Rugby League Planet - Great Britain

RUGBY LEAGUE NATION
GREAT BRITAIN RUGBY LEAGUE NATION OVERVIEW

Foundation Year - 1948

International Team - British Lions

Highest finish in World Cup - Winner World Cup Final (1954, 1960, 1972)

Top level domestic competition - Super League is the top level rugby league competition in Europe. Currently 14 teams play in the Super League (One from Wales and one from France) . Below the Super League their is National League One and National League Two. The season runs from February to October with the top 8 qualifying for the finals. In 2009 the Super League changed to a franchise system with current and future teams having to meet a criteria set by the Rugby Football League.

History - Huddersfield in the north of England is the birthplace of rugby league. In 1895 Union clubs in the north broke away from the Rugby Union to form the Northern Union and eventually the Rugby Football League. This push came from players in the North who wanted payments for lost income whilst playing the game. This was the very beginning of professionalism.

In 1995 Super League was born with the game in England moving from winter to summer to bring it in-line with the National Rugby League in the Southern Hemisphere. Moving the game to the English summer was a stroke of genius as crowds have increased yearly since the change.

The Rugby Football League also has the Challenge Cup. Teams from Great Britain and teams from other countries like Russia and France take part in one of rugby league's oldest knockout competitions. The Challenge Cup Final is played at Wembely stadium in front of 80,000 plus fans year after year and is one of the biggest occasions on the Rugby League Calender.

After WWII England played as Great Britain. From 2008 Great Britain will be split up into the home nations with Great Britain forming for tours only. The decision to change to the home nations is to help with the development of the home nations and provide international consistency.

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EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE MAP

GREAT BRITAIN RUGBY LEAGUE WEB NEWS
Lee Briers: International rugby league needs a GB team - 3/7/11 www.code13rugbyleague.com
WIN FOR GB AMATEURS - 13/6/11 www.sportinglife.com
Terry O'Connor: Bring back Great Britain - 6/04/11 www.code13rugbyleague.com
Seven Welsh youngsters in GB squad - 3/2/10 www.crusadersrfl.com
Great Britain jersey can save league from ridicule - 3/7/09 www.guardian.co.uk
A league of his own - 21/5/09 www.campaignseries.co.uk

SUPER LEAGUE CLUBS (ENGLAND)
www.bradfordbulls.co.uk - Bradford Bulls
www.castigers.com - Castleford Tigers
www.quins.co.uk - London Harlequins
www.giantsrl.com - Huddersfield Giants
www.hullfc.com - Hull Football Club
www.hullkr.co.uk - Hull Kingston Rovers
www.leedsrugby.com - Leeds Rhinos
www.saintsrlfc.com - Saint Helens
www.reds.co.uk - Salford City Reds
www.wakefieldwildcats.co.uk - Wakefield Wildcats
www.warringtonwolves.org - Warrington Wolves
www.wiganwarriors.com - Wigan Warriors

CO-OPERATIVE CHAMPIONSHIP CLUBS (ENGLAND)
www.barrowrlfc.com - Barrow Raiders
www.batleybulldogs.net - Batley Bulldogs
www.doncasterlakers.com - Doncaster Lakers
www.featherstonerovers.net - FeatherstoneRovers
www.thunder-rlfc.co.uk - Gateshead Thunder
www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk - Halifax RLFC
www.leighrl.co.uk - Leigh Centurions
www.sheffieldeagles.com - Sheffied Eagles
www.whitehavenrl.co.uk - Whitehaven RLFC
www.widnesvikings.co.uk - Widnes Vikings

CO-OPERATIVE CHAMPIONSHIP ONE CLUBS (ENGLAND)
www.hunslethawksrl.co.uk - Hunslet Hawks
www.dewsburyrams.co.uk - Drewsbury Rams
www.keighleycougars.info - Keighley Cougars
www.skolars.com - London Skolars
www.roughyeds.co.uk - Oldham RLFC
www.rochdalehornets.com - Rochdale Hornets
www.swintonlions.net - Swinton Lions
www.townrlfc.co.uk - Workington Town
www.yorkcityknights.co.uk - York City Knights

