Big League is the official magazine of the National Rugby League

National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...

 and that of the NRL's forerunners, the New South Wales Rugby League

New South Wales Rugby League

The New South Wales Rugby League is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby League. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League until 1984 when forward thinking marketing managers decided...

 and Australian Rugby League

Australian Rugby League

The Australian Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in Australia. It is made up of state bodies, including the New South Wales Rugby League and the Queensland Rugby League...

 competitions. Its predecessor, The Rugby League News, was first published in 1920; in 1974 it was rebadged as Big League.

It also serves as a game-day program, containing team line-ups and stats. It goes on sale every Thursday at newsagents and exclusively at all active NRL grounds at weekends. With every issue there is also a copy of "Little League", a 16-page mini-magazine aimed at pre-teen league fans and packed with puzzles, competitions and player profiles. Since 2005 it has been published by News Magazines

News Limited

News Limited is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies. The publicly listed company's interests span newspaper and magazine publishing, Internet, Pay TV, National Rugby League, market research, DVD and film distribution, and film and television production trading assets.News Limited...

; previously it had been published by Text Magazines and Pacific Magazines.

Publications:

• A5-sized Season Guide
• Season Preview
• 30 weekly issues
• 100-page Grand Final Souvenir
• Year In Review issue
• State of Origin and Test souvenir programs
• Official Rugby League Annual (228 pages)

The editor is Tony Webeck and the sub-editor is Fiona Bollen. Staff writers are Matt Encarnacion, Tim Matchett, and Maria Tsialis. Big League is designed by Craig Loughlin-Smith, who has been with the title since 1999, as well as designer Joanna Levadetes.

External links

• Big League at News Limited
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