rugby league

noun

1. a form of rugby football played between teams of 13 players

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It is a big challenge for Shaun Wane's side as they get ready to face Australia in London on Saturday, in the first rugby league Ashes Test since 2003.

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Gradings are conducted by media giant IMG under Rugby League Commercial's 'Reimagining Rugby League' initiative, which assesses clubs based on performance, on and off the field.

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Less than a decade later, they look set to complete one of the most impressive comebacks in sport, let alone rugby league, has ever seen and talismanic half-back Mikey Lewis summed it up best in his pre-match media commitments.

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Rugby league legend Rob Burrow and Scotland and British and Irish Lions great Doddie Weir have both died from the disease within the past three years.

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His diagnosis is the latest in the sport after former Scotland rugby union international Doddie Weir and ex-England rugby league star Rob Burrow.

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