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	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.
		This format was used twice, with World Cup Finals being held in 1988 and 1992.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rugby_League_World_Cup (528 words)

	Rugby League World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first Rugby League World Cup was held in France in 1954.
		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)

	Encyclopedia: Rugby League World Cup
		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 (1336 words)

	Rugby football - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rugby Union ranks as the national sport of Wales, of New Zealand and of Pacific countries such as Tonga, Fiji and Samoa.
		Rugby football has strong claims to the world's first and oldest "football club": the Guy's Hospital Football Club, formed in London in 1843, by old boys from Rugby School.
		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.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /rugby_football.htm (2035 words)

	League
		Central Baseball League The Central Baseball League, formerly the Texas-Louisiana League, is a commissioner of the lea...
		Eastern League The Eastern League is a Hartford, Connecticut, the league was renamed as the Eastern League.
		Interscholastic League of Honolulu The Interscholastic League of Honolulu or ILH is an athletic conference composed of p...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/league.html (7807 words)

	Rugby League Challenge Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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 league
		Rugby League is a variant of rugby, with different rules from Rugby Union.
		By 1907, when the first league was formed, the new Unions rules had diverged from those Rugby Union, most noticeably in the reduction of players from 15 to 13; the "play the ball" (heeling the ball back after a tackle) rather than rucking and mauling; the elimination of the line out; and slightly different scoring.
		Rugby League, while a hugely popular professional sport in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, has struggled to assert itself as an international sporting code particularly in the aftermath of the disastrous "Super League" war for control of the code in the late 1990s.
	www.fact-library.com /rugby_league.html (753 words)

	ipedia.com: Rugby football Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

	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)

	World_Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League.
		Prior to 1969, teams finishing in the first division, or top half of the leagues' standings, received such shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in their division but not earning a wild card receive them, because there are more divisions and each division is smaller.
		Currently, Major League Baseball, in cooperation with the IBAF, is trying to institute a World Cup of Baseball, to be held at least quadrennially during the Northern Hemisphere winter at a warm-weather site, to serve as a true world championship of national baseball teams.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=World_Series (4626 words)

	International Rugby League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

	BBC SPORT \| RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP 2000 \| WORLD CUP 2000 \| World Cup history: 1954-92
		The first World Cup took place, after several years of discussion and a number of false starts, in France.
		Three years later the same teams competed in the second World Cup in Australia, though - not for the first time - the format was altered.
		The league table system was amended once more to include a final, which Australia won, consigning the much-improved French to their second final defeat.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/rugby_league/world_cup_2000/969083.stm (657 words)

	www.playtheball.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		They had proposed that a World Cup competition should be staged in France as early as 1935.
		However, the long drawn-out format was clearly unsatisfactory and in 1995, the game’s centenary was celebrated with an entirely different type of World Cup in England and Wales.
		The Millennium World Cup, played under modern laws and conditions, will doubtless add extra folklore and tall tales to a now venerable and valued component of the greatest game.
	www.playtheball.com /rlwc00/history (548 words)

	Guinness World Records - Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The fastest try scored in Rugby World Cup matches is 18 seconds after the kick-off by Elton Flatley playing for Australia against Romania on 18...
		The costliest cash-only transfer in Rugby League was £440,000 ($777,260) for Martin Offiah (born December 29, 1966).
		This, the world's most prestigious international tournament for seven-a-side rugby teams, was first held in 1976.
	www.guinnessworldrecords.com /index/records.asp?id=82&pg=1 (447 words)

	Rugby League World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

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		In the 1921 season, 22 teams from the Southern League were embodied to the existing two divisions membership to produce the new Division 3 (South).
		During the 1990s, a league format was initiated for the European Cup, with the name Champions League.
		At the macro level, the influence to spectators and the revenue-producing potential of any sports league is based on the preservation of an explanatory level of competitive balance.
	www.geocities.com /ioannisideras/TheEnglishFootballLeague.html (880 words)

	www.playtheball.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1957 New Zealand fared better, beating Great Britain 29-21 in Sydney, a game in which Sorensen brilliantly kicked seven goals, to add to the goal he landed against Australia and the try and goal he scored against the French.
		In 1960 Bill was coaxed out of retirement to play in his third World Cup staged in England.
		Bill was the uncle of Kurt and Dane Sorensen who represented New Zealand in subsequent World Cups.
	www.playtheball.com /rlwc00/greatest/bsorensen.asp (222 words)

	Rugby League World Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Australia easily won the 2nd World Cup - games were held in Sydney and Brisbane - after defeating New Zealand 25-5, Great Britain 31-6 and France 26-9.
		Crowds were strong throughout the Cup with over 50,000 on hand at the opener between France and Great Britain at the SCG.
		The tournament was held in Australia to coincide with the local celebration of 50 seasons of Rugby League.
	www.rl1908.com /Taps/worldcups/1957.htm (113 words)

	RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP - AUSTRALIA 2008 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Plans have been unveiled for a Rugby League World Cup to be held in Australia in the autumn of 2008, as part of the celebrations to mark the centenary of the Rugby League game in the southern hemisphere.
		It will be the first rugby league World Cup since Britain staged the 2000 event and follows Australia's success in hosting the recent rugby union World Cup.
		The powers-that-be are hoping that there will be an influx of British supporters to match the Barmy Army of the early 1990s, when the Rugby League fans from Old Blighty began a trend that was later taken up by supporters of other sports such as cricket and rugby union.
	www.rlwc.com (1171 words)

	1954 Rugby League World Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

	Rugby League World Cup
		Note: Australia's World Cup Matches are not recognised by the ARL as having Test status, except those played in the 1995 tournament
		The first World Cup in 8 years saw the permanent addition of a Final between the top 2 sides to determine the winner.
		The Australians stumbled badly in England in the 1970 World Cup.
	www.rl1908.com /Tests/World-Cup.htm (2040 words)

	1987 Rugby Union World Cup Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		WORLD rugby has become a predictable, boring game growing ever closer to Rugby League in style.
		The Rugby World Cup is the premier international Rugby Union contest in the world, first held jointly in Australia and New Zealand in 1987 and now held every...
		The Rugby World Cup is the premier international Rugby Union contest in the world, first held jointly in Australia and New Zealand in 1987 and now...
	www.online-rugby-resources.com /directory/1987-rugby-union-world-cup.html (999 words)

	league cup
		The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, and since 1982 named after a variety of sponsors (the Milk Cup, Littlewoods Cup, Rumbelows Cup, Coca-Cola Cup, Worthington Cup and presently the Carling Cup) is an English football competition.
		Like the more prestigious FA Cup, it is played on a knockout (single elimination) basis.
		The League Cup was introduced in the 1960/61 season.
	www.fact-library.com /league_cup.html (178 words)

	Rugby League World Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Kangaroos run of invincibility continues unabated after they gave the brave Kiwis a convincing 40-12 hiding at Old Trafford in the final, consolidating their hold on a World Championship which was last rested from their grasp in 1972.
		Despite the prompting of halfbacks Stacey Jones and Henry Paul the New Zealanders were unable to launch a single concerted attack during a tense first half in which they battled for control of the game with their Australian tormentors.
		It also went some way towards redeeming the reputation of the Rugby League supporting public who have consistently failed to support any kind of representative Rugby League over the years.
	world.rleague.com /tournaments/rlwc/2000/rep-31.php (1268 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - Hoddle quits Southampton to coach Tottenham - Wednesday March 28, 2001 03:39 PM
		Was a runner-up in the League Cup final.
		June: England lose in the second round of the World Cup to Argentina on penalties.
		Hoddle insists the only mistake he made at the World Cup was not bringing faith healer Eileen Drewery to France.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2001/03/28/hoddle_spurs_ap (1147 words)

	Read about Rugby League World Cup at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Rugby League World Cup and learn about Rugby ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		1977, but the world-wide league format was re-instigated in
		This format was used twice, with World Cup Final being held in 1988 and
		The next World Cup is due to be held in
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Rugby_League_World_Cup (287 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Japan take World Cup of golf
		The absence of Tiger Woods, who chose to take the week off, looked set to be overcome when Mickelson and Toms played the first 17 holes of the closing foursomes in a brilliant nine under par.
		But then world number two Mickelson pulled their last drive and world number six Toms, with whom he played so well in the Ryder Cup in September, pulled a six-iron into the rocks left of the green.
		A penalty drop, a chip 20 feet past and a missed putt opened the door to the Japanese pair, who had just birdied the 16th and 17th to draw level, and a closing par gave them the million-dollar first prize by two shots.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2002/1216/golf.html (332 words)

	BBC SPORT \| RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP 2000 \| WORLD CUP 2000 \| World Cup history: 1954-92
		Given a new lease of life, it was now decided to hold the tournament every two years.
		There was still something unsatisfactory about the tournament's structure and it was decided something new and radical was needed in 1995.
		World Cup history: 1995 (17 Oct 00
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/rugby_league/world_cup_2000/969083.stm (625 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Noel Cantwell dies aged 73
		The Cork-born full-back, who guided Manchester United to the FA Cup in 1963, was a double international representing his country at both football and cricket.
		He was then spotted by West Ham and left for Upton Park at the age of 20.
		Cantwell, signed by legendary United boss Matt Busby in the aftermath of the Munich air disaster, made 144 appearances for United and scored eight goals.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2005/0908/cantwell.html (399 words)

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