From 1910 onwards, rugby league has held place as the premier winter sport of NSW and Queensland, and has maintained a strong following in New Zealand. The NSWRL club competition evolved into a national competition in the 1990s, and became the National Rugby League in 1998. The NRL competition spans the traditional League areas of NSW, Queensland and New Zealand, as well as Victoria (following the introduction of the Melbourne Storm).

For almost a century the New South Wales "Blues" and Queensland "Maroons" have been battling each other. Now under State of Origin Rugby League, the determination to win is as strong as ever. The rivalry of Origin is built upon the foundations laid by the "traditional era" between 1908 and 1981.

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Launched 2008, the Toyota Cup is the first national youth competition of any of the major Australian sporting competitions.

The NZRL Bartercard Premiership is a six-team rugby league competition that began in 2008. It replaced the now-defunct Bartercard Cup competition as the highest level of rugby league in New Zealand. Matches have been broadcast on SKY Network Television and Māori Television. In 2009 the competition was mirrored by Under 18 and Under 16 grade competitions.

The 2010 Four Nations tournament will be played in Australia and New Zealand during October and November. The tournament will be the second time the Four Nations has been held, following on from the 2009 edition held in England and France. The series will be contested between Australia, England, New Zealand and winners of the 2009 Pacific Cup, Papua New Guinea, after they defeated the Cook Islands 42-14.

The 2008 Rugby League World Cup, run by the Rugby League International Federation, was an outstanding success by any measure, attracting more than 290,000 fans, 6791 tickets sold through official travel agents and attracting a global television audience of 19.2m people. 2013 in the UK is where the next cup will be held.

The RLEF coordinates and groups together the initiatives of its members; its purpose is to develop the Rugby League practice in Europe, the Northern Hemisphere and those neighbouring countries that apply to be members, by all appropriate means.

International rugby league, whether it is at senior level, or at junior level is great to watch, and also great to talk about, before and after the match. So why not pop into this section to have a read, or a chat about any aspect of international rugby league that you like.

If you have any rugby league videos that you would like to share, then feel free to post them in this section.

Check this section out to see who is the latest rugby league player to be ruled out through injury, updates will be posted almost daily.

This section will have regular updates for those rugby league players who find themselves in strife with the judicary, or even law enforcement.