Rugby League as it's known today started in the 19th century and has definitely changed over time. The rules have greatly changed since what is played in the modern days is not the same with what was played in the olden days. The game was created with a young football player who wasn't particulary skilled in kicking the ball, proceeding to pick up the ball and run across the field. This was the first time the game known today as "rugby" was played.
This was something that people were not used to but it led to the invention of a game where people were allowed to hold the ball and run with it during the matches with provision to the ball being caught and held when it bounced only once. It was initially started by the students of the Unversity of Cambridge, but soon after more clubs were formed but the game could only be played in established schools and universities.
After more than thirty years of playing under these rules, the leaders of the clubs that were already playing held a meeting and standardized these rules to form the Rugby Union, which was an amateur body. It was until twenty three years later when the Rugby League was officially started. This was in the 1892 when two clubs namely Elland and Bradford said that those who had lost their wages as a result of playing Rugby should be compensated and they were charged for professionalism though many people supported them.
There was a voting made that professionalism of playing Rugby should be allowed and they won with 282 votes against 136 votes and this led to the development of new rules that led to a rough time between the northern part of England and the southern part. This led to the formation of the Rugby Football Union of the Northern side in 1895 and the name was changed to the Rugby League in 1922 with the name having come from Australia.
Australia and New Zealand quickly adopted this game in 1906, and more and more teams popped up around the country. The game has 13 team members on each side, a try, or goal, stands for 3 points and a conversion (kicking the ball between the posts) counted for 2 people. The NSW Rugby League was then formed after this, which led to different countries playing the game between one another.
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