Below you will find example sentences with "rugby league". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Rugby League in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: rugby
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 24
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 30 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "rugby league" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 30 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a new rugby league team will, any nsw rugby league or country, union, world and australia stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with premier league, champions league, rugby world, rugby world, rugby union and rugby club, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with rugby league
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Rugby league, rugby union, soccer and touch football are all played here. (12 words)
Saunders made the switch to rugby league in 2023 after a successful career in cricket and rugby union. (18 words)
Today, the league submitted its affiliation application and fee for 2025 to the PNG Rugby Football League (PNG RFL) Community Rugby League. (22 words)
The highest-profile gay player in rugby league in Australia was Ian Roberts, who came out as gay in 1995 while he was still playing in the National Rugby League but after he had played his last of 13 tests for Australia. (42 words)
Rugby league main A "Golden point" system, whereby a rugby league game whose 80 minutes have ended in a draw is decided by whichever team scores the first point (by whatever means) during a period of extra time is the winner. (41 words)
Harry was also introduced to two ambassadors for the global tournament – James Simpson, England and Leeds Rhinos wheelchair rugby league star, and Jodie Cunningham, a rugby league player in the Women’s Super League for St Helens. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Today, the league submitted its affiliation application and fee for 2025 to the PNG Rugby Football League (PNG RFL) Community Rugby League.
Harry was also introduced to two ambassadors for the global tournament – James Simpson, England and Leeds Rhinos wheelchair rugby league star, and Jodie Cunningham, a rugby league player in the Women’s Super League for St Helens.
Dr Are noted that the federation will invest in grassroots rugby, establish a rugby league as well a university rugby as part of their future plans.
Six Nations Rugby Special pundits Jonathan Davies and Chris Ashton choose their top three rugby league to rugby union converts from a list featuring Sonny Bill Williams, Jason Robinson, Shaun Edwards and Andy Farrell.
The 53-year-old trains weekly with his Warrington team, presents Rugby League coverage for Channel 4 and is an ambassador for the Rugby League World Cup.
The $600m donation for a new rugby league team will help fund the building of a state of the art stadium as well as provide support for grassroots pathway programs to help nurture local rugby league talent.
The RFL said "inclusion is in rugby league's DNA" and asked supporters to "respect each other, to celebrate the diversity of our communities" and to "show the world the best of rugby league".
Storm Ciara also disrupted Sunday’s sporting programme, as horse racing, rugby union, rugby league and football fixtures, including the Premier League match between Manchester City and West Ham in Manchester, were all postponed.
The highest-profile gay player in rugby league in Australia was Ian Roberts, who came out as gay in 1995 while he was still playing in the National Rugby League but after he had played his last of 13 tests for Australia.
He was also banned from playing in any NSW Rugby League or Country Rugby League-sanctioned competition, which has effectively amounted to a year on the sidelines.
Rugby league main A "Golden point" system, whereby a rugby league game whose 80 minutes have ended in a draw is decided by whichever team scores the first point (by whatever means) during a period of extra time is the winner.
Rugby league, rugby union, soccer and touch football are all played here.
Saunders made the switch to rugby league in 2023 after a successful career in cricket and rugby union.
These costs were also higher due to more Spark Sport content costs as we delivered the Women's Rugby World Cup, The Rugby League World Cup and the Indian cricket tour.
Despite a glittering rugby union resume, five games guiding Lebanon in 2022 and a stint as an assistant at the Sydney Roosters represent the sum total of Cheika's coaching experience in rugby league.
Halifax Filmmaker James Mellor returns from the International Sports Film Festival in Slovenia with a win for Rugby Town, a documentary film celebrating 150 years of Rugby League in Halifax.
Some commentators thought that this tour hoped to reach out to rugby communities in Australia, as rugby league (infamously) started in Australia in 1908.
These two changes completed the break from the playing rules of rugby union and marked the birth of rugby league as a distinct sport with its own unique rules".
Former Super League star Sean Long says he has shrugged off the disappointment of his exit from Featherstone and is focused on the even more ambitious task of steering Oldham back towards rugby league’s top flight.
It was a fantastic spectacle of rugby league that whetted the appetite for the league game at Debdale Park later in the season.