GREAT BRITAIN INTERNATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE RESULTS
2007 Results
Nov 10th Great Britain 28 - New Zealand 22 (Test Series)
Nov 3rd Great Britain 44 - New Zealand 0 (Test Series)
Oct 27th Great Britain 20 - New Zealand 14 (Test Series)
Jun 22nd Great Britain 42 - France 14 (Test Match)
2006 Results
Nov 18th Australia 33 - Great Britain 10 (Tri-Nations)
Nov 11th New Zealand 34 - Great Britain 4 (Tri-Nations)
Nov 4th Great Britain 23 - Australia 12 (Tri-Nations)
Oct 28th New Zealand 18 Great Britain 14 (Tri-Nations)
Jun 27th Great Britain 46 - New Zealand 14 (Test Match)
2005 Results
Nov 19th Australia 26 - Great Britain 14 (Tri-Nations)
Nov 12th Great Britain 38 - New Zealand 12 (Tri-Nations)
Nov 5th Australia 20 - Great Britain 6 (Tri-Nations)
Oct 29th New Zealand 42 - Great Britain 26 (Tri-Nations)
2004 Results
Nov 27th Australia 44 - Great Britain 4 (Tri-Nations Final)
Nov 20th Great Britain 26 - New Zealand 24 (Tri-Nations)
Oct 30th Australia 12 - Great Britain 8 (Tri-Nations)
Nov 6th Great Britain 22 - New Zealand 12 (Tri-Nations)
Oct 16th Australia 16 - New Zealand 16 (Tri-Nations)
2003 Results
Nov 22nd Australia 18 - Great Britain 12 (Ashes Series)
Nov 15th Australia 23 - Great Britain 20 (Ashes Series)
Nov 8th Australia 22 - Great Britain 18 (AshesSeries)
Great Britain 52 - New Zealand 18 (Test Match)
2002 Results
Nov 23rd Great Britain 16 - New Zealand 10 (Test Series)
Nov 16th Great Britain 14 - New Zealand 14 (Test Series)
Nov 9th New Zealand 30 - Great Britain 16 (Test Series)
Jul 12th Australia 64 - Great Britain 10 (Test Match)
2001 Results
Nov 24th Australia 28 - Great Britain 8 (Ashes Series)
Nov 17th Australia 40 - Great Britain 12 (Ashes Series)
Nov 11th Great Britain 20 - Australia 12 (Ashes Series)
Great Britain 42 - France 12 (Test Match)

1999 Results
Oct 29th New Zealand 26 - Great Britain 4 (Tri-Nations)
Oct 22nd Australia 42 - Great Britain 6 (Tri-Nations)
1998 Results
Nov 14th Great Britain 23 - New Zealand 23 (Test Series)
Nov 7th New Zealand 36 - Great Britain 16 (Test Series)
Oct 31st New Zealand 22 - Great Britain 16 (Test Series)
1997 Results
Nov Australia 37 - Great Britain 20 (Australian Super League Test)
Nov Great Britain 20 - Australia 12 (Australian Super League Test)
Nov Australia 38 - Great Britain 14 (Australian Super League Test)
1996 Results
Nov 1st New Zealand 32 - Great Britain 12 (Test Series)
Oct 25th New Zealand 18 - Great Britain 15 (Test Series)
Oct 18th New Zealand 17 - Great Britain 12 (Test Series)
Great Britian 72 - Fiji 4
Great Britain 32 - Papua New Guinea 30 (Test Match)

1994 Results
Nov 20th Australia 23 - Great Britain 4 (Ashes Series)
Nov 5th Australia 38 - Great Britain 8 (Ashes Series)
Oct 22nd Great Britain 8 - Australia 4 (Ashes Series)
Great Britain 12 - France 4 (Test Match)

