Rugby kwallon kafa ya fara game da 1845 a Rugby School a Rugby, Warwickshire, Ingila, ko da yake siffofin kwallon kafa wanda aka kai da kuma jefa kwanan wata zuwa zamanin da. Rugby ya rabu zuwa wasanni biyu a 1895, lokacin da ƙungiyoyi ashirin da ɗaya suka rabu daga Rugby Football Union don kafa Northern Rugby Football Union, wanda aka sake masa suna Rugby Football League a 1922, a George Hotel, Huddersfield, a kan biyan kuɗi na lokaci-lokaci ga 'yan wasan da suka dauki lokaci daga aiki don yin wasa, don haka ya sa rugby league ya zama lambar farko da za a biya da kuma masu sana'a.
Ƙungiyar Rugby League ta Duniya