rugby league

British

noun

a form of rugby football played between teams of 13 players

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The National Rugby League, Australia's powerhouse domestic rugby league competition, will reportedly stage one of the games in its showpiece State of Origin series in New Zealand for the first time in 2027, and hopes to launch a second franchise in the country by 2029.

From BBC

Shaun Wane has stepped down from his position as England head coach "after careful reflection", nine months before the Rugby League World Cup.

From BBC

Other people given honours include Elaine Edwards, founder of a Lancashire project that supports new mums, a surgeon stabbed outside a mosque in Hale, a woman who runs a horse sanctuary in Merseyside, plus former St Helens Rugby League star Tara Jones.

From BBC

Former St Helens rugby league player Tara Jones, from Warrington, Cheshire, has been made an MBE.

From BBC

As well as playing, Jones made history in April 2024 by becoming the first woman to referee a senior professional men's rugby league match in the northern hemisphere.

From BBC

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023