Rugby league in New Ingrea

Rugby league
League, Rugby, Rugby XIII, Football
A rugby league match in play
Governing body	RFLNI
First played	1910 (1910) Hillsborough, CENT
Country of origin	Ingrea
Characteristics
Contact	Full contact
Team members	17 (13 onfield)
Mixed gender	Single (at senior level)
Categorisation	Outdoor
Equipment	Rugby league style football
Venue	Rectangular rugby league pitch

Rugby league is one of the leading professional and recreational team sports played in New Ingrea. The game has been played in New Ingrea since 1910, when the rugby football schism reached the dominion. Today, the code is the second-most popular winter sport in terms of participation and television audiences.

Historically seen as a sport of those on the margins, the traditional heartland of the game is in Ngati Mōri communities and amongst white Roman Catholics. Despite this league is nevertheless played throughout the nation, especially since the financial collapse of the New Ingrea Rugby Football Union in 2011, and subsequent flight of players (and supporters) across to league. The sport's governing body is the Commission of the Rugby Football League of New Ingrea.

Nomenclature

Within its heartland communities, rugby league is often referred to as "rugby", a term that would normally refer to rugby union in the rest of the world, and occasionally as "football", which in New Ingrea generally refers to huruball or soccer.

Domestic competitions

Pyramid

There is no promotion or relegation between tiers of (semi-)professional rugby league, although the practice is used for clubs in wholly amateur county league divisions.

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
Semi-Professional Leagues
1	Rugby League Championship 10 teams - No promotion or relegation
Amateur Leagues
2	Albanyshire Premier A 10 clubs – 1 relegation	Beaufortshire Premier A	Centralia Premier League	Deverauxshire Premier A	Fitzroyshire Premier A	Lunen Island Premier A	Metropolitan Premier A	Vernonshire Premier A	Waylandshire Premier A	Westerland Premier A
3	Albanyshire Division 1 8 clubs – 1 promotion	Beaufortshire Division 1	Centralia Division 1	Deverauxshire Division 1	Fitzroyshire Division 1	Lunen Island Division 1	Metropolitan Division 1	Vernonshire Division 1	Waylandshire Division 1	Westerland Division 1

Variants

In addition to the standard 13-a-side version, a number of variants of the game exist for players of different ages and abilities.