rugby league
full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field
AI overview
Rugby league is a full-contact sport where two teams of thirteen players compete against each other on a rectangular field. It matters because it has developed into a major professional sport with significant followings in various countries around the world.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Article
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league, 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. It is one of the two major codes of rugby football, the other being rugby union.
It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, as the result of a split from the Rugby Football Union (RFU) over the issue of payments to players. The rules of the game governed by the new Northern Rugby Football Union progressively changed from those of the RFU with the specific aim of producing a faster and more entertaining game to appeal to paying spectators, on whose income the new organisation and its members depended.