• In rugby league football, the Laws of the Game are the rules governing how the sport is played. The Laws are the responsibility of the Rugby League International...
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    sports rugby union and rugby league have shared origins and thus many similarities. Initially, following the 1895 split in rugby football, rugby union...
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    Hooker is one of the positions in a rugby league football team. Usually wearing jersey or shirt number 9, the hooker is one of the team's forwards. During...
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    Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred...
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  • A rugby league team consists of 13 players on the field, with 4 substitutes on the bench. Each of the 13 players is assigned a position, normally with...
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    markings of a full-sized playing area are defined in Section 1 of the Laws of the Game. These Laws are the agreed upon and maintained by the Rugby League International...
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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...
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  • the International Rugby League Board and latterly the Rugby League International Federation, the IRL is responsible for the Laws of the Game, the development...
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  • Laws of rugby may refer to: Laws of rugby league Laws of rugby union This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Laws of rugby. If...
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  • 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...
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    Like most forms of modern football, rugby league football is played outdoors on a rectangular grass field with goals at each end that are attacked and...
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    history of rugby league as a separate form of rugby football goes back to 1895 in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire when the Northern Rugby Football...
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  • scored from a differential penalty. Sports portal Free kick (rugby union) Offside (rugby) Professional foul Laws of rugby league Laws of rugby union...
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    full-back) is one of the positions in a rugby league football team. Typically wearing jersey number 1, the fullback is a member of the team's 'back-line'...
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  • Rugby league sevens (or simply sevens) is a seven-a-side derivative of rugby league football, which is usually a thirteen-a-side sport. The game is substantially...
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  • Laws of football may refer to: Laws of rugby league Laws of rugby union Laws of the Game (association football) Laws of Australian rules football American...
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  • the game are the same as standard rugby league laws with the following exceptions. Each team is allowed a squad of up to fifteen players, with no more...
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    Rugby football is the collective name for the team sports of rugby union or rugby league. Rugby football started at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire...
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    The laws of Rugby Union are defined by World Rugby (originally the International Rugby Football Board, and later International Rugby Board) and dictate...
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    of rugby league. The sport is also popular in Cumbria where the amateur game is particularly powerful. Within its Northern heartlands, rugby league is...
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  • Rugby league football has accrued considerable jargon to describe aspects of the game. Many terms originate in the Laws of the Game. Some aspects of the...
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    governing body for rugby union since 1886, and currently has 116 countries as full members and 18 associate members. In 1845, the first laws were written by...
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  • The Rugby Football League Championship, (known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second highest division of rugby league in Britain...
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  • Masters Rugby League is a derivative of rugby league for a wide age range of older, semi-retired and non-competitive players and officials. Masters Rugby League...
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  • David Laws (birth unknown) is a former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. He played club level rugby union...
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  • Australian Rugby League Commission (ARL), formerly the Australian Rugby Football League known as the Australian Rugby League is an Australian rugby league football...
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  • Rugby Football League One (known as the Betfred League One) is the third-highest division of rugby league in Britain. It is also the lowest level of professional...
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    whether it is in rugby union or rugby league, the scrum is used either after an accidental infringement or when the ball has gone out of play. Scrums occur...
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    to play tag rugby league. The Merit League operates on normal rugby league laws with tags taking the place of tackles. In 2009 Try Tag Rugby began running...
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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...
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