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===Rugby===
[[Rugby league]] football has a place with some Sydneysiders, as a sporting and a tradition within the city. This stems back from the earlier colonial days of the city where the city and its cultural were largely dictated by wealthy Englishmen whom traditionally played and were supporters of the Rugby code of [[football]], which was largely advertised and passed on to the people of Sydney, including the [[working class]] who in back in England largely played soccer. The game quickly grew a working-class following, and has been a Sydney tradition ever since.

The headquarters of the [[Australian Rugby League]] and [[National Rugby League]] (NRL) are in Sydney, which is home to nine of the 16 NRL football clubs ([[Sydney Roosters]], [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]], [[Parramatta Eels]], [[Cronulla Sharks]], [[Wests Tigers]], [[Penrith Panthers]], [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs|Bulldogs]] and [[Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles]]), as well as being the northern home of the [[St George Illawarra Dragons]], which is half-based in [[Wollongong]].

Sydney has a local club rugby union competition (the [[Shute Shield]]), and a [[Super Rugby]] team the [[NSW Waratahs]], who play their games in the city and represent the entire state of New South Wales. They were represented in the defunct [[Australian Rugby Championship]] by [[Sydney Fleet]], [[Greater Sydney Rams#ARC: Western Sydney Rams|Western Sydney Rams]] and [[Central Coast Rays]]. The [[National Rugby Championship]] has four NSW teams: [[Sydney Stars]], [[Greater Sydney Rams]], [[North Harbour Rays]] and [[NSW Country Eagles]]. The [[Australian Rugby Union]] headquarters are located in Sydney. The Waratahs play out of the [[Sydney Football Stadium (2022)|Sydney Football Stadium]], and when in Sydney the [[Australia national rugby union team|Wallabies]] play out of [[Stadium Australia]].