Liga rugbi: Perbedaan antara revisi

|last = Paul Downward and Ian Jackson|first =|authorlink =|coauthors =|title = Common Origins, Common Future? A Comparative Analysis of Association Football and Rugby League Football in the UK|publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group|year = 2004

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* {{Cite book|last = Rugby Football League|title = Rugby league football: the official illustrated handbook of the Rugby Football League|publisher = Educational Productions Ltd.|year = 1957|location = Great Britain|url = http://books.google.com/?id=Qv-LNQAACAAJ}}</ref> biasa disebut '''liga rugbi''',<ref name="RLEF-whatisRL">{{cite web|url= http://www.rlef.eu.com/whatisrl.php|publisher= Rugby League European Federation|title= What is Rugby League?|author= RLEF|accessdate= 28 July 2009|archive-date= 2009-07-20|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090720233411/http://www.rlef.eu.com/whatisrl.php|dead-url= yes}}</ref> atau mudahnya '''liga''' (''league''), adalah sebuah olahraga kontak penuh yang dimainkan dua tim masing-masing 13 orang yang dimainkan di [[lapangan permainan liga rugbi|lapangan persegi panjang]].<ref name="WADeptRS-dimensions">{{cite web|url=http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/index.php?id=969|publisher=Government of Western Australia|title=Dimensions for Rugby League|author=Dept. Recreation and Sport|accessdate=28 July 2009|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5vOqN5xIA?url=http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/index.php?id=969|archivedate=2011-01-01|dead-url=no}}</ref> Satu dari [[perbedaan antara liga rugbi dan uni rugbi|dua kode]] dalam [[sepak bola rugbi]], olahraga ini berasal dari [[Inggris]] pada [[1895]] sebagai [[sejarah liga rugbi|pemecahan]] dan [[Uni Sepak Bola Rugbi]] karena isu pembayaran pemain.<ref name="Tony Collins 2006 p.3">Tony Collins, ''Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain'' (2006), p.3</ref> Aturan secara bertahap berubah dengan tujuan menghasilkan permainan yang lebih cepat<ref>{{cite news|last=Scianitti|first=Matthew|title=The world awaits for Canada's rugby team|url=http://sports.nationalpost.com/2011/06/18/the-world-awaits-for-canadas-rugby-team/|accessdate=27 May 2012|newspaper=[[National Post]]|date=18 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=newzealandnow.govt.nz|title=Sports|url=http://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/sports~270.html|work=Life in New Zealand|publisher=[[New Zealand Government]]|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref> dan lebih menghibur bagi penonton.<ref name= WIP>{{Cite book|last = Middleton|first = David|title = League of Legends: 100 Years of Rugby League in Australia|publisher = National Museum of Australia|date = March 2008|page = 27|url = http://www.nma.gov.au/shared/libraries/attachments/league_of_legends/rugby_league_a_work_in_progress/files/22453/F_RL_work_in_progress.pdf|archiveurl = https://www.webcitation.org/5vOqcfMBT?url=http://www.nma.gov.au/shared/libraries/attachments/league_of_legends/rugby_league_a_work_in_progress/files/22453/F_RL_work_in_progress.pdf|archivedate = 2011-01-01|isbn = 978-1-876944-64-3|quote = When rugby league cast itself free of an arrogant rugby union 100 years ago, it did so with a sense of re-invention. It was not just about creating better conditions for the players but about striving to produce a better game; a less complicated brand that would appeal to the masses.|access-date = 2015-08-16|dead-url = no}}</ref> Olahraga ini sering disebut sebagai olahraga yang paling sulit dan paling menuntut fisik tim dari Australia dan Inggris.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bailey|first=Mark|title=Rugby league: seven fitness tips from the world’s toughest sport|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/10615464/Rugby-league-seven-fitness-tips-from-the-worlds-toughest-sport.html|accessdate=21 Februari 2014|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=5 Februari 2014}}

* {{Cite book|last = Meares|first = Peter|title = Legends of Australian sport: The Inside Story|publisher = [[University of Queensland]] Press|year = 2003|location = Australia|page = 132|url = http://books.google.com/?id=aMw_Zpew2OgC|isbn = 978-0-7022-3410-1}}