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2022 Pacific Rugby League Tests
A list of men and women international rugby league matches played throughout 2022 and does not include wheelchair rugby league international matches. A † denotes a recognised, but unofficial match that did not contribute to the IRL World Rankings. The 2021 Rugby League World Cup was postponed until 2022 due to Australia and New Zealand pulling out months before the tournament was scheduled to commence. Season overview Rankings The following were the rankings at the beginning of the season. , , style="text-align:right;", 49.00 , - !5 , 1, , style="text-align:left;", , , style="text-align:right;", 35.00 , - !6 , 1, , style="text-align:left;", , , style="text-align:right;", 30.00 , - !7 , 2, , style="text-align:left;", , , style="text-align:right;", 22.00 , - !8 , , , style="text-align:left;", , , style="text-align:right;", 20.00 , - !9 , 2, , style="text-align:left;", , , style="text-align:right;", 19.00 , - !10 , 2, , style="text-align:left;", , , style="text ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby League
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112–122 metres (122 to 133 yards) long with H shaped posts at both ends. It is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union. It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire as the result of a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players.Tony Collins, ''Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain'' (2006), p.3 The rules of the game governed by the new Northern Rugby Football Union progressively changed from those of the RFU with the specific aim of producing a faster and more entertaining game to appeal to spectators, on whose income the new organisation and its members depended. Due to its high-velocity contact, cardio-based endurance and minimal use of body protection, rugby league i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
