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	Rugby World Cup Venue - Parc des Princes
		Parc des Princes, Paris is one of the important venues for the Rugby World Cup 2007 which is going to take place in France in September.
		For instance, Rugby World Cup Pool A matches between South Africa and Samoa and England and Tonga.
		The Rugby World Cup Pool C match between Italy and Repechage 1 and Rugby World Cup Pool D match between Ireland and Argentina.
	www.holidayshub.com /rugby-world-cup-2007/venues/parc-des-princes-paris.html (388 words)

	Rugby League World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This format was used twice, with World Cup Final being held in 1988 and 1992.
		This format proved successful, and the World Cup was expanded again to sixteen teams for the 2000 competition.
		The next World Cup is due to be held in Australia in 2008.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Rugby_League_World_Cup (351 words)

	Rugby football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rugby league is played both as a professional and amateur sport in some regions of Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand.
		Rugby union is a major sport played nationwide in each of these countries and is the national sport in New Zealand and Wales.
		Rugby league retains great popularity among working class people in the English counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire, and in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rugby_football (2129 words)

	Rugby League World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Rugby League World Cup, is a tournament in which a number of the strongest rugby league nations participate in, to determine which nation is supreme in the sport.
		The idea was further pursued in 1951, post-war France, the pioneer of the concept was Paul Barriere, the President of the French Rugby League.
		The ten team format used proved successful, and the World Cup was further expanded to sixteen teams in 2000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rugby_League_World_Cup (528 words)

	Encyclopedia: Rugby League World Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The fourth Rugby League World Cup was held in Australia and New Zealand in 1968.
		The sixth Rugby League World Cup was held in France in 1972.
		The seventh Rugby League World Cup was held in 1975.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rugby-League-World-Cup (1346 words)

	Rugby League Challenge Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Initially, the final tie was held at one of the larger club grounds in the north, however, in 1927 the decision was made to relocate to the new Wembley Stadium in London.
		The final is one of the biggest rugby league events of the year in Britain, along with the Super League Grand Final.
		The move to a summer season for rugby league in 1996 did not see the Challenge Cup moved, and it became instead essentially a pre-season tournament, with the final taking place early in the season.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Challenge_Cup_(rugby) (561 words)

	Rugby football - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Rugby football, as a catch-all term, may refer to two related but separate team sports: rugby league and rugby union.
		Rugby league has become a popular professional and amateur sport in some regions of Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand.
		Rugby Union ranks as the national sport of Wales, of New Zealand and of Pacific countries such as Tonga, Fiji and Samoa.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /rugby_football.htm (2035 words)

	Brisbane - Rugby League in Brisbane - ourbrisbane.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Brisbane - Rugby League in Brisbane - ourbrisbane.com
		The Rugby League Tri-Nations is a relatively new concept for rugby league, though it can be seen as a logical continuation of the early world cup structure, in which the best teams in the world play in a round robin tournament leading to a final.
		Rugby league is one of the oldest organised sports in South East Queensland, having set up in 1908 as Queensland Rugby League (QRL).
	www.ourbrisbane.com /activeandhealthy/sport/rugbyleague (1183 words)

	Rugby football - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		However, the trophy for the Rugby Union World Cup bears the name of "Webb Ellis" in his honour, (as does Ellis Park in Johannesburg a major international rugby union stadium,) and a plaque at the school 'commemorates' the 'achievement'
		The Blackheath Rugby Club, in London, founded in 1858, is the oldest surviving non-university rugby club.
		Nevertheless, the origins of the North American codes of football are illustrated by the fact that the Canadian Football League was originally known as the "Canadian Rugby Football Union", when it was founded in 1884.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Rugby_football (1892 words)

	Rugby League World Cup 2008
		The Rugby League World Cup competition had been scheduled to be held in France in 1965, but after an unsuccessful tour of Australia, the French withdrew.
		The 1972 Rugby League World Cup final ended in a 10-all draw, and the title was awarded to Great Britain by virtue of their superior record in the Rugby League World Cup qualifiers.
		The Rugby League World Cup Tournament, which was also held to celebrate the centenary of the sport in England, was highly successful with over 250,000 people attending the group stages and over 66,000 people attending the final to see Australia defeat England 16-8 in the final.
	www.rlwc08.com /teams/default.asp?pageID=5 (1217 words)

	ipedia.com: Rugby football Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Rugby football is a catch-all term which may refer to two related but separate sports: Rugby League and Rugby Union.
		Rugby League is the national sport of Papua New Guinea and is also played in most of the above countries.
		However, the trophy for the Rugby Union World Cup is named Webb Ellis in his honour and a plaque at the school 'commemorates' the 'achievement'.
	www.ipedia.com /rugby_football.html (1087 words)

