Category: Australia, Rugby League

Categories: Rugby League | Australia, Sports

Rugby League football in Australia has been one of the country's most popular sports since it started being played there in 1908 and is the dominant winter football code in the states of New South Wales and Queensland. The break away from the Rugby Union was over player payments, insurance and such; in other words, professionalism. The country has been dominant over the other rugby league-playing nations for many years, but enjoys a strong rivalry with New Zealand. The national team is known as the 'Kangaroos' and wear green and gold. Following the inauguration of an eight-club competition in Sydney in 1908, competitions appeared in Brisbane (1909), Newcastle (1910), Illawarra (1911) and then quickly spread thoughout regional centres of both NSW and Queensland. The elite competition is the National Rugby League (NRL), which features ten teams from New South Wales, three teams from Queensland, and one team each from Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. It grew out of the NSWRFL (the Sydney competition). State of Origin is the annual interstate competition between New South Wales (Blues) and Queensland (Maroons), in which players must be selected by criteria based upon where their senior football career originated (not their place of birth). The remaining States compete in an annual Affiliated States Championship competition. There are club competitons throughout each Australian State and the Northern Territory. The Australian Capital territory is part of the New South Wales Country Rugby League (NSWCFL). There are separate divisions for women and juniors. Rugby League is commonly known either as 'league' or 'football'.

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Arthur Beetson 21 Jan 1945 Roma, Queensland, Australia - 01 Dec 2011

Gil Box 1910s - 1960s

Edward Brosnan 31 Mar 1918 Queensland, Australia - 04 Aug 1992

David Brown 04 Apr 1913 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Feb 1974

Albert Burge 04 Jun 1889 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia - 04 Jan 1943

Frank Burge 14 Aug 1894 Darlington, New South Wales (Australia) - 05 Jul 1958

Laidley Burge 04 Dec 1896 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 17 Sep 1990

Peter Burge 14 Feb 1884 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia - 15 Jul 1956

Joseph Busch 1907 Maclean, New South Wales, Australia - 29 May 1999

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Clive Churchill 21 Jan 1927 Merewether, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Aug 1985

Herbert Collins 21 Jan 1888 Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales. - 28 May 1959

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Living Fritz

Robert Fulton 01 Dec 1947 Stockton Heath, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 23 May 2021

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Reginald Gasnier 12 May 1939 Mortdale, New South Wales, Australia - 11 May 2014

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Herbert Gilbert 18 Sep 1887 Gulgong, New South Wales (Australia) - 05 Jan 1972

Herbert Gilbert 04 May 1917 Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia - 31 Oct 1983

James Gilbert 02 May 1923 Bexley, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Jul 1991

John Gilbert 20 Nov 1918 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 29 Nov 1998

James Giltinan 30 Aug 1866 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Sep 1950

Barry Gomersall 1945 Crosby Town, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Feb 2007

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Douglas (Hockings) Hall 24 Aug 1925 Queensland, Australia - 18 Jan 2011

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Kenneth Irvine 05 Mar 1940 Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Dec 1990

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Graeme Langlands 02 Sep 1941 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Jan 2018

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Christopher McKivat 27 Nov 1880 Cumnock, New South Wales, Australia - 04 May 1941

Herbert Messenger 12 Apr 1883 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia - 24 Nov 1959

Peter Moir 1882 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia - 10 Jun 1921

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Norman Provan 18 Dec 1932 Urana, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Oct 2021

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Living Raper

John Raper 12 Apr 1939 Revesby, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Feb 2022

Living Raper

Living Raper

Living Raper

Thomas Raudonikis 13 Apr 1950 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Apr 2021

Norman Robinson 17 Oct 1900 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Mar 1980

Steven Rogers 20 Nov 1954 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia - 03 Jan 2006

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John Sattler 28 Jul 1942 Telarah, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Mar 2023

Arthur Summons 13 Dec 1935 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia - 16 May 2020

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Duncan Thompson 19 Feb 1895 Warwick, Queensland (Australia) - 17 May 1980

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