Rugby League

They are not forfeited they are either won, drawn or lost

My opinion is that it would be a knock on, the Ref will pick you up on the original drop, I think you'd have to make it clear it is meant to be a drop kick.

Stuart Fielden went from Bradford to Wigan for an estimated half million quid package (cash plus players).

There are heaps

- Greg Inglis

- Darren Lockyar

- Jared Hayne

- Morris Brothers (Josh, Bret)

- Todd Carney

- Kurt Gidley

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John Eals

Quade Cooper

Matt Giteu

Saia Faingaa

Dean Mumm

Luke Burgess

Anthony Faingaa

Nick Farr-Jones

George Gregan

He's currently head coach of Harlequins RL in Super League.

He is a former player with Bradford and made three appearances for Great Britain. He's been an assistant coach with Huddersfield and Leeds before striking out as a head coach with Harlequins. He's also an ex-professional boxer and was in the Army with the Marines.

Rugby League in Australia, New Zealand and England are the main sources of Rugby League. Countries like pacfic reigon such as Samoa, Tonga, Cook islands and Papa New Genuia are part of their tradional lives. Not like Australia where it's "business". Europe is increasing their supports and the main countries that have improved Rugby League and to my suprise are Canda, Wales and Lebanon.

to set up plays. he is second in charge of making plays after the halfback.

When the game was introduced to the Southern Hemesphere around 1840 The game was taken there by members of the armed forces, missionaries and well to do business people whop had played the game in Private school and thereafter university. The game became popular when small townships opened up and played against each other. The game in Australia is popular due to its physical nature, the spin off game of Australian rules and the weather conditions which compared to the northern hemisphere leads itself to more playable weeks due to the milder winter weather. Added to this is the excellent standards produced by their development academies

Rugby is played in most parts of the world. There are 95 countries on the International Rugby Board's list of rankings. Currently at #1 is New Zealand and #95 is Finland. Traditionally the strongest nations are New Zealand, South Africa, France, Australia, Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales. Argentina, Italy and Fiji are among teams who have gained ground in recent years.

What do you want to know about it? The first game in Super League was Paris St-Germain v Sheffield at Stade Charlety in Paris on March 29 1996 in front of over 17,000 spectators. PSG won it, 30-24.

Ashley Billington, playing for Hong Kong with 10 tries in one match against Singapore in 1994. Marc Ellis, of the New Zealand All Blacks with six tries in one match against Japan in the 1995 RWC.

The Forwards: The Front Row... 1. Loosehead Prop - Supports or 'props-up' the hooker when scrummaging. Lifts players in the line-outs. Assists in rucking and mauling. Crashes the ball through the line. Called loose-head as one side of his head is on the outside of the scrum. Gethin Jenkins 2. Hooker - 'Hooks' the ball in the scrum. Throws the ball into the lineout. Assists in rucking and mauling. Jerry Flannery 3. Tighthead Prop - (See no. 1) Called tight-head as both sides of his head will be inside the scrum. Euan Murray The Second Row... 4. Second Row (a.k.a Lock) - Often tallest member of the team. Jumps in the line-out to catch the ball. Pushes behind the front row in the scrum. Also rucks and mauls. May choose to pick up the ball at the base of a ruck and carry it forwards. Will often use their size and strength to gain ground in loose play. Alun Wyn Jones 5. Second Row (a.k.a Lock) - (See no. 4) Paul O'Connell The Back Row... 6. Blindside Flanker - Known as blindside as he binds onto the scrum the side that is closest to the touchline. It's his job to make covering tackles on anyone who attempts to sneak round the blindside of the scrum. Will win ball in rucks. Superior fitness to other forwards. Tom Croft 7. Openside Flanker - Known as the openside as he binds onto the scrum the side that is furthest from the touchline. He will try and break from the scrum before the other forwards to put pressure on the opposition fly-half. A big tackler and a quick runner. May join up with the back line to form an overlap in attacking play. Martyn Williams 8. No. 8 - Gets his name from being the 8th forward. A big, powerful runner. Sits at the back of the scrum driving it forward. Will provide the 'back-foot' of the scrum giving the scrum half time to get the ball out. May also pick the ball up from the back of the scrum and crash it forward. Jamie Heaslip The Backs:Half-Backs... 9. Scrum-Half - He is the transition player between the forwards and the backs. He will take the ball from the forwards from line-outs, scrums, rucks and mauls and feed it to the backs. It's his job to control the forwards. Very good handling skills, especially when passing off the floor. Will pressurise his opposite player during scrums and try to agitate the opposition forwards. Harry Ellis 10. The Fly-Half - Usually responsible for all the major kicking duties. He is the play maker, acting as a pivot creating gaps and choosing which back to pass to. A good runner with good visual and spatial awareness. Ronan O'Gara The Centres... 12. Inside Centre - Out of the two centres he will be the stockier member of the two. Responsible for crash balls, but if he sees a gap he will take it. Reasonably speedy. Will tackle any rampaging forward to come his way. Jamie Roberts 13. Outside Centre - Scores plenty of tries. A very good runner, always in support of his inside man ready to exploit the gaps he creates. Will be ready to take down any backs who fancy a run. Brian O'Driscoll The Wings... 11. Left Wing - Possibly the quickest player on the pitch. The majority of tries will be under this man's name. May have to retreat back to help cover kicks with the fullback. A competent kicker under pressure. Ugo Monye 14. Right Wing - (See no. 11) Tommy Bowe The Fullback... 15. The Fullback - The last man. He will stand at the back waiting for a kick or a breakaway in defensive play, but will join the line to make an overlap in attacking play. Always ready to take the high ball. A good runner. An excellent tackler as he is the last line of defense. Master at kicking under pressure. (In some teams he may take penalties, but this is mostly the role of the fly-half) Rob Kearny

