Rugby League Samoa are the governing body for
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...
in
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...
. They are based in the capital
Apia
Apia () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Samoa. It is located on the central north coast of Upolu, Samoa's second-largest island. Apia falls within the political district (''itūmālō'') of Tuamasaga.
The Apia Urban A ...
, the League has suffered financially due to member leagues not paying affiliation fees.
History
They were founded in 1949 and have been members of the
Rugby League International Federation
The International Rugby League (IRL) is the global governing body for the sport of rugby league football. The IRL organises the Rugby League World Cup, the oldest international rugby World Cup, as well as the Women's and Wheelchair equivalen ...
since 1974.
Along with the governing bodies of Tonga, Samoa, Fiji and the Cook Islands, they founded the
Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation in December 2009.
See also
References
External links
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Rugby league in Samoa
Rugby league governing bodies in Oceania
Sports organizations established in 1949
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