorthern England (Yorkshire and Lancashire, for the 1895 Huddersfield schism). 1 International Governing BodyThe Rugby Football League (RFL), founded 1895 as the Northern Rugby Football Union at a meeting in Huddersfield, England, renamed in 1922; international competition is coordinated by the Rugby League International Federation. 1 Team or Individual Contact Level Connections
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Twenty-two Yorkshire and Lancashire clubs resigned from the Rugby Football Union on 29 August 1895 over broken-time payments and formed the Northern Rugby Football Union, renamed Rugby Football League in 1922, reducing teams from fifteen to thirteen players.
Source Rugby Football History, Independent Reference
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Source National Rugby League (Wikipedia)
Source New South Wales Rugby League premiership (Wikipedia)
Governed By
Source Australian Rugby League Commission (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia, International Rugby League
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Source Wikipedia, Johnathan Thurston
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Sources
1. Rugby Football History, Independent Reference
2. Wikipedia, Rugby League
Wikimedia FoundationLead sentence
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field.
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Team sport, outdoor
In Group: Rugby Codes, Lead
It is one of the two major codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union.
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Wikipedia, International Rugby League
Wikimedia FoundationGoverned By: International Rugby League (IRL), Opening sectionQuote, Governed By: International Rugby League (IRL), Opening section
The International Rugby League (IRL) is the global governing body for the sport of rugby league football.
National Rugby League (Wikipedia)
Featured In: National Rugby League, LeadQuote, Featured In: National Rugby League, Lead
rugby league competition in Oceania
New South Wales Rugby League premiership (Wikipedia)
Featured In: New South Wales Rugby League premiership, LeadQuote, Featured In: New South Wales Rugby League premiership, Lead
was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia
Australian Rugby League Commission (Wikipedia)
Governed By: Australian Rugby League Commission, CompetitionsQuote, Governed By: Australian Rugby League Commission, Competitions
The ARL controls the National Rugby League and NRL Women
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Football Split Into Six Codes Within Thirty-Six Years
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