History of rugby league - Article Index

Encyclopedia - History Of Rugby League: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rugby League - From 1910 To 1995
History of rugby league - Rugby league before and during the First World War. The early years of the 20th century also saw attempts to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amateurism: Encyclopedia - Amateurism
Amateurism is the philosophy that elevates things done without self-interest above things done for pay, especially with regard to sports ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Lamb: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Lamb - Western Suburbs Magpies Career
Lamb was a non-playing reserve for the Canterbury Third Grade side in 1979 and was hopeful of a contract with his junior side in 1980. La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rugby League: Encyclopedia Ii - Rugby League - Glossary
‘ball-runner’ vs ‘ball-player’ (also ‘ball-running’ vs ‘ball-playing’) A descriptive categorization of a players techniq...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amateurism: Encyclopedia Ii - Amateurism - Rugby
The team sport which has had the greatest problems with shamateurism is probably rugby union. At one time rugby had been popular with bot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Lamb: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Lamb - 1995 Grand Final
The 1995 season was to be Lamb's last season and the Bulldogs were keen to send him out a winner but it all went wrong early when the Bul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Lamb: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Lamb - Captain Of The Bulldogs
One of the first jobs that new coach Chris Anderson did was appoint Lamb as captain ahead of Paul Langmack and Andrew Farrar, who were co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Lamb: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Lamb - Coaching Career
Lamb went straight from playing to coaching immediately after his retirement. Lamb was trainer in Chris Anderson's last year at Canterbur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Lamb: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Lamb - Hanley Incident And The World Cup
Warren Ryan departed Canterbury at the end of 1987 with reserve grade coach Phil Gould taking over the reigns in a caretaker role with Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amateurism: Encyclopedia Ii - Amateurism - The Present Day
By the early 21st Century the Olympics and all the major team sports accepted professional competitors. However there are still some spor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian National Rugby League Team: Encyclopedia - Australian National Rugby League Team
The Australian national rugby league side represents Australia at rugby league. Since July 7, 1994 the team's nickname has been the Kanga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amateurism: Encyclopedia Ii - Amateurism - Background
In the United Kingdom sport had always been the preserve of the rich who were the only people who had free time in which to pursue sport,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Lamb: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Lamb - 1986 Kangaroo Tour
Lamb won selection on the 1986 Kangaroo Tour as backup five-eighth to captain Wally Lewis. Lamb's form in 1986 and his versatility to cov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Lamb: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Lamb - Career Statistics
Terry Lamb - Western Suburbs. Career: 1980-83 First Grade Games: 88 Tries: 41 Goals: 18 Field Goals: 7 Points: 163 Reserve Grade Games ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terry Lamb: Encyclopedia Ii - Terry Lamb - Joining The Bulldogs And Early Success
The news that Lamb's Dally M winnings was more than his contract ensured that he would be in hot demand from the richer Sydney clubs now ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rugby League: Encyclopedia Ii - Rugby League - Playing Rugby League
Rugby league is played by two teams on a rectangular field with a length generally double the width. The in-goal areas, located at each e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rugby League: Encyclopedia Ii - Rugby League - History
Like most forms of football, rugby league's roots can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games which bear l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amateurism: Encyclopedia Ii - Amateurism - Figure Skating
Like other Olympic sports, figure skating used to have very strict amateur status rules. Over the years, these rules were relaxed to allo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amateurism: Encyclopedia Ii - Amateurism - Football Soccer
Boot money has been a phenomenon in amateur sport for centuries. The term "boot money" became popularized in the 1880s when it was not un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rugby League: Encyclopedia Ii - Rugby League - Players
Players on field are divided into forwards and backs. Each position has a designated number, 1 through to 13. Numbers 14 and higher are g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amateurism: Encyclopedia Ii - Amateurism - The Olympics
Until the late 20th century the Olympics nominally only accepted amateur athletes. However, successful Olympians from Western countries o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rugby League: Encyclopedia Ii - Rugby League - Rugby League Worldwide
Those nations that play rugby league are in their greater numbers in Europe and the Oceania. Of these two areas Oceania is the strongest ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rugby League: Encyclopedia Ii - Rugby League - Competitions
Rugby league - Representative. The Ashes introduced in 1908 became the first regular meetings between two nations in Rugby League and w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Football: Encyclopedia - Football
Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. The most popular of these worldwide is Association football, which is ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sport In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Sport In The United Kingdom - Elite Level Sport
Sport in the United Kingdom - Elite level team sports. There are four sports in the United Kingdom which operate high profile professio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rugby Football: Encyclopedia Ii - Rugby Football - History
See also: Football; History of rugby union; History of rugby league. The legendary story/myth about the origin of Rugby football — wher...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rugby Union: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rugby Union - Early History
