subject: Rugby League Tournaments Played At Different Levels [print this page] Every rugby league player has had dreams of playing for clubs that represent the countries that form the sports global governing body, the Rugby League International Federation. Some of these nations include England, Great Britain, France, Russia, Lebanon, and Papua New Guinea. Each club aspires to bring home the Rugby League World Cup.
The Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league football competition contested by the national teams of the member nations of the Rugby League International Federation. The tournament was first held in France in 1954, making it the first World Cup of either rugby union or rugby league. It was also the first competition to be officially known as the Rugby World Cup.
The World Cup championship has been awarded at various intervals since and is used to determine the best playing national squad in the world. The tournament had been recently contested in Australia and was won by New Zealand.
Ever since its inauguration, only three countries have ever won the Rugby League World Cup championships. Australia, having won the tournament a total of nine times, is by far the most successful World Cup team. Great Britain has won the World Cup on three occasions, and New Zealand once. The United Kingdom will host the next tournament in 2013. Since 2000, the Rugby League International Federation has also organized rugby games and World Cups for women, students and numerous other categories.
One category that is starting to garner attention is the youth rugby league games. The National Youth Competition, known as the Toyota Cup, is the official developmental competition for the Australian National Rugby League. It began in 2008, and consists of teams from the sixteen clubs that participate in the National Rugby League. The rules of the competition state that teams must be made up of players between the ages of 17 and 19.
The structure the youth rugby league mirrors the National Rugby League, with games played as lead-ins to the corresponding National Rugby League counterparts. The competition even uses a salary cap in the same way as the National Rugby League, and puts a heavy focus on life outside of football for the players.
by: Glenn Dale
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