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Rugby League is one of the two codes of rugby ball sport.

The base of the sport was laid in 1895, when a conflict over payment of players turned out to be insoluble. In the rich South of England were the players still amateur, but in the poor North, they wanted to have paid work hours lost. Over time the leagues developed different game rules; the South English variant was the Northern Rugby Union, Rugby League code.


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In essence seems to be the sport still on Rugby Union, but is played by teams of thirteen players and game components such as scrum and line-out over time are pushed into the background. Characteristic is the game resuming play-the-ball, with the ball with the foot is rolled backwards after a tackle. The team retains possession of the ball and the opponent must be 5 feet behind the offside line preparation. After 5 consecutive tackles the ball to the opponent.

In Papua New Guinea League is the national sport. Furthermore, the sports popular in countries where Rugby Union occupies an important position, particularly New ZealandEngland and Australia. In the latter countries is often popular in certain League smaller regions.

Rugby league is played sporadically In Netherlands; the sport came in the late eighties on.[1rugby league is practically non-existent In Belgium: there is one club only since 2009.

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