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A rugby league team consists of 13 players on the field, with 4 substitutes on the bench. Each of the 13 players is assigned a position, normally with a standardised number, which reflects their role in attack and defence, although players can take up any position at any time. Players are divided into two general types, forwards and backs.
Rugby league players by position (11 C) Pages in category "Rugby league positions" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
During rugby league's 1921–22 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain, the Northern Rugby Football Union tried to arrange a match in Paris, but opposition from the Rugby Football Union-aligned French Rugby Federation made it impossible. [9] In France rugby league split from rugby union in the 1930s.
Favourable field position is an important aim in rugby league, a goal present in the minds of players at almost all times. Possession of the ball is the primary aim of each team. When in possession the aim is to maintain possession and score by running in packs and trying to minimise ball-handling errors and penalties conceded (which always ...
Outside backs is used to describe several playing positions in the sports of rugby league and rugby union: Outside backs (rugby league), the threequarters, i.e. the wings, and centres in rugby league football; Outside backs (rugby union), the three-quarters, i.e. the wings, and centres in rugby union football
Category: Rugby league players by position. 2 languages. ... Rugby league five-eighths (1,254 P) Rugby league forwards (4 C, 183 P) Rugby league fullbacks (1,282 P)
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Second five-eighths, or sometimes second five-eighth, [1] is a name used in New Zealand to refer the rugby union position commonly known elsewhere as the inside centre or number 12. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It traditionally described a playmaking type of 12 with good passing and kicking skills as opposed to the strong hard runner and tackler in that ...