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Rugby League is a popular Team Sport emerging in Estonia .


THE NATIONAL TEAM

The first international was played on Estonian soil on 20 August , when a Student Rugby League Chairmans Select XIII team consisting of 5 players each from England , Scotland , Wales and Ireland , played the Estonian national side, drawn from the capital Tallinn and university stronghold, Tartu . This first match saw the national side impress to a 36-70 eventual defeat.


HISTORY

Rugby League has only had significance in Estonia since the end of the 1980's, where it has grown in popularity as a successful solution to anti social behaviour, and also an introduction to teamwork and sportsmanship.

EXTERNAL LINKS

  • http://www.rugby.ee/?op=body&id=10&art=401