Editing South Australia (section)

===Rugby league===
{{main|Rugby league in South Australia}}
The state [[rugby league]] federation is the [[South Australian Rugby League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sarl.leaguenet.com.au/|title=LeagueNet - South Australian Rugby League|access-date=3 December 2023|archive-date=9 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909060911/http://sarl.leaguenet.com.au/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The game traces its roots in the state back to the 1940s, when the Port Adelaide [[rugby union]] team split in four, and defected to [[rugby league]].

South Australia's only professional rugby league team, the [[Adelaide Rams]], had a short but eventful existence. After debuting in the [[Super League (Australia)|Super League]] competition in [[1997 Super League (Australia) season|1997]], in [[National Rugby League season 1998|1998]] they were selected to join the 20-team [[National Rugby League]]; however they were to be axed from the 1999 season as part of a rationalisation of teams (from 20 to 14) in the competition.

At present however, the [[South Australian Rugby League]] still operates a local semi-professional competition consisting of both junior and adult teams from across Adelaide.

[[Adelaide Oval]] hosted [[State of Origin series]] games in both [[2020 State of Origin series|2020]] and [[2023 State of Origin series|2023]], with the latter drawing a state record rugby league attendance of 48,613.