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By 2006, the Student Rugby League had over 70 member clubs playing in 9 leagues, club locations ranging from Napier in Scotland to Exeter in the South West of England. The elite Premier North & South competition was formed as the Super 6 in 2008. In 2014, the Student Rugby League was renamed the university and College Rugby League (UCRL). [1]
British Universities and Colleges Sport, commonly abbreviated as BUCS, is the governing body for higher education sport in the United Kingdom.. BUCS is responsible for organising 54 inter-university sports in the United Kingdom, as well as representative teams for the FISU World University Championships and the FISU World University Games.
Universities Rugby League Queensland; Current season or competition: 2025 Universities Rugby League Queensland season: Sport: Rugby league: Instituted: 1970: Number of teams: 4: Premiers: University of Queensland Hounds : Most titles: University of Queensland Eagles (8 titles) Related competition: Australian Universities Rugby League
The Tertiary Student Rugby League World Cup, also known as the University Rugby League World Cup, first took place in 1986 in New Zealand, when the then five test nations each entered a side in what was the first non-first grade World Cup hosted by the Rugby League International Federation. [1]
University and college rugby league clubs (8 P) Pages in category "University and college rugby league" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, 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. [1]
Historically, rugby league has been the second biggest spectator sport in England with 6.8 million spectators attending the 1948–1949 English season. Rugby league is most popular in its traditional heartlands and, in those areas, interest in the sport can rival that of association football.
The Australian Universities Rugby League is the body responsible for the development and growth of Rugby League throughout the tertiary level of education within Australia. It selects the Australian team to compete in University World Cups.