The NRL (National Rugby League) is the highest league of professional rugby football league clubs in Australia. The competition of NRL is contested by it’s sixteen best teams. Fifteen of them are based in Australia and the last one is based in New Zealand. NRL is the elite’s rugby league in the Southern Hemisphere and the most popular rugby competition around the globe. Today, the National Rugby League is the embodiment of the top domestic rugby league competition in Australia. It was running continuously since the 1908 and has been famous since then.
The matches of NRL are played all throughout Australia and New Zealand from the time of autumn until the spring time. The grand final match of NRL (National Rugby League) is one of the most popular sporting events in Australia. Every year, the champions of NRL are playing an extra game against the European’s premiers Super League tournament in the World Club Challenge.
Since the year of 2007, the NRL includes ten clubs which are based in New South Wales, three clubs in Queensland, one club in Victoria, one club in the Australian Capital Territory, and another one in the New Zealand. The operation of the league is based on a single group system, without conferences or divisions, and without promotion and regulation from the other leagues. Since the first season in 1998, twenty-three clubs in total have played in the NRL and eleven clubs have been members of it. This includes group in Brisbane Broncos, Canberra, Bulldogs, Cronulla, New Zealand, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, North Queensland, Roosters, St George Dragons and Penrith.
The regular season usually starts in early month of March following a series of brief trial matches because it is a winter sport in the Australia. The games are played every weekend and ends in September. Most of the rounds are played on Friday night (two matches usually), three matches on Saturday night, two matches on Sunday afternoon, and one match on Monday night. The teams need two points to win and one point for a draw game. They are ranked by the competition points, match points differential, and percentage points (which separate the teams with the same competition points). The club which ranked the highest at the end of the regular season is declared the minor premiers. The ones that can compete in the final series are the ones that receive the eight highest placer teams at the end of the regular season.
The Grand Finale in NRL attracts huge visitors from all over the world and even achieves high ratings in television. The winning team in the grand NRL final game is presented with the trophy of NRL that is based on the previous trophy in the premiership which is the Winfield Cup. Furthermore, in addition with the Winfield cup, the winning team members are awarded with the premiership rings and receive great respect and popularity, all throughout the world. NRL competitions are very enjoyable to watch and highly respected game in Australasia and even from the people around the world.