History Rugby league in Victoria

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1 history

1.1 modern code of rugby league
1.2 first professional team emerges
1.3 new millennium





history

the modern code of rugby league

in 1895, rugby football underwent schism in england on issues of expenses , payment injured players. led split rugby union , rugby league. luring professional sportsmen, new code of rugby league arrived in australia in 1907 , came dominate sporting scene in queensland , new south wales. however, not introduced victoria, australian rules football s vfl, paid players, increasingly popular. rugby union, however, continued played in victoria small number of amateurs.


the 1914 great britain lions tour of australia , new zealand included match in melbourne, first rugby league game played in state. match between england , new south wales drew 13,000 spectators.


the victorian rugby league running rugby league premiership 1920s, , selected representative victorian xiii tour domestically.


the occasional new south wales rugby league premiership match taken melbourne on following decades - notorious being in 1978 when manly , western suburbs initiated fibros v silvertails battles.


the nswrl had let melbourne host number of premiership games during 1990s. in 1991 st kilda football club unsuccessfully sought have nswrl games played @ moorabbin oval, later sydney tigers briefly played games @ princes park in 1994. attendances test matches , state of origin games in 1990s had been strong. 1990 state of origin played in olympic park, attracted capacity crowd of 25,000. 160,000 attracted in 3 matches @ mcg (1994, 1995 , 1997), including on 87,000 in 1994.


in 1991 first match of test series between new zealand , australia played in melbourne.


the first professional team emerges

in august 1991 nswrl began express interest 1993 competition, , made request victorian rugby league put forward proposal. local league showed significant hesitation, indicating game had little support build upon.


however, during 1993 arl chairman ken arthurson made clear remained positive melbourne , thought had offer. former melbourne ceo chris johns said; john , had been broncos day 1 , had learnt first-hand how club had progressed in 10 years become super club . melbourne had 3 times population of brisbane , people down there love sport .


plans enter melbourne gained momentum in november 1994 when both arl , organisers of (then called) news limited rebel competition both began initiatives fast track own teams in victorian capital. in 1996, australian rugby league (arl) decided establish melbourne-based team due high attendances @ recent state of origin matches. in may 1997, super league boss john ribot pushed melbourne-based club in super league competition, rival against arl competition. former brisbane broncos centre chris johns became ceo of club , ribot stepped down head of super league set club. club owned news limited had position of influence through ownership in herald sun, part of strategy use melbourne s popular newspaper provide contra media exposure new club. in september 1997, melbourne announced chris anderson foundation coach, , super league announced new team named melbourne storm , based @ olympic park stadium.


the new millennium

the 2003 nrl grand final attracted bigger audience in melbourne 2003 afl grand final did in sydney. in 2006 deciding game of state of origin drew 54,833 spectators @ telstra dome. season, melbourne s television audience storm s nrl grand final appearance higher sydney s swans second successive afl grand final appearance.



storm players after 2007 grand final.


the 2007 preliminary final between parramatta , melbourne storm saw largest ever crowd drawn storm in melbourne, 33,472. larger manly s preliminary final crowd of 32,611.


in 2007 victorian government confirmed building new 31,500 rectangular stadium @ olympic park, rugby league, union , soccer.


the opening round of 2008 season saw 20,084 spectators watch storm defeat new zealand warriors in first game @ telstra dome. melbourne finished 2008 season home average attendance of 12,474, considerably larger 2007 average of 11,711. recorded largest crowd average ever in 2010 season @ 14,670. 2008 rugby league world cup, game in melbourne against england drew crowd of 36,297 @ telstra dome. second highest attended game in competition, surpassed final, played in brisbane drew 50,559.


2015 saw new records set rugby league in victoria 91,513 spectators attending second origin match @ mcg, won nsw.








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