Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Rugby league football is one of the most popular sports in Australia, especially in the states of New South Wales and Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory, which together comprise around half the country's population. In 2009, it was the most watched sport on Australian television, with an aggregate audience of 128.5 million viewers. The elite club competition, the National Rugby League (NRL), has ten teams from New South Wales, three teams from Queensland, and one team each from Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand.Rugby league in Australia began in 1908, introduced by players from Britain and New Zealand. Rule changes since have been partly instigated in Australia and the country has long been dominant in international rugby league.Commonly known as \"league\", and sometimes as \"the greatest game of all\", it is traditionally seen as a \"working man's sport\" with its roots in the working-class communities of Northern England, compared to rugby union's in English public schools. The Australian Rugby League Commission is working on ways to expand the sport's popularity across political and social boundaries."@en }
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- Rugby_league_in_Australia abstract "Rugby league football is one of the most popular sports in Australia, especially in the states of New South Wales and Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory, which together comprise around half the country's population. In 2009, it was the most watched sport on Australian television, with an aggregate audience of 128.5 million viewers. The elite club competition, the National Rugby League (NRL), has ten teams from New South Wales, three teams from Queensland, and one team each from Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand.Rugby league in Australia began in 1908, introduced by players from Britain and New Zealand. Rule changes since have been partly instigated in Australia and the country has long been dominant in international rugby league.Commonly known as \"league\", and sometimes as \"the greatest game of all\", it is traditionally seen as a \"working man's sport\" with its roots in the working-class communities of Northern England, compared to rugby union's in English public schools. The Australian Rugby League Commission is working on ways to expand the sport's popularity across political and social boundaries.".