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Re: 13 aside
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:12 pm
by adrenalinxx
13 players, play the balls, no line-outs and a new points system were introduced in 1907 I think but my memory is a bit vague now.
Re: 13 aside
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:22 pm
by GeoffN
adrenalinxx posted:
13 players, play the balls, no line-outs and a new points system were introduced in 1907 I think but my memory is a bit vague now.
Even I don't quite remember those days!
From the link I posted above though:
1897 - To make the game more exciting, the NU abolishes the line-out and reduces value of all goals to two points. Tries worth three points.
1906 - Modern rugby league is born when the number of players is reduced from fifteen to thirteen a side. Rucks and mauls after a tackle replaced by the play-the-ball.
1956 - GeoffN starts watching the game!
1966 - Four tackle rule introduced, increased to six in
1972.
1973 - Two divisions introduced permanently into Rugby League
.(Note to those supporters of P&R who seem to think it's a centuries old tradition!)
1974 - Drop goal reduced from two points to one point.
1983 - Try increased to four points, sin-bin introduced and handover after sixth tackle, instead of a scrum, begins.
Re: 13 aside
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:14 pm
by bertina
GeoffN posted:
adrenalinxx posted:
13 players, play the balls, no line-outs and a new points system were introduced in 1907 I think but my memory is a bit vague now.
Even I don't quite remember those days!
From the link I posted above though:
1897 - To make the game more exciting, the NU abolishes the line-out and reduces value of all goals to two points. Tries worth three points.
1906 - Modern rugby league is born when the number of players is reduced from fifteen to thirteen a side. Rucks and mauls after a tackle replaced by the play-the-ball.
1956 - GeoffN starts watching the game!
1966 - Four tackle rule introduced, increased to six in
1972.
1973 - Two divisions introduced permanently into Rugby League
.(Note to those supporters of P&R who seem to think it's a centuries old tradition!)
1974 - Drop goal reduced from two points to one point.
1983 - Try increased to four points, sin-bin introduced and handover after sixth tackle, instead of a scrum, begins.
As ever, the font of all knowledge.
Thanks for the RL history lesson Geoff.
Re: 13 aside
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 5:08 pm
by Bear
Dont look at me
