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	Brisbane - Rugby League in Brisbane - ourbrisbane.com
		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)

	Springfield Rugby Football Club
		The rules at Rugby School at that time forbade handling the ball on the field of play unless the ball was airborne in which case it could be caught.
		Rugby was introduced into the United States in the 1850s where the game expanded primarily on the West Coast.
		The United States of America Rugby Football Union (USARFU) was formed in 1975 to bring the teams together under a unified law and provide the mechanism for a United States national team to compete on an international level.
	www.springfieldrugby.com /custompage.asp?id=16 (1735 words)

	PNG Kumuls' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Rugby League grew very quickly indeed, and although the game was only a popular spectator sport, mainly played by Australians and New Zealanders, it was clear that Rugby League was their national sport by the 1960's.
		The next five to ten years saw Rugby League grow very rapidly as it became not only a popular spectator sport, but became popular to play with the public in Papua New Guinea, and in 1974, the PNGRFL were admitted to the 'International Federation'.
		Their next World Cup in 1988-92 was without a doubt, a disastrous World Cup, losing all of their games and finishing last in the table.
	groups.msn.com /PNGKumuls/history.msnw?pgmarket=en-us (1272 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		However, though not called Rugby at the time, games involving ‘carrying the ball’ were first recorded as early as 1175 by a monk named William Fitzstephen, who chronicled the games in ‘The History of London.’ These matches were brutal and had very few rules or regulations, leading authorities to ban them.
		Before I move onto the discussion of Rugby in an international context, particularly looking at its involvement within the US sporting arena, I feel it is important that I briefly explain the split of Rugby into Rugby Union and Rugby League, two similar games, but defined by their own set of distinctive rules.
		The world cups of 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2003 have been won by New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Australia again and England, respectively, with the last world cup being contested by 20 countries, and many more participating in the qualifying rounds.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/h/m/hmj5002/kzrugby.htm (995 words)

	Myrtle Beach Rugby
		Rugby continued to flourish elsewhere, with especial regard to Britain, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.
		Minimal costs, constant action and the opportunity In 1895 The Rugby League was founded and a 13-player game with altered rules were created for professionals.
		Rugby spread across the globe and competition emerged between countries.
	ww2.coastal.edu /rugby/history.html (422 words)

	Rugby news,fun and features from Rugby365.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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.
	www.rugby365.com /LATEST_NEWS/story_31947.shtml (642 words)

	Sporting Life - Rugby League: World Cup 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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)

	Stanley Cup Winners
		The Stanley behind the Stanley Cup was Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor General of Canada (the Queen's Representative to the Dominion of Canada), the sixth in the long regal line.
		The Cup went to a Ranger victory party at a Manhattan saloon called the Auction House, where it stopped traffic, started parades, and was drunk out of by everyone in sight until the bar was effectively down to backwash (but that probably wouldn't have stopped them).
		The Cup was reputedly used as a peanut dish (by whom, when and where, I don't know--though it might have been done on numerous occasions).
	www.tmlfever.com /StanleyCupWinners.html (3244 words)

	Rugby League World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Rugby League World Cup is organised by the Rugby League International Federation, the governing body.
		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.
		In the same year, the first women's rugby league world cup was held.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rugby_League_World_Cup (958 words)

	Top20Rugby.com - Your Top20 Guide for Rugby!
		Rugby union is a major sport played nationwide in each of these countries and is the national sport in New Zealand and Wales.
		Rugby football has strong claims to the world's first and oldest "football clubs": 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.
	www.top20rugby.com (2274 words)

	Black Athlete Sports Network—The Soul of Sports
		The RFU in its present form, the Rugby League, was created in 1895 to establish a 13-player-game with altered rules, and wage parameters, for professional teams.Women's rugby started in 1983, in England, and is one of the fastest growing women's sports.
		In the UK (as in New Zealand), there are 2 codes of play: league derives from working class, minority rugby clubs; union refers to the establishment, public school code of play.
		As I prepare to play for the USA Rugby league national team in the 2000 Rugby League world cup in November in England, I am hoping rugby will become as common, and popular, a sport in America as “the other football game” already has.
	www.blackathlete.com /Rugby/rugby090600.html (861 words)

