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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.
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
West Hartlepool RFC hung up their No. 5 jersey in memory of their lock John How who died of a heart condition in a 1994 league match. Waitete Rugby Club (affiliated to the King Country Rugby Football Union in New Zealand) retired the number 5 jersey and replaced it with 55, in honour of legendary club and national rugby hero All Black Colin Meads.
Rugby league positions; F. Five-eighth; Fullback (rugby league) H. Hooker (rugby league) T. Three-quarter back This page was last edited on 28 August 2022, at 08:53 ...
Wakefield Trinity are an English rugby league club. As of 31 November 2016, the club has had 1,377 players. As of 31 November 2016, the club has had 1,377 players. Prior to 1895 the club played rugby union and these players are listed separately.
Fullback (or full-back) is one of the positions in a rugby league football team. Typically wearing jersey number 1, the fullback is a member of the team's 'back-line' (No. 1-7). [1] The position's name comes from their duty of standing the furthest back in defence, behind the forwards (8-13), half backs (6 and 7) and the three-quarter backs (2 ...
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]
The NRL Nines is a rugby league nines competition, normally held during the NRL preseason each year. It was initially held in Auckland , New Zealand , between 2014 and 2017 before going on hiatus. Returning in 2020, hosting duties moved to Perth , Western Australia , before being cancelled in 2021.