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Rugby League BettingWelcome to our Rugby League betting section where we cover the engage Super League, Challenge Cup, Australian NRL, Three Nations tournament and more. We provide the latest betting news, live odds comparison and of course reviews of the top bookmakers that offers betting on rugby league markets.

Rugby League has its roots set in the north of England as early as 1895 when it split the way from Rugby Union to form its own league and rules. The 'Northern Rugby Football Union' as it was called, became the Rugby Football League in 1922.

Our rugby league betting section covers a variety of betting markets depending on the major tournament schedule - you can use our odds selector below to compare the odds from various leading UK and European bookmakers who offer rugby league markets.
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Australia soon followed when in split occurred in rugby circles in Sydney around 1908, and a new league was formed, following the same route as its English counterparts. Rugby League has grown to be a more popular sport in most areas of Australia and outranks Rugby Union in terms of the number of clubs, players and television audience, despite the fact that international competition is essentially limited to Australia, New Zealand and England. The national rugby league in Australia as it is known today was formed in 1997 also a protracted legal battle.

Today Rugby League is played in 50 countries but it is a minor sport in all countries except Australia, New Zealand, England and interestingly enough, Papua New Guinea where is the national sport. The sport has its own World Cup and the current champions or New Zealand, who won the Cup in 2008. Prior to that Australia had won every single World Cup. The game looks to expand it's professional ranks and hopes that the formation of a professional league in the USA in 2010 will make an impact. Other countries where the game is played actively includes France, Russia, Lebanon and of course the Pacific island nations of Fiji, Samo and Tonga. Many players in both the Australian and English leagues come from so-called Island nations.

In many ways, Rugby League lead Union in terms of professionalism. The first sponsors entered the game in 1971.

From a betting perspective, the most important markets include the engage Super League in the United Kingdom, the National Rugby League in Australia, the challenge cup in the United Kingdom as well as the European Cup, World Cup and other international events that feature England, Australia and New Zealand.

An interesting fact about rugby league attendance at a game is that the largest recorded crowd ever at a single match was in 1954 when 120,000 spectators watched the Challenge Cup final in England.


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