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In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

  
  Super League (Europe) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Super League (Europe) is the only full-time professional rugby league competition operating in the northern hemisphere.
The competition was first mooted during the Super League war as a way for Rupert Murdoch to gain the upper hand during the battle for supremacy with the Australian Rugby League.
Promotion and relegation between Super League and the Rugby League National Leagues was re-introduced, and in 2002 the SLE governing body re-integrated fully into the Rugby Football League.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Super_League_(Europe)   (574 words)

  
 Warrington Wolves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league team in the town of Warrington, Cheshire in the United Kingdom.
To date, they have never won the super league trophy, though they have won major trophies in their past.
Their best season in Super League has been the 2005 season (Super League X), where they finished in 4th place and earned a home tie in the playoffs.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Warrington_Wolves   (454 words)

  
 Summer League Home Page
The catchment area for teams in the Surrey Super League will be the boundary before the GLC was formed and includes any venue in a road which forms a boundary line.
Each Super League venue must provide a second board of a fit standard to be utilised as a practice area for participating players.
All League Fees to be paid every four games by cheque, or cash, to be made payable to Surrey Mens Super League, and to be enclosed with a result sheet.
www.toe-the-oche.co.uk /Superleague/Winter/2004Men/Rules.htm   (1754 words)

  
 Free bets on Super League Rugby, Odds, Predictions & Betting
Super League X as it implies is the 10th season of Super league, following the 1995 RFL decision to change to the summer and sign a lucrative contract with BSkyB.
The Super League in the vein of the Premiership in Football is the elite team division comprising the top 12 clubs.
Super league IX proved that Rugby League has lost nothing of its crowd pleasing attributes as the season produced record attendances as witnessed by Leeds Rhinos being crowned Super League Champions defeating Bradford Bulls in front of a sell-out crowd at the Grand Final.
www.place-bets.co.uk /superleaguediv.html   (292 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | Leigh agree deal with Emirates
Super League newcomers Leigh have agreed an impressive five-figure sponsorship deal with Emirates Airlines.
The deal is the Arab airline's first venture into rugby league and a significant corporate coup for a rising club like the Centurions.
The Centurions will carry the Emirates logo on their first-team shirts throughout Super League X. Derek Beaumont, the Centurions executive director, said: "This is a fantastic achievement for the club to attract such a major sponsor for its inaugural year in Super League.
www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2004/12/21/slspon21.xml&sSheet=/sport/2004/12/21/ixsport.html   (202 words)

  
 Sporting Life - Rugby League | Widnes v York : Widnes Fixtures, Results, Match Reports
AUGUST 21: engage Super League X at the Halton Stadium.
JULY 3: engage Super League X at at the Halton Stadium.
JUNE 12: engage Super League X at at the Halton Stadium.
www.sportinglife.com /rugbyleague/reports2005/widnes.html   (395 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Rugby League | Super League | Stylish Rhinos on the rampage again
After five weeks, those two sides are the real stand-out performers of Super League X and they underlined their class and authority at the weekend.
Warrington may have rolled up their sleeves and gone to battle at Headingley, but it still couldn't stop them being rolled over by the Rhinos who could spin straw into gold the way they are playing.
Super League's newest club, London Broncos 2005, picked up where the old club - the Liquidated Broncos - left off, in proving what a talented bunch of footballers they have assembled at Griffin Park.
news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/sport2/hi/rugby_league/super_league/4344847.stm   (639 words)

  
 Sports Betting Information : Football : Turkey : Super League 2005/2006
The Super League is the main national football competition in Turkey.
The top two teams in the Super League also qualify for the UEFA Champions League, with the Turkish champion proceeding directly to the group stage.
At the end of each season, the bottom three teams of the Turkish Super League are directly relegated to the Second Division (Second League A).
www.betinf.com /turkey.htm   (487 words)

  
 Rugby Super League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Super League was started and has grown in strength to strength each season with crowd numbers rising and the standard of British Rugby League increasing.
Engage Super League Champions Bradford Bulls have today added to their squad ahead of next month’s Carnegie World Club Challenge with the capture of former Leeds Rhinos and Huddersfield Giants utility back, Marcus St Hilaire...
Engage Super League Champions, Bradford Bulls, jet out on Thursday to begin their final preparations for the Carnegie World Club Challenge game against NRL Champions Wests Tigers on February 3rd...
uk.rleague.com /superleague   (764 words)

