NY Rugby League

NYRL is pleased to announce the signing of Ben Farrar as the Head Coach and player for the 2022 NARL season. Farrar a native of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, played for North Queensland and Manly-Warringah in the NRL; the Catalan Dragons, and the London Broncos of the English Super League. Most recently Farrar has been coaching at Newcastle Knights (NRL) with both the Junior’s and Women’s teams.

“I am honored to be announced head coach/player of the NY rugby league team. It is a position of great significance and one I am honored to be appointed to” Farrar said.

NYRL CEO, Justin Tucker, expressed his enthusiasm to have Farrar join the club for the NARL season,

“It is exciting to have Ben join us, not just a player with both NRL and Super League experience, but as someone who has been coaching in the Junior’s and Women’s. I believe he can help grow and mold the raw talent of American players and athletes, who might have the same number of years of rugby league experience.”

Farrar will not only be coaching NYRL but he also brings his high-level of playing experience as a Center/Full-Back/Five-Eight to the club. Farrar knows what it takes to win both on the field and off.

“I look forward to bringing my playing and coaching experience to the states and help setting up a club with enormous potential. I can’t wait to get started” stated Farrar.

Please give a big welcome to the new NYRL Head Coach and player, Ben Farrar!

Introducing our 2022 Home Jersey for the upcoming season.
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Stay tuned tomorrow for the release on their page!
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Available in the shop linked on our bio Monday!

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Friday Facts for our football friends. This week...size matters!
Avg. size of an player is 6'2" & 245 lbs

Avg. size of a player is 6'1" & 225 lbs

Similar... but those linemen who avg. 6'5" & 314 lbs might have some influence.😁 is .

Friday Facts for our friends. We got the need, the need for SPEED!

Last year these two clocked the FASTEST in-game speeds. 🤯😳
= top speed of 22.13 mph in an game last year!

= top speed of 23.68 mph in an game!

WOOO that's FAST! Football fans, if you like speed is

So, fans you say you like to see action? Let's look at ACTUAL time in play:

NFL Avg. Game Length: 192 minutes
Time of Actual Play: 11 minutes

RL Avg. Game Length: 85 minutes
Time of Actual play: 55 minutes

Ask yourself, are you REALLY watching a lot of action?

The No Fun League is cutting down on big hits, while is turning them up! In professional rugby league, there's a big hit every 2 minutes. Imagine every time you brush your teeth, someone gets smashed. So if you like BIG hits, is !

Ok fans. So you say you like defense and good tackles? COOL, did you know the averaged 61 tackles a game last year? Did you also know the of the averaged 324 tackles... a GAME?!! It's EASY, if you love defense and tackling then is what you should love next!

You've heard the rumors. After expressing his unhappiness with the organization, is looking to be traded. Right before the end of the trade deadline, New York Rugby League team has decided to pursue the new converted second-rower. NYRL manager had this to say:

“We had been keeping an eye on the situation for weeks now, and knew a move would be made at the trade deadline. Basketball players are some of the best athletes in the world so we saw James as the perfect candidate to cross over from basketball to rugby league. We hope he can really shine in the ”

NYRL is always looking for elite athletes for the coming spring season, if you're an athlete in any sport and want to play professional rugby league, fill out the form in our bio to try out.

Ready for the big snow here this weekend? We hope you all stay warm here in . Do you know what would be good to have? Something warm to cover those ears. Is it a or ? Let us know what you think. Buy one now in our team store. https://bit.ly/3rbVlPv