1993 Results
Nov 6th Great Britain 29 - New Zealand 10 (Test Series)
Oct 30th Great Britain 29 - New Zealand 12 (Test Series)
Oct 16th Great Britain 14 - New Zealand 0 (Test Series)
Great Britain 72 - France 6 (Test Series)
Great Britain 48 - France 6 (Test Series)
1992 Results
Oct 24th Australia 10 - Great Britain 6 (World Cup Final)
Jul 19th Great Britain 19 - New Zealand 16 (Test Series)
Jul 12th New Zealand 15 - Great Britain 14 (Test Series)
Jul 3rd Australia 16 - Great Britain 10 (World Cup & Ashes Series)
Jun 26th Great Britain 33 - Australia 10 (Ashes Series)
Jun 12th Australia 22 - Great Britain 6 (Ashes Series)
Jun Great Britain 20 - Papua New Guinea 14 (Test Match)
Mar 7th Great Britain 36 - France 0 (World Cup & Test Series)
Feb Great Britain 30 - France 12 (Test Series)
1991 Results
Nov 9th Great Britain 56 - Papua New Guinea 4 (World Cup & Test Series)
Nov 2nd Great Britain 60 - France 4 (Test Series)
Jan 27th Great Britain 45 - France 10 (World Cup & Test Series)
1990 Results
Nov 24th Australia 14 - Great Britain 0 (World Cup & Ashes Series)
Nov 10th Australia 14 - Great Britain 10 (Ashes Series)
Oct 27th Great Britain 19 - Australia 12 (Ashes Series)
Jul 15th New Zealand 21 - Great Britain 18 (World Cup & Test Series)
Jul 8th Great Britain 16 - New Zealand 14 (Test Series)
Jun 24th Great Britain 11 - New Zealand 10 (Test Series)
Jun 2nd Great Britain 40 - Papua New Guinea 8 (World Cup & Test Series)
May Papua New Guinea 20 - Great Britain 18 (Test Series)
Apr 7th France 25 - Great Britain 18 (Test Series)
Mar 18th Great Britain 8 - France 4 (Test Series)
1989 Results
Nov 11th Great Britain 10 - New Zealand 6 (World Cup & Test Series)
Oct 28th Great Britain 26 - New Zealand 6 (Test Series)
Oct 21st New Zealand 24 - Great Britain 16 (Test Series)

1988 Results
Jul 9th Great Britain 26 - Australia 12 (World Cup & Ashes Series)
Jun 28th Australia 34 - Great Britain 14 (Ashes Series)
Jun 11th Australia 17 - Great Britain 6 (Ashes Series)
May 22nd Great Britain 42 - Papua New Guinea 22 (World Cup)
Feb 6th Great Britain 30 - France 12 (Test Series)
Jan 24th Great Britain 28 - France 14 (Test Series)
1987 Results
Oct 24th Great Britain 42 - Papua New Guinea 0 (World Cup)
Feb 8th Great Britain 20 - France 10 (Test Series)
Jan 14th Great Britain 52 - France 4 (World Cup & Test Series)
1986 Results
Nov 22nd Australia 24 - Great Brit 15 (World Cup & Ashes Series)
Nov 8th Australia 34 - Great Britain 4 (Ashes Series)
Oct 26th Australia 38 - Great Britain 16 (Ashes Series)
Mar 1st Great Britain 24 - France 10 (Test Series)
Feb 16th France 10 - Great Britain 10 (World Cup & Test Series)
1985 Results
Nov 9th Great Britain 6 - New Zealand 6 (World Cup & Test Series)
Nov 2nd Great Britain 25 - New Zealand 8 (Test Series)
Oct 19th New Zealand 24 - Great Britain 22 (Test Series)
Mar 17th France 24 - Great Britain 16 (Test Series)
Mar 1st Great Britain 50 - France 4 (Test Series)

