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===Rugby League football=== {{Main|Anzac Test|ANZAC Day Cup}} From 1997, the [[Anzac Test]], a [[rugby league]] test match, has commemorated Anzac Day, though it is typically played prior to Anzac Day. The match is always played between the [[Australia national rugby league team|Australian]] and [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]] national teams, and has drawn attendances of between 20,000 and 45,000 in the past. The final Anzac test occurred in 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Where the last ANZAC Test will be played|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/news/where-the-last-anzac-test-will-be-played/sunbm4zsiyxc14s2js9oyd9or|magazine=Sporting News|date=12 February 2017|access-date=25 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425115430/http://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/news/where-the-last-anzac-test-will-be-played/sunbm4zsiyxc14s2js9oyd9or|archive-date=25 April 2018}}</ref> Domestically, matches have been played on Anzac Day since 1927 (with occasional exceptions). Since 2002, the [[National Rugby League]] (NRL) has followed the lead of the Australian Football League, hosting a match between traditional rivals [[St. George Illawarra Dragons]] and the [[Sydney Roosters]] each year to commemorate Anzac Day in the [[ANZAC Day Cup]], although these two sides had previously met on Anzac Day several times as early as the 1970s. Between 2009 and 2023, an additional Anzac Day game has been played between the [[Melbourne Storm]] and [[New Zealand Warriors]]; the [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]] replaced the New Zealand Warriors in 2024. The Warriors still play on Anzac Day but in New Zealand and against a different opponent each year.
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