Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on... Wikipedia
- Highest governing body: International Rugby League
- Nicknames: League, RL, rugby, rugby XIII (used throughout Europe), League, footy, football (used throughout Oceania)
- First played: 7 September 1895, Yorkshire, Northern England (post schism)
- Contact: Full
- Team members: 13
- Mixed gender: Single
- Type: Team sport, outdoor
- Equipment: Rugby league ball
- Venue: Rugby league playing field
- Country or region: Worldwide (most popular in Oceania, northern England and southern France)
- Data source: DuckDuckGo