Rugby league quiz
Rugby league is older than most people think. This quiz goes past the NRL: the split from rugby union, the first Sydney premiership, and the international game.
Rugby league quiz: 10 questions
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The premiership trophy is based on a photo of Norm Provan and Arthur Summons after the 1963 grand final, both covered in ______.
Mud. The photo became known as "The Gladiators".
The grand final man of the match medal is named after ______.
Clive Churchill. Churchill was a champion South Sydney fullback, nicknamed "The Little Master".
Dally Messenger, who the Dally M Medal is named after, was nicknamed "The ______".
Master. He was one of the first big rugby union stars to switch to league.
Rugby league split from rugby union in 1895 at a meeting in a hotel in ______, England.
Huddersfield. Clubs met at the George Hotel to form the Northern Union.
The first premiership season in Sydney was played in ______.
1908. South Sydney were the first premiers.
St George won ______ premierships in a row from 1956 to 1966.
11. A record that still stands in Australian sport.
Steeden is the brand name of the official ______.
Football. Steeden balls have been used in Australian league for decades.
The NRL ran its first season in ______, after the Super League war.
1998. The ARL and Super League clubs came back together in one competition.
Wayne Bennett coached the Broncos to ______ premierships.
6. That count includes the 1997 Super League title.
Allan Langer was nicknamed ______.
Alfie. He was famously flown home from England for the 2001 Origin decider.
Sam Burgess comes from the town of ______ in England.
Dewsbury. His brothers also played for Souths.
Jack Gibson coached Easts to back-to-back premierships in 1974 and ______.
1975. He later won three in a row with Parramatta.
Parramatta won three premierships in a row from 1981 to ______.
1983. They won another in 1986.
The 2017 Rugby League World Cup was hosted by Australia, New Zealand and ______.
Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby hosted World Cup games for the first time.
At the 2017 World Cup, Tonga caused a huge upset by beating ______.
New Zealand. The score was 28 to 22 in Hamilton.
Papua New Guinea's national team is nicknamed the ______.
Kumuls. Kumul is the local word for the bird of paradise.
Arthur Beetson is better known by the nickname ______.
Big Artie. He captained Queensland in the first Origin game in 1980.
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