The Australian Rugby League is the official governing body of rugby league football within Australia. It is guided by an eight member commission which took the power from the partisan NSWRL and QRL boards on 10 February 2012. The commission is chaired by John Grant and the ARL CEO is Shane Mattiske.
The voting members of the ARL are the;
- New South Wales Rugby League
- Queensland Rugby League
- The sixteen National Rugby League clubs
These eighteen members can vote to elect or dismiss commissioners.
The Affiliated states are represented by the following state leagues;
- Northern Territory Rugby League
- South Australian Rugby League
- Tasmanian Rugby League
- Victorian Rugby League
- Western Australia Rugby League
The ARL is the highest authority on the game of rugby league football within Australia. All ARL affiliated leagues and clubs within Australia are under the ARL's jurisdiction.
Read more about Australian Rugby League: Constitution, Competitions, History, ARL Development
Famous quotes containing the words australian and/or league:
“Beyond the horizon, or even the knowledge, of the cities along the coast, a great, creative impulse is at work—the only thing, after all, that gives this continent meaning and a guarantee of the future. Every Australian ought to climb up here, once in a way, and glimpse the various, manifold life of which he is a part.”
—Vance Palmer (1885–1959)
“Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
“Forward the Light Brigade!”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)