1984 Results
Aug 5th Great Britain 38 - Papua New Guinea 20 (Test Match)
Jul 28th New Zealand 32 - Great Britain 16 (Test Series)
Jul 22nd New Zealand 28 - Great Britain 12 (Test Series)
Jul 14th New Zealand 12 - Great Britain 0 (Test Series)
Jul 7th Australia 20 - Great Britain 7 (Ashes Series)
Jun 26th Australia 18 - Great Britain 6 (Ashes Series)
Jun 9th Australia 25 - Great Britain 8 (Ashes Series)
Feb 17th Great Britain 10 - France 0 (Test Series)
Jan 29th Great Britain 12 - France 0 (Test Series)
1983 Results
Mar 6th Great Britain 17 - France 5 (Test Series)
Feb 20th Great Britain 20 - France 5 (Test Series)
1982 Results
Nov 28th Australia 32 - Great Britain 8 (Ashes Series)
Nov 20th Australia 27 - Great Britain 6 (Ashes Series)
Oct 30th Australia 40 - Great Britain 4 (Ashes Series)
1981 Results
Dec 20th France 19 - Great Britain 2 (Test Series)
Dec 6th Great Britain 37 - France 0 (Test Series)
1980 Results
Nov 15th Great Britain 10 - New Zealand 2 (Test Series)
Nov 2nd New Zealand 12 - Great Britain 8 (Test Series)
Oct 18th New Zealand 14 - Great Britain 14 (Test Series)

1979 Results
Aug 11th New Zealand 18 - Great Britain 11(Test Series)
Aug 5th Great Britain 22 - New Zealand 7 (Test Series)
Jul 21st Great Britain 16 - New Zealand 8 (Test Series)
Jul 14th Australia 28 - Great Britain 2 (Ashes Series)
Jun 30th Australia 24 - Great Britain 16 (Ashes Series)
Jun 16th Australia 35 - Great Britain 0 (Ashes Series)

1978 Results
Nov 18th Australia 23 - Great Britain 6 (Ashes Series)
Nov 5th Great Britain 18 - Australia 14 (Ashes Series)
Oct 21st Australia 15 - Great Britain 9 (Ashes Series)
1977 Results
Jun 25th Australia 13 - Great Britain 12 (World Cup Final)
Jun 18th Australia 19 - Great Britain 5 (World Cup)
Jun 12th Great Britain 30 - New Zealand 12 (World Cup)
Jun 5th Great Britain 23 - France 4 (World Cup)
1974 Results
Aug 10th Great Britain 20 - New Zealand 0 (Test Series)
Aug 4th Great Britain 17 - New Zealand 8 (Test Series)
Jul 27th New Zealand 13 - Great Britain 8 (Test Series)
Jul 20th Australia 22 - Great Britain 18 (Ashes Series)
Jul 6th Great Britain 16 - Australia 11 (Ashes Series)
Jun 15th Australia 12 - Great Britain 6 (Ashes Series)
Feb 17th Great Britain 29 - France 0 (Test Series)
Jan 20th Great Britain 24 - France 5 (Test Series)

1973 Results
Dec 1st Australia 15 - Great Britain 5 (Ashes Series)
Nov 24th Australia 14- Great Britain 6 (Ashes Series)
Nov 3rd Great Britain 21 - Australia 12 (AshesSeries)
1972 Results
Nov 11th Great Britain 10 - Australia 10 (World Cup Final)
Nov 4th Great Britain 53 - New Zealand 19 (World Cup)
Nov 1st Great Britain 13 - France 4 (World Cup)
Oct 29th Great Britain 27 - Australia 21 (World Cup)
Mar 12th Great Britain 45 - France 10 (Test Series)
Feb 6th Great Britain 10 - France 9 (Test Series)

