Premiership Rugby is an English professional rugby union competition. The Premiership consists of twelve clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby union system. Premiership clubs qualify for Europe's two main club competitions, the European Rugby Champions Cup and the European Rugby Challenge Cup. The team finishing at the bottom of the Premiership each season is relegated to the second division, the RFU Championship; the winner of the Championship is promoted to the Premiership.
The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League (NSWRFL) until 1984. From 1908 to 1994, the NSWRL ran Sydney's, then New South Wales', and eventually Australia's top-level rugby league club competition from their headquarters on Phillip Street, Sydney. The organisation is responsible for administering the New South Wales rugby league team.
Shaun Edwards, OBE is an English rugby union coach and former rugby league player, who is the assistant coach for defence of Wales. A scrum-half or stand-off, Edwards is the most decorated player in rugby league history, with 37 winner's medals. In 2015 he was the 25th person inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame.
George Smith is an Australian rugby union player. He is a flanker for Bristol Bears, though he is more known for his 12 years (2000–10,13) at the ACT Brumbies in Super Rugby, earning 142 caps.
The National Rugby League Western Australia (NRLWA) is responsible for administering the game of rugby league football in the state of Western Australia m.
Villeneuve XIII RLLG originally called Sports Athletic Villeneuvois XIII are a semi-professional rugby league team based in Villeneuve-sur-Lot in the region of Aquitaine in southern France. Formed in 1934, the first French rugby league club, they currently play in the Elite One Championship the highest level of rugby league in France. They have won both the league title and the cup on nine occasions. Their home stadium is the Stade Max Rousie.
The Newcastle Rugby League is a local rugby league football competition in Newcastle, Australia. It is one of the oldest rugby league competitions in Australia, founded in 1910. A Newcastle representative team was also assembled from players in the League during most of the 20th century.
Group 14 is a rugby league competition in central New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. This Group doesn't officially field a senior competition although the Castlereagh Cup is mostly made up of Group 14 clubs. The Group 14 name is still applied to the junior competition, which is divided into Eastern and Western divisions.
The Castlereagh Cup is a rugby league competition in western New South Wales, Australia, run under the auspices of the Country Rugby League. For all intents and purposes the competition is effectively the Group 14 senior competition.Ronald George Hawkins has the record for most tries in a game when he scored 8 tries against Coonamble Bears playing in the lock position.
The NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales between teams made up of players aged under 16. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). The competition is made up of NSW-based clubs and includes both junior representative teams of the elite National Rugby League (NRL) and clubs and academies that do not field teams in the NRL competition.
The Central Highlands Rugby League (CHRL) is a Rugby league competition District in the Australian state of Victoria. It covers the area of Victoria centered on Ballarat and Ararat, as far north as Creswick, Warrnambool in the south west, Bacchus Marsh in the east, and Horsham in the west.
Rugby league is played at amateur level in Western Australia. The state was represented at national level by the Western Reds/Perth Reds, but they were not be included in the new National Rugby League in 1998 following the Super League war. The West Coast Pirates are aiming for eventual inclusion in the National Rugby League.
Rugby league is one of the most popular codes of football in the Australian Capital Territory. The Canberra Raiders of the National Rugby League became the Territory's first professional sports team when they were established in 1982. For decades before that rugby league clubs in the area had been competing and providing footballers for representative sides that played against domestic and foreign teams.
The Mal Meninga Cup is a junior rugby league football competition based in Queensland, played between teams made up of players aged under 18. The competition, administered by the Queensland Rugby League, features the junior representative teams of Queensland Cup clubs. Since 2011, the winners of the Grand Final play the winners of the New South Wales’ under-18 competition, the SG Ball Cup, in the National Final.
The West Coast Pirates Rugby League Football Club, officially referred to as The Cash Converters West Coast Pirates for sponsorship reasons, are a rugby league football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded by the Western Australian Rugby League as a bid for Perth to rejoin an expanded National Rugby League in 2023. If successful, the Pirates would play out of HBF Park, with the support of the Western Australian Government through a $96 million upgrade to the venue.
The Queensland Women's Rugby League is the governing body of female rugby league in Queensland. It is a member of the Australian Women's Rugby League and Queensland Rugby League. The organisation is responsible for administering the Queensland Women's rugby league team and Brisbane and District Women's Rugby League competition.
The Joondalup Giants Rugby League Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Joondalup, Western Australia that competes in The Western Australian Rugby League. Founded in 1990, The Joondalup Giants provide the northern suburbs of Perth with a family friendly Rugby League club that has one of the strongest junior bases in Western Australia. The club fields junior teams from u6s through to u16s and senior teams, u18s, Women's league tag, women's tackle, Val Murphy Trophy, Reserve grade and Premiership grade.
Willagee Bears Rugby League Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Willagee, Western Australia formed in the early 1960s. They conduct teams for both junior and senior teams.
Rockingham Coastal Sharks Rugby League & Sporting Club is an Australian rugby league football club based at Rockingham, Western Australia formed in 1987 as the Rockingham Raiders. They played their first WARL game in 1988 and the colours were, Primary: Lime Green; Secondary: White; Blue; Yellow. In 2004 the club changed names and colours and became the Rockingham Coastal Sharks after absorbing a minor local team, Coastal Cowboys, into their system. They conduct teams for both junior and senior teams.
The Super W is a women's rugby union competition held in Australia. The inaugural season was in 2018. The NSW Waratahs are the most successful team, with two titles as of 2019.