	Rugby League World Cup
		League Publications has put together in one volume a complete summary of the history of the Rugby League World Cup, including all match statistics, points and player records of every tournament, detailed match reviews and fully listed team squads.
		The fact that rugby league's four Test playing nations could see meeting together in a World Cup as something that could be readily achieved, is testimony to their enterprise.
		The record crowds attracted to Rugby League World Cup Finals in New Zealand (46,000 in 1988) and in England (73,631 in 1992) is a pointer to the interest that this tournament can generate for the game of rugby league.
	www.rl1908.com /rugby-league-books/WorldCup.htm (566 words)

	Sporting Life - Rugby League: World Cup 2000
		The idea of a rugby league world championship was first mooted as far back as 1933 by France, who tried repeatedly to get the tournament off the ground before finally succeeding in 1954.
		The second tournament was staged, in a league format, in Australia three years later and the host nation claimed the spoils as the only unbeaten team.
		The World Cup was held in England for the first time in 1960 and, fittingly, Great Britain won back the crown, only for Australia to regain possession eight years later when they beat France in the final in Sydney.
	www.sportinglife.com /rugbyleague/worldcup2000/history (661 words)

	1954 Rugby League World Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The prime motivators behind the idea of holding rugby league world cup were the French, who were short of money following the History_of_rugby_league#The_thirties_and_the_Second_World_Warseizing of their assets by the rugby union in World War II/.
		A group stage was held first, with Great Britain national rugby league teamGreat Britain topping the table as a result of points difference.
		They went on to defeat France national rugby league teamFrance (who finished second in the table, level on points) in the final, which was held at the Charlety Stadium, Paris/, in front of around 30,000 spectators.
	www.infothis.com /find/1954_Rugby_League_World_Cup (244 words)

	World Cup Rugby Tickets suppliers of Fiji Rugby World tickets & Six Nations Championship Tickets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The local provincial tournament, known as the Telcom Cup, is keenly contested by the 34 provincial unions and provides a focus for domestic rugby in the country.
		Rugby remains the chosen sport for young men in the country with the 600 clubs in the country boasting 25,000 junior players guided by 1,200 accredited coaches.
		A standout performer in the Rugby World Cup qualifiers, he captained his country (in the absence of an injured Greg Smith) in the crucial match against Tonga to seal top spot in the Oceania qualifying group and a trip to Australia in 2003.
	www.rugbyworldcuptickets.com /teams/fiji.htm (3065 words)

	www.playtheball.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Many people don’t realise that this year’s World Cup is the twelfth such tournament to have been staged, or that the competition’s history dates back to 1954.
		To commemorate the twelfth Rugby League World Cup, we asked respected RL historian Robert Gate to name the twenty greatest players to have competed in the event.
		Robert is the author of several successful books charting the history of Rugby League and is regarded as one of the leading authorities on the history of international game.
	www.playtheball.com /rlwc00/greatest (202 words)

	Rugby League World Cup - The Road To 2008
		The 1975 World Cup was played in Australia, New Zealand, England, Wales and France and was spread over the entire year.
		The 1995 World Cup, played in England, saw the introduction of more rugby league nations as well Great Britain being divided into home nations.
		The Australian Rugby League announced that matches played by the Kangaroos would be given ARL Test match status.
	www.rlcup.com /history.php (591 words)

	Rugby football (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Rugby league retains great popularity among working class people in the Counties of EnglandEnglish counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire, and in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland/.
		New Zealand's rugby hierarchy have begun their 2011 World Cup roadshow, confident none of the horrors of the 2003 sub-hosting debacle will return to haunt them.
		Rugby union: Francis Baron said there is little hope of England defending the Webb Ellis Trophy if the current impasse over player release days is not broken.
	www.infothis.com /find/Rugby_football (2279 words)

	Rugby League World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A rare programme from the game between a Rugby League XIII and France that was played at Headingley on 06 May 1935, with the proceeds going to the 'King George Jubilee Fund'.
		A "Rugby League News" programme for the Third Test between Australia and New Zealand that was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 30 Jun 1956.
		A souvenir from the Rugby Football League Golden Jubilee Dinner held at Belle Vue, Manchester on 19 Nov 1946, in the presence of the Rt Hon The Earl of Derby.
	www.rugby-league-world.com /Auction.html (2429 words)