  
 Sporting Life - Rugby League | Super League, Challenge Cup, News, Results, Live Scores, Fixtures, Standings
JUNE 28: Tetley's Bitter Super League VII at The Jungle.
JUNE 9: Tetley's Bitter Super League VII at the Jungle.
JUNE 4: Tetley's Bitter Super League VII at the Halton Stadium.
www.sporting-life.com /rugbyleague/reports2002/castleford.html   (395 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Rugby League | Super League | Penkywicz sacked by Huddersfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Leigh-born Penkywicz joined Halifax from Warrington five years ago and made 56 appearances for them until they were relegated from Super League in 2003, when he moved to Huddersfield.
He played in all 32 of the Giants' League and Cup matches last season and was in their starting line-up for the opening game of Super League X. Meanwhile, Huddersfield have completed the signing of England A international Ryan Clayton on a six-month contract.
Clayton was a member of the Castleford side relegated from Super League at the end of last season and has spent the last six months with French club Villefranche.
www33.thny.bbc.co.uk /sport2/low/rugby_league/super_league/4472681.stm   (253 words)

  
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The London Broncos have won their first 4 home games of Super League X but lost their 2 away games.Above is a photo from their 66-8 victory against Widnes Vikings.
Super League X is now under way and photographs from the home victories against Warrington Wolves, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats,Wigan Warriors and Widnes Vikings are now available just click on the London Broncos Cowgirls picture above.
We have selected some of the pictures from the London Broncos V Warrington Wolves(from Super League IIIV) to be shown in their original (large)size.The pictures will have to be panned to the right to be seen in total.We hope you enjoy them.
www.angelfire.com /theforce/londonbroncos   (284 words)

  
 engage Super League - Super League - engage Mutual Assurance
As a family focused organisation, there is a natural fit with Super League which prides itself on providing entertainment for the whole family.
engage Super League X was a nail biting competition from start to finish, and here at engage Mutual Assurance we were truly thrilled to be part of the action.
engage Super League XI looks set to provide another exciting competition, and the addition of a French team can only further increase the profile of a sport which is ever increasing in popularity.
www.engagemutual.com /superleague.asp   (203 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Rugby League | Super League | Saints finish lights up Super League
Still, London's most important win of the week came off the field in the Super League boardrooms.
Last year the Giants were flying at this stage, this year they have only a win at Leigh from their first four weeks.
It's form that has to change quickly as the Super League table begins to take shape.
news.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net /sport1/low/rugby_league/super_league/4324349.stm   (494 words)

  
 Sporting Life - Rugby League | Super League, Challenge Cup, News, Results, Live Scores, Fixtures, Standings
The new face of Super League will be on show in the south of France on Saturday.
Super League champions Bradford Bulls have signed former Huddersfield winger Marcus St Hilaire.
Jack Weir with his predictions for the 2006 Super League season.
www.sportinglife.com /rugbyleague/news   (471 words)

  
 icWales - R League: Best to come from Harris
Harris, Man of Steel and Super League player of the year in 1998, had played non-stop rugby for 18 months by the end of the Tri-Nations tournament and he admits he was in need of a rest.
A family holiday in Disneyland, followed by a trip to Portugal for Bradford's warm-weather training camp, has refreshed the dual-code international and whetted his appetite for Super League X. "It was good to get a bit of time away from rugby," he said.
After losing their grip on both the Challenge Cup and the Super League crown, the Bulls are desperate to refill the Odsal trophy cabinet and Harris, who experienced the heartbreak of two final defeats in seven weeks, says the team are hungry for success.
icwales.icnetwork.co.uk /0500rugbyunion/0500wales/tm_objectid=15100425&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=r-league--best-to-come-from-harris-name_page.html   (545 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Rugby League | Super League | Leigh | Dream over for Centurions
When the Super League era dawned, Leigh were found languishing amongst the also-rans in the lower divisions.
But it was to be another five years before the club finally achieved their Super League dream.
But from a standing start of semi-professionalism and with the pick of their players tied to other clubs, times were always likely to be difficult.
newsrss.bbc.co.uk /sport2/low/rugby_league/super_league/leigh/4373481.stm   (367 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | McNally sacked by Wakefield
Shane McNally has become the second Super League coach to be sacked this season after paying the price for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats' slide towards the relegation zone.
Wildcats chief executive Diane Rogerson said: "Shane was coach of the year last season but unfortunately we are not playing in Super League IX now.
This is Super League X and we have to look to the future."
health.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/06/23/slwake23.xml&sSheet=/sport/2005/06/27/ixrugl.html   (233 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Minor league nicknames give teams local identity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Gone are the days when minor league teams always took the same name as the parent club.
When Idaho Falls of the Pioneer League switched from being a San Diego Padres farm club to that of the Kansas City Royals, executives ran a contest for a new nickname.
Marc Scales, director of the fan business unit for New Era, the company that makes minor league baseball caps, says he has seen "a definite spike in growth and popularity" over the last five years and minor league merchandise is up 8% in 2004.
www.usatoday.com /money/2004-06-21-cover-nicknames_x.htm   (1500 words)

