Nine's Wide World of Sport - Richie Benaud, National Rugby League, Nine Network, Nine's Wide World of Sports, Peter Sterling, Paul Vautin (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Richie Benaud, National Rugby League, Nine Network, Nine's Wide World of Sports, Peter Sterling, Paul Vautin, Australian Tri-Series, Mark Nicholas, Ray Warren, Ben Ikin, Garry Lyon, Richie Benaud's Greatest XI, The Sunday Roast, Ken Sutcliffe. Excerpt: The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition (known as the Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra Corporation), is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand. It is regarded as the world's elite rugby league championship and, per season, is the single most viewed and attended rugby football competition in the world. The National Rugby League is the present-day embodiment of Australia's top-level domestic club competition, which in turn grew from Sydney's club competition, and which has been running continuously since 1908. The NRL formed in the aftermath of the 1990s' Super League war as a joint partnership between the sport's already-existing national governing body, the Australian Rugby League (ARL) and Media giant News Corporation-controlled Super League, after both organisations ran premierships parallel to each other in 1997. NRL matches are played throughout Australia and New Zealand from Autumn until Spring. The season culminates in the premiership deciding game, the NRL Grand Final, traditionally one of Australia's most popular sporting events and one of the largest attended club championship events in the world. In addition, the NRL champions also play an additional match against the premiers of the European Super League competition in the World Club Challenge. Since 2007 the NRL has consisted of sixteen teams: eight clubs based within Greater Sydney, two elsewhere in New South Wales, three in Queensla...