It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, as the result of a split from the Rugby Football Union (RFU) over the issue of payments to players.Tony Collins, Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain (2006), p.3 The rules of the game governed by the new Northern Rugby Football Union progressively changed from those of the RFU with the specific aim of producing a faster and more entertaining game to appeal to paying spectators, on whose income the new organisation and its members depended.
It originated in 1895 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, as the result of a split from the Rugby Footba.ll Union (RFU) over the issue of payments to players.Tony Collins, Rugby League in Twentieth Century Britain (2006), p3 The rules of the game governed by the new Northern Rugby Football Union progressively changed from those of the RFU with the specific aim of producing a faster and more entertaining game to appeal to paying spectators, on whose income the new organisation and its members depended.