NRL

The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL competition is contested by 16 teams, 15 based in Australia and one based in New Zealand. In terms of Australia-wide television ratings it has the highest audiences for its Grand Final and sells the most merchandise of any Australian sports league.

The National Rugby League is the present-day embodiment of Australia's top-level domestic rugby league competition, which in turn grew from Sydney's club competition, and which has been running continuously since 1908. The NRL was founded in 1998.

NRL matches are played throughout Australia as well as New Zealand from Autumn until Spring, culminating in a Grand Final match to determine the season's premiers. Each year the NRL champions play an additional game against the premiers of the European Super League competition in the World Club Challenge.

Teams
A total of twenty-three clubs have played in the National Rugby League between 1998 and 2007. Today there are 16 clubs which compete in the NRL. 10 clubs are from New South Wales, 3 from Queensland, 1 from Victoria, 1 from the Australian Capital Territory and 1 from New Zealand.

List of the NRL clubs:

New South Wales
Most in Sydney

Canterbury Bulldogs

Cronulla Sharks

Manly Sea Eagles

Newcastle Knights

Parramatta Eels

Penrith Panthers

St George Illawarra Dragons

South Sydney Rabbitohs

Sydney Roosters

Wests Tigers

Queensland
Brisbane Broncos

Gold Coast Titans

North Queensland Cowboys

Victoria
Melbourne Storm

Australian Capital Territory
Canberra Raiders

New Zealand
New Zealand Warriors