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Rugby league split from union in 1895

Twenty-two northern English clubs broke away over payments to players The clubs met at the George Hotel in Huddersfield on 29 August 1895 and formed the Northern Rugby Football Union. The dispute was about compensating working players for lost wages, which the union authorities refused. The breakaway body took the name rugby league in 1922. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Twenty-two northern English clubs broke away over payments to players. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.