What is Rugby League?
{{Sports}} '''Rugby league''' is a [[ball]] [[sport]]. Two teams of thirteen players play against each other. The [[ball]] used is oval in shape. The field is a rectangle shape. It is 100 metres long and 70 metres wide. It is played for 80 minutes (40 minutes each half). A ''try'' is scored when a player scores or touches the ball down in the in-goal area (the try line included). A try is worth 4 points and if it's converted (the goal kicker kicks the ball in between the goal posts), the team gets an extra 2 points. Another method of scoring points is through drop goals which are worth 1 or 2 points, or penalty goals which are worth 2 points. Rugby league is played in over 30 countries in the world. The countries that play it the most are [[Australia]], [[England]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] and [[New Zealand]]. The [[Rugby League World Cup]] has been played by Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, [[France]], [[Wales]], [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Fiji]], [[Samoa]], [[Tonga]], [[Scotland]], [[United States]], [[Italy]], [[Cook Islands]], [[Lebanon]], [[Russia]] and [[South Africa]]. The current world champions are Australia, who won the [[2021 Rugby League World Cup]]. ==Other websites== {{Commons-inline|Rugby league}} {{-}} {{sport-stub}} [[Category:Rugby league]]