In 2007, Yug-Krasnodar were admitted to the competition, increasing the league's size to eight teams.
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On 26 January 2008, the Rabbitohs played the Leeds Rhinos at the Hodges Stadium at University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida, the first time first-grade professional rugby league teams from Australia and England played each other in the United States.
Billy Slater (born 1983), Australian professional rugby league footballer
Luke Capewell (born 1989), Australian professional rugby league footballer
Widnes RLFC/Widnes Vikings (The Chemics), an English professional rugby league club
Trevor Cogger, Australian former professional rugby league footballer
Israel Folau (born 1989), Australian professional rugby league footballer
Stephen Holgate, a professional rugby league player with a number of clubs, came from Frizington.
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Purdham began his professional rugby league career in 1999 with Whitehaven.
Gold Coast Titans, a proposed name for an Australian professional rugby league football team based on the Gold Coast in Queensland
Derek Hallas, rugby union and professional rugby league footballer
Krisnan Inu (born 1987), New Zealand professional rugby league
Jim Featherstone (born 1923), English professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s
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North Sydney Bears, professional rugby league football club of North Sydney
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John Risman, President of Scotland Rugby League and a professional rugby league footballer
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Super League, officially known as the "Rugby Super League", professional rugby league competition in the United Kingdom and France
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Jason Taumalolo (born 1993), New Zealand professional rugby league footballer
In December 2010, James became engaged to professional rugby league footballer Nate Myles.
John Wilshere, Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer
Kirk Yeaman (born September 15, 1983), English professional rugby league footballer
Kevin Yow Yeh (19??−1975), Australian professional rugby league player
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