  
 Super League preview special
Super League X sees Leigh Centurions on the big stage for the first time and visiting teams won't relish the cauldron-like atmosphere of Hilton Park.
A good start is of paramount importance to a club who may have it all on to preserve their top-flight status beyond this season.
Nevertheless, Super League needs the likes of Leigh up and running and the early matches could be decisive in shaping their season.
www.manchesteronline.co.uk /sport/rugbyleague/s/145/145259_super_league_preview_special.html   (768 words)

  
 Sports Betting Information : Football : Switzerland : Super League 2005/2006
Super League is the highest football competition in Switzerland.
Under this format, former Swiss National A League was replaced by the Super League and the number of teams was reduced from twelve to ten.
The top two teams in the Swiss Super League enter the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League.
www.betinf.com /swiss.htm   (374 words)

  
 Rugby Super League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Managing Director Keith Sharratt commented, "We are delighted to back the Centurions for Super League X. The club has made immense strides over the last two years and we feel that the time is right to join the success story at Leigh.
As well as receiving an OBE from Her Majesty the Queen, Alex gained entrance to the Rugby League Hall of Fame at Rugby League Head Quarters and also the Halls of Fame at Leigh Centurions, St Helens and Warrington Wolves.
Rugby League in the capital will take another significant step forward when it stages an exciting launch event for the new 2005 season at London Skolar’s New River Stadium on Saturday, 5 February 2005.
uk.rleague.com /superleague/news/index.php?next=390   (2503 words)

  
 RECOGNITION FOR WELSH BODY: Sporting Life - Rugby League | Super League, Challenge Cup, News, Results, Live Scores, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Wales Rugby League has been officially recognised as the national governing body for the sport of Rugby League by the Sports Council of Wales.
The recognition comes as the seven-club Welsh Division of the TotalRL.Com Rugby League Conference has been elevated in status to become one of the competition's four new elite premier leagues.
While Wales Rugby League will still work under the auspices of the Rugby Football League, the governing body for the sport throughout Great Britain and Ireland, they are now part of the infrastructure for sport in Wales.
linktrim.com /za   (378 words)

  
 Rugby Super League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This Friday's engage Super League play-off between St Helens and Leeds Rhinos will provide a first for Rugby League fans unable to get a ticket for the huge clash at Knowsley Road.
BBC Radio Five Live will carry full match commentary on the battle between the top two teams in Super League X. But in a exciting innovation pioneered earlier this month on Five Live's digital sister station, Five Live Sports Extra, each team will have its 'own' commentator.
“engage Super League is already the quickest sport around and the dual commentator idea makes it sound even more exciting without taking away from the serious business on the pitch.
www.superleague.co.uk /news/2040   (208 words)

  
 Leigh are high flyers
SUPER League newcomers Leigh have agreed a five-figure sponsorship deal with Emirates Airlines.
The deal is the Arab airline's first venture into rugby league and a significant corporate coup for the Centurions.
Leigh will carry the Emirates logo on their first-team shirts for Super League X and club executive director Derek Beaumont said: "This is an absolutely fantastic achievement for the club to attract such a major sponsor.
www.manchesteronline.co.uk /sport/rugbyleague/s/140/140902_leigh_are_high_flyers.html   (288 words)

  
 London Broncos | You'll Love It!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
As title sponsor of Super League, engage Mutual Assurance has teamed up with the Broncos for Round 18 of engage Super League X, as families across the UK celebrate Father’s Day.
On Friday 17 June the Broncos travel to St Helens where London’s chosen engage Super Dad will be invited pitch side at half time to be presented with his unique framed signed shirt.
All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning this fantastic prize, is email the name of your candidate for engage Super Dad to engagecomp@gemgroup.com telling us why he deserves to be the engage Super Dad for 2005 (in no more than 250 words).
www.londonbroncos.co.uk /site/news/2005/june/engagesuperdad.html   (459 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sport
NEW DELHI, Feb 15 — India thrashed Sri Lanka in final league match to top their group and storm into the super league with a clean slate in the women’s world team badminton championship for the Uber Cup, while Thailand and Singapore made the grade in Thomas Cup in the Asian zonal qualifiers here today.
Having already reached the super league yesterday by beating Singapore and Australia, the match was of only academic interest, but the hosts maintained their clean slate ahead of a tough encounter with Indonesia tomorrow, which would give a big boost for them.
Kerala women, who recovered well in the National League after their semifinal exit at Salem, are the only team who can pose a serious challenge to Railways.
www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000216/sports.htm   (6629 words)

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