	BigFooty Boards - League World Cup
		The Australian rugby league establishment can't even be buggered trying to grow the game here outside NSW or Qld, this is about what you'd expect.
		Although the last world cup was considered a farce, i always imagined it would grow every tournament, especially with the smaller nations being exposed on a world platform like that.
		Rugby league is a little way down the list everywhere else as far as spectator awareness/support goes, bar places like PNG who aren't really a cosumer group big enough to make it worth the backer's while.
	www.bigfooty.com /forum/showthread.php?t=60268 (1160 words)

	A short History of Rugby League
		Rugby League today is far different from the last century when the game of Rugby League was played under conditions which today would make it unrecognisable.
		The 13-a-side game of Rugby was first adopted in the 1906-7 season by the Northern Union and as a result of there being less players on the field a fast and exciting game was produced.
		The World Cup series will be played for the second time in Sydney, Australia in 1965, and should produce some really great Rugby League as was the case in the 1957 Cup games in Australia.
	www.showroom.com.au /dragons/shorthistory.htm (673 words)

	BBC SPORT \| RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP 2000 \| WORLD CUP 2000 \| Fittler: Let us host Cup
		But the Australian Rugby League are expected to table a proposal at the next Rugby League International Federation meeting in March to host it in conjunction with the Kiwis.
		Since the concept was devised in 1954, only three of the 12 tournaments have been played wholly in the southern hemisphere, the most recent one 23 years ago.
		However, the rewards for playing league in England are great and Sailor could be tempted to switch countries to stay in the sport.
	newsvote.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/rugby_league/world_cup_2000/1041682.stm (611 words)

	CNNSI.com - Rugby League - Rugby League World Cup team profiles - Friday October 27, 2000 08:03 AM
		There is a small but thriving domestic league in Russia, but a lack of international competition will make it hard for them to compete on the World Cup stage.
		World Cup runners-up in 1954 and 1968, France has struggled at international level over the past two decades and coach Gilles Dumas faces a difficult task getting his side into the last eight.
		Super League coach Shaun McRae has been preparing a Scottish side who will be making their World Cup debut after playing in the Emerging Nations event five years ago.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /rugby/news/2000/10/26/rlwc_profiles (1072 words)

	The History Of Rugby League
		Running with the ball became common in 1830s at Rugby School and Rugby School football became popular throughout the UK in the 1850s and 1860s.
		The British Amateur Rugby League Association is formed in Huddersfield.
		St Helens defeated Wigan Warriors in the Challenge Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff in front of a sell-out 73,734 crowd, while Leeds Rhinos were crowned Super League Champions defeating Bradford Bulls in front of another sell-out crowd at the Grand Final.
	www.napit.co.uk /viewus/infobank/rugby/superleague/history.php (1632 words)

	ITV Rugby World Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		He got a lot of his sporting ideals from Rugby School and was a keen rugby man, refereeing the first-ever final of the French Championship, when the Racing Club of France beat Stade Français 4-3 in 1892.
		That World Cup was held in Uruguay and the home side won.
		The next sport of note to follow was rugby league in 1954 when France were the hosts and Great Britain won 16-12 in the final.
	rugby.itv.com /Latest_News/story_31947.shtml (618 words)

	Bring the Rugby League World Cup back! Petition
		Rugby League World Cup history stretches back as far as 1954 when Great Britain came from behind to beat France 16-12, even Union's World Cup only came into existance in 1987.
		Sure the 2000 World Cup was clouded with poor decisions and planning and sadly it is remembered for the all wrong reasons by most people but cast your minds back to the fantastic Centenary World Cup of 1995 even though it was played during the Super League war it was a great success.
		Today Rugby League is growing all over the world, sadly it does this relatively on it's own with little help from the big league nations of Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand.
	www.petitiononline.com /rlwc1954/petition.html (668 words)

	International Rugby League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The four home nations in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup was one area of the competition which received a lot of complaints by both the fans and media of the code, however that is not a reason why the concept should be thrown away for the 2008 tournament...
		The first steps to make the 2008 Rugby League World Cup one of the most competitive in history have been laid with the announcement of an Under 16's Rugby League tournament to be held in Moscow at the end of the year...
		The 2005 Rugby League World Cup looks like it will contain only 8 sides, a number which is half as many that competed in 2000, and still less than the highly successful 1995 Rugby League World Cup...
	world.rleague.com /tournaments/rlwc (625 words)

	Observer \| Letters - The great rugby league World Cup mystery
		It was shown in the Guardian in their article on the Rugby World Cup on 23 October 2000.
		You were unable to identify the player playing for England against France in the first rugby league World Cup final, but I remember him well.
		His phrase 'World, already a grandiloquence bestowed by baseball on America,' is a misrepresentation of the facts.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4112011-103977,00.html (615 words)

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