The dragons will win it for sure roosters suck they are sore lossers.

Van Bosten "the great" from New Zealand : 25 stones 9 pounds, which makes 163 kg Another answer comes from Fidji : Bill Cavubati (Fidji) at 165kg, heaviest player at an international level

The lock or 2nd row is classed as the POWERHOUSE where scrummages are concerned. Their task is to generate forward propulsion whilst channeling the ball through to the backrow- Number 8.

Lineouts - The Locks are normally the largest and tallest of the 15 person team and are targeted by the lineout thrower (normally the hooker) to receiver the ball.

Open play has become very important for the lock - Used to clear-out rucks by their physical presence and as much as possible to be a heavy ball carrier.

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(tigers Fan)

Rugby League players in Australia get paid very low. Their average yearly income is about 200 thousand. If you compare Rugby League to other sports such as, AFL, NFL, major league and NBA, Rugby League is like a welfare payment. Rugby League is the toughest sport. It's fast and rought. Countries that are developing Rugby League such as Amercia and Lebanon, their players don't get paid at all. NRL (National Rugby League) which is running in Australia, has a salary cap. That's the reason why, Rugby League players are so under-paid. The highest paid rugby league player in Australia is about 500k for 3 years. Super League in England is better than NRL, at least their payment are double then the ones in NRL.

duuh dum bum ... it's obviously the Vodafone Warriors, have u seen Manley play faar they cheat jst like Bulldogs do. Even though i am a Australian i know that the vodafone Warriors are the best team alive in NRL, they got Kevin Locke aka fastest man alive in NRL history, Shaun Johnson aka New Benji Marshall, Manu Vatuvei, they call him the smart 1 idk if he is lol. Well at least these guys won't feel guilty in the future 4 cheating unlike Manley and Bulldogs !

There are a total of 12 players in a rugby (union) sevens Team, with seven on the pitch at any one time and 5 as reserves. The squad numbers are variable as in the 15 a side version. Squad sizes are down to the RFU of the country playing. They may ONLY name 12 for a game from the squad.

In September 2008

15 on each team + subs so 22 in total
Rugby Union:15 on the field (Playing), 7 on the bench (Used as Substitutes), 8 in reserves (Not Allowed for Play) This is the kind of rugby most people associate with the sport. Rugby League: 13 on the field + 4 substitutes. Rugby Sevens: 7 on the field. Shorter games.

An A grade or International Rugby match is designated to consist of 2 40 minute halves.

However the referee is the sole judge of time. If he starts and stops his watch slightly differently to the field it can run a little longer. the time is also only up when there is a stoppage of play. so if the attacking team has possession time will be up once they either kick it out or cause and infringement

The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games which bear little resemblance to modern sports. It is then important to acknowledge the development of the modern football codes and two separate schisms in football history. In 19th century England, football was most prominently played in private schools. Each school had its own rules based on whatever playing field was available to them. The rules could be categorised as either handling or kicking forms of football. The kicking and handling forms were later codified by The Football Association and the Rugby Football Union (RFU) respectively. Rugby football, as is was widely known, had its main origins at Rugby School, Warwickshire, England. In 1895 rugby football was beset with a schism that resulted in the formation of the Northern Rugby Football Union (NRFU). Although many factors played a part in the split, including the success of working class northern teams, the main division was caused by the RFU decision to enforce the amateur principle of the sport, preventing 'broken time payments' to players who had taken time off work to play rugby. Northern teams typically had more working class players (coal miners, mill workers etc.) who could not afford to play without this compensation, in contrast to southern teams who had other sources of income to sustain the amateur principle. There were similar movements in other countries. In 1895 a decree by the RFU banning the playing of rugby at grounds where entrance fees were charged led to the famous meeting on 29 August 1895. Twenty-two clubs (plus Stockport who negotiated by telephone) met at The George Hotel in Huddersfield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and formed the "Northern Rugby Football Union". There should have been another two persons present, representing the Morley Rugby Football Club, but as travel in those days could only be done by train, and was considered a long journey, the two representatives decided to fortify themselves in readiness for their arduous trip. This they did by calling at several hostelries on route to the station, meaning that they missed their train. This is why the Morley club - despite being based in the Rugby League heartland of South Leeds - still play the 15-man game. Within fifteen years of that first meeting in Huddersfield, more than 200 RFU clubs had left to join the rugby revolution.