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Rugby league

Sports
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as rugby, football, footy or ... Wikipedia
Contact: Full
Country or region: Worldwide (most popular in Oceania, northern England and southern France)
Equipment: Rugby league ball
First played: 7 September 1895, Yorkshire, Northern England (post schism)
Mixed-sex: Single
Nicknames: League, RL, rugby, rugby XIII (used throughout Europe); League, footy, football (used throughout Oceania)
Team members: Thirteen