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The Early Days of Rugby League

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Introduction:
"Any Aussie league fan knows the "Greatest Game Of All" began in 1908, but how much more do you know about the game's very early days? See how well you do with the following ten teasers!"


1. Which was the first official Rugby League Football Club to form in Australia?
    Balmain
    North Sydney
    Eastern Suburbs
    Newtown


2. Which team were runners-up in the inaugural New South Wales Football League final of 1908?
    Newtown
    Eastern Suburbs
    Balmain
    South Sydney


3. Which team won the inaugural New South Wales Football League final in 1908?
    Newtown
    South Sydney
    Eastern Suburbs
    Balmain


4. How many teams competed in the inaugural New South Wales Football League season in 1908?
    8
    9
    7
    6


5. Which were the teams that competed in the inaugural New South Wales Football League season in 1908?
    Newtown, South Sydney, Balmain, Parramatta, North Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, Manly-Warringah and Newcastle
    South Sydney, Newtown, Balmain, Glebe, North Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, Parramatta, Western Suburbs and Newcastle
    Newtown, South Sydney, Balmain, Glebe, North Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, Manly- Warringah, Western Suburbs and Newcastle
    Newtown, South Sydney, Balmain, Glebe, North Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, Cumberland, Western Suburbs and Newcastle


6. In what year, in the north of England (UK), did Rugby League have its beginnings?
    1905
    1890
    1985
    1895


7. Victor ________ , one of Australia's greatest ever cricketers, was a foundation member of the "New South Wales Football League" competition.
    Messenger
    Provan
    Giltinan
    Trumper


8. Who were the first wooden spooners of the New South Wales Football League competition?
    Western Suburbs
    Cumberland
    Newcastle
    North Sydney


9. In 1909, the second year of the New South Wales Football League competition, only one team turned up for the final, and won by default. Which team was a "no show"?
    Balmain
    Newtown
    South Sydney
    Western Suburbs


10. Which Australian player, in 1908, so impressed the New Zealand All Blacks professional team (on their way to play in England) that they took him with them?
    James Giltinan
    Charlie "Boxer" Russell
    Bobby McCarthy
    Dally Messenger


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