Draft:Outline of rugby league

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to rugby league football:

Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy, rugby, or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 m (74 yd) wide and 112–122 m (122–133 yd) long with H-shaped posts at both ends. It is one of the two major codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union. It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, as the result of a split from the Rugby Football Union (RFU) over the issue of payments to players. 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.

What type of thing is rugby league?

Rugby football can be described as all of the following:

Exercise – bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health or wellness.
- Aerobic exercise – physical exercise that intends to improve the oxygen system.^[1] Aerobic means "with oxygen", and refers to the use of oxygen in the body's energy-generating process (the citric acid cycle).
Game – structured activity, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more concerned with the expression of ideas. However, the distinction is not clear-cut, and many games are also considered to be work (such as professional sports).
- Ball game – game played with a ball.
  - A type of football – sport that involves kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal.
    - A type of rugby football –
Sport – form of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants.
- Competitive sport – sport in which one or more participants or teams compete against one another. The one that is the most successful in achieving the objective of the game or sport event is the winner.
  - A type of football – sport that involves kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal.
    - A type of rugby football –
- Goal sport – sport in which an attacking team must send a ball or puck into a physical structure or area called a "goal" in order to score points.
- Team sport – sport that involves players working together towards a shared objective.
- Recreational sport – sport engaged in as a leisure time activity.
- Spectator sport – sport that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or watchers, at its matches. Spectator sports are a form of entertainment.
- Professional sport – sport in which the athletes receive payment for their performance.

Essence of rugby league

Rugby league gameplay
- Rugby league positions
- Rugby league equipment:
  - Rugby shirt

Types of rugby league

Rugby league
- Derivatives:
  - Smaller teams:
    - Sevens
    - Nines
  - Low-contact:
    - Tag
    - Touch
  - Age defined:
    - Mini
    - Mod
    - Masters

History of rugby league

Rules of the game

Laws of rugby league

Rugby league worldwide

Africa

Americas

Rugby league in the United States

Asia

Australasia

Europe

Persons influential in rugby league

David Hinchliffe

Rugby league scholars

References

^ Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Eleventh Edition)

External links

[1] Concise Oxford English Dictionary (Eleventh Edition)

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