1971 Results
Nov 6th Great Britain 12 - New Zealand 3 (Test Series)
Oct 16th New Zealand 17 - Great Britain 14 (Test Series)
Sep 25th New Zealand 18 - Great Britain 13 (Test Series)
Mar 17th Great Britain 24 - France 2 (Test Series)
Feb 7th France 16 - Great Britain 8 (Test Series)
1970 Results
Nov 7th Australia 12 - Great Britain 7 (World Cup Final)
Oct 31st Great Britain 27 - New Zealand 17 (World Cup)
Oct 28th Great Britain 6 - France 0 (World Cup)
Oct 24th Great Britain 11 - Australia 4 (World Cup)
Jul 25th Great Britain 33 - New Zealand 16 (Test Series)
Jul 19th Great Britain 23 - New Zealand 9 (Test Series)
Jul 11th Great Britain 19 - New Zealand 15 (Test Series)
Jul 4th Great Britain 21 - Australia 3 (Ashes Series)
Jun 20th Great Britain 28 - Australia 7 (Ashes Series)
Jun 6th Australia 37 - Great Britain 15 (Ashes Series)
1969 Results
Feb 2nd France 13 - Great Britain 9 (Test Match)
1968 Results
Nov 30th Great Britain 34 - France 10 (Test Match)
Jun 8th Great Britain 38 - New Zealand 14 (World Cup)
Jun 2nd France 7 - Great Britain 2 (World Cup)
May 25th Australia 25 - Great Britain 10 (World Cup)
Mar 2nd Great Britain 19 - France 8 (Test Series)
Feb 11th Great Britain 22 - France 13 (Test Series)
1967 Results
Dec 9th Australia 11- Great Britain 3 (AshesSeries)
Nov 3rd Australia 17- Great Britain 11 (Ashes Series)
Oct 21st Great Britain 16 - Australia 11 (AshesSeries)
Mar 4th France 23 - Great Britain 13 (Test Series)
Jan 22nd Great Britain 16 - France 13 (Test Series)

1966 Results
Aug 20th Great Britain 22 - New Zealand 14 (Test Series)
Aug 6th Great Britain 25 - New Zealand 8 (Test Series)
Jul 23rd Australia 19 - Great Britain 14 (Test Series)
Jul 16th Australia 6 - Great Britain 4 (Test Series)
Jun 25th Great Britain 17 - Australia 13 (Test Series)
Mar 5th France 8 - Great Britain 4 (Test Series)
Jan 16th France 18 - Great Britain 13 (Test Series)
1965 Results
Nov 6th New Zealand 9 - Great Britain 9 (Test Series)
Oct 23rd Great Britain 15 - New Zealand 9 (Test Series)
Sep 25th Great Britain 7 - New Zealand 2 (Test Series)
Jan 23rd Great Britain 17 - France 7 (Test Series)
1964 Results
Dec 6th France 18 - Great Britain 8 (Test Series)
Mar 18th Great Britain 39 - France 0 (Test Series)
Mar 8th Great Britain 11 - France 5 (Test Series)
1963 Results
Sep 30th Great Britian 16 - Australia 5 (Ashes Series)
Sep 9th Australia 50 - Great Britian 12 (Ashes Series)
Oct 16th Australia 28 - Great Britian 2 (Ashes Series)
Apr 3rd Great Britain 42 - France 4 (Test Match)
1962 Results
Dec 2nd France 17 - Great Britain 12 (Test Match)
Aug 11th New Zealand 27 - Great Britain 8 (Test Series)
Jul 28th New Zealand 19- Great Britain 0 (Test Series)
Jul 14th Australia 18 - Great Britain 17 (Ashes Series)
Jun 30th Great Britain 17 - Australia 10 (Ashes Series)
Jun 9th Great Britain 31 - Australia 12 (Ashes Series)
Mar 11th France 23 - Great Britain 13 (Test Series)
Feb 17th France 20 - Great Britain 15 (Test Series)
1961 Results
Nov 4th Great Britain 35 - New Zealand 19 (Test Series)
Oct 21st Great Britain 23 - New Zealand 10 (Test Series)
Sep 30th New Zealand 29 - Great Britain 11 (Test Series)
Jan 28th Great Britain 27 - France 8 (Test Series)
1960 Results
Dec 11th Great Britain 21 - France 10 (Test Series)
Oct 8th Great Britain 10 - Australia 3 (World Cup)
Oct 1st Great Britain 33 - France 7 (World Cup)
Sep 24th Great Britain 23 - New Zealand 8 (World Cup)
Mar 26th Great Britain 17 - France 17 (Test Series)
Mar 6th France 20 - Great Britain 18 (Test Series)
1959 Results
Dec 12th Great Britain 18 - Australia 12 (Ashes Series)
Nov 21st Great Britain 11 - Australia 10 (Ashes Series)
Oct 17th Great Britain 22 - Australia 14 (Ashes Series)
Apr 5th France 24 - Great Britain 15 (Test Series)
Mar 14th Great Britain 50 - France 15 (Test Series)
1958 Results
Aug 9th Great Britain 32 - New Zealand 15 (Test Series)
Jul 26th New Zealand 15 - Great Britain 10 (Test Series)
Jul 19th Great Britain 40 - Australia 17 (Ashes Series)
Jul 5th Great Britain 25 - Australia 18 (Ashes Series)
Jun 14th Australia 28 - Great Britain 8 (Ashes Series)
Mar 2nd Great Britain 23 - France 9 (Test Match)