	A league of their own \| World of Sport
		The first time that rugby league was shown on British television was on 10 November 1951 when the BBC broadcast the Second Test between Great Britain and New Zealand from Swinton’s now-demolished Station Road ground.
		However, rugby league was merely one part of what Geoffrey Moorhouse calls a “ragbag of outside entertainments” being tried out by the new channel, which paid the participating clubs £400 for their troubles.
		Despite disagreements over shirt sponsorship in the early 1970s, rugby league remained a mainstay of BBC Television during the 1970s and 1980s, although the commitment to the Floodlit Trophy decreased before financial cutbacks at the BBC lead to its cancellation after the 1979-80 competition.
	www.transdiffusion.org /emc/worldofsport/league.php (1319 words)

	Canadian Football League
		Grey Cup competition was originally open to university teams and other amateur organizations and the inscriptions on the trophy include such teams as University of Toronto, Queen's University and the RCAF Hurricanes.
		Because of their influence on the league that was to become the genesis of modern professional football in the United States, some of those players are acknowledged here.
		Boston Patriots in 1960 and became one of only twenty players to play the entire ten tears of the AFL, and one of only three to spend their entire AFL career on the same team.
	www.conigliofamily.com /CanadianFootballLeague.htm (1262 words)

	league (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		June 22 1911 Rugby League is played on the Sydney Cricket Ground for the first time, when NSW and New Zealand meet on King George V's Coronation Day.
		Rugby League had been played in Penrith since 1912, it wasent till the 1960's that serious consideration was given to promoting a local team to the elite division.
		Souths were one of the founding clubs of Rugby League, but that stood for nothing when, between late 1997 early 1998 an agreement between ARL and Super League decide there is to be a 14 teams from 2000 and Souths where made to leave.
	trialz.tripod.com /league.html (1900 words)

	World Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The first World Cup was an eminently successful project, both playing-wise and financially.
		Launched by Diana Ross, the Centenary World Cup saw large crowds throughout England and Wales enthralled by the skill and determination of PNG and the South Sea Island teams.
		The Millennium World Cup unfortunately failed to capture the imagination of the British public to the same extent as the 1995 tournament.
	www.rlhalloffame.org.uk /worldcup.htm (856 words)

	www.playtheball.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		They had proposed that a World Cup competition should be staged in France as early as 1935.
		In November 1953 at an International Board meeting held in Blackpool Paul Barriere’s proposal that France should stage the first World Cup in the autumn of 1954 was accepted.
		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/default.asp (548 words)

	Rugby League World Cup
		The tournament was held in Australia to coincide with the local celebration of 50 seasons of Rugby League.
		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.
	rl1908.com /Tests/World-Cup.htm (2040 words)

	Eagle Rock Rugby EST. 1937
		Rugby is the oldest, continuous sport that ERAC has sponsored.
		The rugby season saw the retirement/reduced commitment of several established players, lost 12 starters to injury,and the slow development of the new players.
		The first year back in the SCRFU White Division saw the rugby team post a 5-5-0 mark and were in the playoff picture up to the last week of the league season.
	www.eracrugby.com /history.html (2242 words)

	The Tri-Nations - Rugby League
		The 1975 World Cup was played in Australia, New Zealand, England, Wales and France and was spread over the entire year.
		The Australian Rugby League announced that matches played by the Kangaroos would be given ARL Test match status.
		On the 29th August, 1895, delegates from the Lancashire and Yorkshire rugby union clubs met in Hudderfield and formally broke away from the Rugby Union to form a new and independent Northern Union; the issues of 'broken time' payments to players (remuneration for lost wages whilst injured) finally coming to a head.
	kangaroos.leagueunlimited.com /history.asp (1336 words)

	English Premier Soccer League Teams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After wining the FA Cup in 1899, 1900, 1910, the club won the cup again in 1952.
		One of their first matches was held in the Wembley Stadium in 1931 during the FA Cup.
		Their recent victories includes the winning of Football League Cup in 2001, the English League Cup in 2001 and qualifying for the UEFA cup in 2002.
	www.worldbookie.com /premier-league2.asp (930 words)