Playing football has a long tradition in England and football had probably been played at Rugby School for two hundred years before three...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Football: Encyclopedia Ii - Football - The Establishment Of Modern Codes Of Football
Football - English public schools. The earliest evidence that games resembling football were being played at English public schools —...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian National Rugby League Team: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian National Rugby League Team - History
Australian national rugby league team - Early Days. See also: History of rugby league Rugby has been played in Australia since the 1860...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sport In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Sport In The United Kingdom - Administration And Funding
The government department responsible for sport is the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. This department is headed by a cabinet min...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rugby Union: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rugby Union - The Schism Between Union And League
For more details see History of rugby league On August 29, 1895 at a meeting at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, twenty clubs from Yorkshi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sport In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Sport In The United Kingdom - The Role Of Sport In British Life
Sport is also an important outlet for patriotism. The legitimacy of nationalism is even more strongly denigrated by much of the academic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sport In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Sport In The United Kingdom - Sports Media
The British media is dominated by national outlets, with local media playing a much smaller role. Traditionally the BBC played a dominant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Football: Encyclopedia Ii - Football - History
Throughout the history of mankind the urge to kick at stones and other such objects is thought to have led to many early activities invol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sport In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Sport In The United Kingdom - Major Sports Facilities
In the early 20th century the United Kingdom had some of the largest sports facilites in the world, but the level of comfort and amenitie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sport In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Sport In The United Kingdom - Structure
Domestic sport and international sport both have high profiles in the United Kingdom. The four home nations of England, Scotland, Wales, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rugby Union: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rugby Union - The Professional Era
On August 26, 1995 the International Rugby (Football) Board declared Rugby Union an "open" game and thus removed all restrictions on paym...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rugby Football: Encyclopedia Ii - Rugby Football - Culture And Humour
See also: Rugby culture. Because of its long adherence to amateurism, an ethic considered to have discouraged working class players, rugb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rugby Union: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rugby Union - Interesting Times 1931 – 1947
For many years, the sport’s authorities had suspected that the govering body of French Rugby Union, the French Rugby Federation (FRF) w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rugby Union: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rugby Union - The Forming Of The International Rugby Football Board
In 1884 England had a disagreement with Scotland over a try that England had scored but the referee disallowed citing a foul by Scotland....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rugby Union: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rugby Union - The Rugby Union World Cup
For more details see Rugby Union World Cup#History The first Rugby World Cup was held in New Zealand in 1987, and was won by the hosts. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian National Rugby League Team: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian National Rugby League Team - Jersey
Australia's jersey, which is green with a two gold "V"s was first used in 1929. For the first twenty years of international competition, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rugby Football: Encyclopedia Ii - Rugby Football - Rules
Distinctive features common to both rugby games include the ovoid ball and the ban on passing the ball forwards, so that players can gain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rugby Union: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rugby Union - The Schism Between The Football Association And Rugby Football
The Football Association was formed at the Freemason’s Tavern, Great Queen Street, on Lincoln Inn Fields, London October 26, 1863 with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rugby League: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rugby League - After 1995
While the Super League war was being fought in Australia, Rupert Murdoch approached the British clubs with a view to forming Super League...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rugby League: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rugby League - Australasia
History of rugby league - New Zealand. In 1905, as New Zealand's rugby union team (the All Blacks), toured Britain, they witnessed firs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rugby League: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rugby League - The Schism In Great Britain
In 1892, charges of professionalism were laid against clubs in Bradford and Leeds, both in Yorkshire, after they compensated players for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rugby League: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rugby League - Before The Schism
Although many forms of football had been played across the world, it was only during the second half of the nineteenth century that these...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Rugby League: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Rugby League - The Early Years
Initially the Northern Union continued to play under rugby union laws. The first minor change (awarding a penalty for a deliberate knock-...   » Read the article