1957 Results
Nov 23rd Great Britain 44 - France 15 (Test Series)
Nov 3rd Great Britain 25 - France 14 (Test Series)
Jun 25th New Zealand 29 - Great Britain 21 (World Cup)
Jun 17th Australia 31 - Great Britain 6 (World Cup)
Jun 15th Great Britain 23 - France 5 (World Cup)
Apr 10th Great Britain 29 - France 14 (Test Series)
Mar 3rd Great Britain 19 - France 19 (Test Series)
Jan 26th Great Britain 45 - France 12 (Test Series)
1956 Results
Dec 15th Great Britain 19 - Australia 0 (Ashes Series)
Dec 1st Australia 22 - Great Britain 9 (Ashes Series)
Nov 17th Great Britain 21 - Australia 10 (Ashes Series)
Apr 11th Great Britain 18 - France 10 (Test Match)
1955 Results
Dec 17th New Zealand 28 - Great Britain 13 (Test Series)
Dec 11th France 17 - Great Britain 5 (Test Match)
Nov 12th Great Britain 27 - New Zealand 12 (Test Series)
Oct 8th Great Britain 25 - New Zealand 6 (Test Series)
1954 Results
Nov 13th Great Britain 16 - France 12 (World Cup Final)
Nov 11th Great Britain 26 - New Zealand 6 (World Cup)
Nov 7th Great Britain 13 - France 13 (World Cup)
Oct 31st Great Britain 28 - Australia 13 (World Cup)
Aug 14th Great Britain 12 - New Zealand 6 (Test Series)
Jul 31st New Zealand 20 - Great Britain 14 (Test Series)
Jul 24th Great Britain 27 - New Zealand 7 (Test Series)
Jul 17th Australia 20 - Great Britain 16 (Ashes Series)
Jul 3rd Great Britain 38 - Australia 21 (Ashes Series)
Jun 12th Australia 37 - Great Britain 12 (Ashes Series)
Apr 27th Great Britain 17 - France 8 (Test Match)
1953 Results
May 24th France 28 - Great Britain 17 (Test Match)

1952 Results
Dec 13th Australia 27 - Great Britain 7 (Ashes Series)
Nov 9th Great Britain 21 - Australia 5 (Ashes Series)
Oct 4th Great Britain 19 - Australia 6 (Ashes Series)
May 22nd France 22 - Great Britain 12 (Test Match)
1951 Results
Dec 15th Great Britain 16 - New Zealand 12 (Test Series)
Nov 10th Great Britain 20 - New Zealand 19 (Test Series)
Oct 6th Great Britain 21 - New Zealand 15 (Test Series)
1950 Results
Aug 12th New Zealand 20 - Great Britain 13 (Test Series)
Jul 29th New Zealand 16 - Great Britain 10 (Test Series)
Jul 22nd Australia 5 - Great Britain 2 (Ashes Series)
Jul 1st Australia 15 - Great Britain 3 (Ashes Series)
Jun 12th Great Britain 6 - Australia 4 (Ashes Series)
1949 Results
Jan 29th Great Britain 23 - Australia 9 (Ashes Series)
1948 Results
Nov 6th Great Britain 16 - Australia 7 (Ashes Series)
Oct 9th Great Britain 23 - Australia 21 (Ashes Series)

1948 England change to Great Britain: From 1948 to 2007 Great Britain took the place of England for test matches against other Test nations, except in some world cup games. England usually played other nations as England during this time. From 2008 the home nations will take the place of Great Britain. Great Britain will only form on special occasions and for Lions tours.

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