	BBC SPORT \| RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP 2000 \| WORLD CUP 2000 \| World Cup history: 1954-92
		Three years later the same teams competed in the second World Cup in Australia, though - not for the first time - the format was altered.
		In 1960, for the first time, England hosted the competition and the Lions harnessed that home support to wrestle the trophy back from Australia, finishing top of the league table.
		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)

	Rugby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Rugby at Princeton began with the founding of the Princeton Rugby Club in the spring of 1931 by a pair of British graduate students, H. Cooper and Monti Barak.
		Suspended during World War II, rugby was propitiously revived in the spring of 1948, when the club won the Bermuda Cup and the Missouri Cup, and was featured in an article in Life magazine.
		In 1970, the Princeton Rugby Alumni Association was formed to support the undergraduate teams and to play an occasional ``Old Boys'' match.
	etcweb.princeton.edu /CampusWWW/Companion/rugby.html (239 words)

	Thisis-Rugby - Tri Nations: Great Britain Lions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Great Britain, known as the 'Lions' is one of the major national teams playing rugby league, also known sometimes known as 'Great Britain and Ireland'.
		They have won the Rugby League World Cup on 3 tomes, 1954, 1960 and 1972.
		Since 1995 the RFL have preferred to send the home nations as separate teams for world cup purposes.
	www.thisis-rugby.com /league/trinations/greatbritain.htm (112 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Rugby on the U of C campus has a rich past that began even before the University of Calgary.
		In subsequent years she played provincial rugby, then turned to coaching and helped start the UVic women's program, which gained varsity status in 1995.
		The club's mandate is to promote the game of rugby within the university community and provide students the opportunity to take part in competition at local, provincial, CIS, and international levels.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~rugby/htst.htm (641 words)

	Rugby news, fun, results, fixtures and features from Rugby365.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Rugby Union: Worked with Leicester Tigers during their 4-year Premiership winning run (May 99 through to May 2001) and when Leicester became the only club to win the Heineken Cup back-to-back (May 2001, May 2002).
		Having played rugby league at an amateur level, Craig began working as a Strength and Conditioning Coach in the late 1990’s for a variety of clubs and individuals – including Waterloo RFC, the Irish Rugby Football Union and Bolton Wanders Football Club.
		He officiated at Rugby World Cup 1999, refereed the inaugural European Cup final in 1996 between Toulouse and Cardiff, and then became the first to control two finals with the 2001 showdown between Leicester and Stade Francais.
	www.rugby365.com /LATEST_NEWS/story_39152.shtml (2184 words)

	Irish Rugby / News Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In addition, he was formerly National Technical Director of USA rugby, working with the US Eagles during the 1999 World Cup.
		As Coach to Shannon he led them to AIB All-Ireland League title wins in 1994, ’95 and ’96 and to a further title as the club’s Director of Rugby in 1997.
		As one of the youngest ever to hold the office — certainly the youngest in the modern era — he follows in the footsteps of his father Kevin, who was President in 1978/’79.
	www.irishrugby.ie /newspage/49997.html (920 words)

	Rugby League - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
		The Perth side was closed down at the completion of the 1997 Rugby League season.
		In the 1970s, Parrmatta adopted the Eels name after a suggestion by a Sydney journalist, Peter Frilingos, who pointed out that the aboriginal meaning of the word 'parramatta', was a 'place where the eels lie down' or 'place where eels are found'(a reference to the nearby Parramatta River).
		In 1964, Penrith became the Panthers, and had to change their blue jersey after Cronulla were first to register a blue jersey to play in, in First Grade.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/Sports/Rugby-League-338.html (1417 words)

	RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL - RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		New Zealand reached the ultimate in rugby league during the 1961–63 era when in 10 test matches it won seven, including a 2–0 series win over Great Britain, regarded as being the top league nation in the world.
		It was well established between 1918 and 1939, but many strong leagues went into recess between 1939 and 1945, never to revive, or to suffer severely from the loss of players.
		The Northern Union Cup, symbol of provincial supremacy, came back into prominence in 1962, when Canterbury beat Auckland after the latter had had a monopoly of the cup for several seasons.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/R/RugbyLeagueFootball/RugbyLeagueFootball/en (724 words)

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