Rugby League

Rugby League is a ball sport that has two teams of 13 players play against each other. The ball that is used has oval shape. The field is a rectangle 100 m long and 70 m wide. The game is played in two halves of 40 minutes each, for a total of 80 minutes. 

A try in Rugby League 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 is converted by the goal-kicker kicking the ball in between the goal posts, the team gets an extra 2 points. Other ways of scoring points are drop-goals, which are worth 1 or 2 points, and penalty goals, which are worth 2 points.

Rugby League is played in over 30 countries in the world, especially in Australia, England, 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, the Cook Islands, Lebanon, Russia and South Africa. The current world champions are Australia, who won the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.

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