Editing Liverpool (section)

===Rugby league===
Despite being a popular sport in Northern England, rugby league failed to develop in the Liverpool  city region. [[Liverpool City (1906)|Liverpool City]] was the cities first professional club, but only competed in the [[1906–07 Northern Rugby Football Union season|1906–07 season]] where they finished 26th of 26.{{Cn|date=April 2025}} Despite the failure to establish a team, the [[Rugby Football League|Northern Union]] scheduled four [[Kangaroo Tour]] matches at [[Goodison Park]] in their first three tours to Great Britain between 1908 and 1922, hosting three English League XIII games and one [[Lancashire rugby league team|Lancashire]] game.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=14 April 2025 |title=Locations of League: Liverpool |url=https://www.totalrl.com/locations-of-league-liverpool/?lp_txn_id=2908813 |access-date=16 April 2025 |publisher=TotalRugbyLeague}}</ref>

Professional rugby league did not return to the city until 1934 with the formation of [[Liverpool Stanley]]. The following year, {{rlnt|England}} played {{rlnt|Wales}} at the club's ground in the [[1935 European Rugby League Championship]]. Stanley competed until 1968 twice reaching the playoffs. The club hosted {{rlnt|Australia}} in their [[1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France|1956–57 tour]], the first time the Kangaroos had played in Liverpool since 1922.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}

Professional rugby league was again absent from the city until [[Anfield]] hosted the 1989 [[Rugby League Charity Shield (Great Britain)|Charity Shield]] where [[Widnes Vikings|Widnes]] beat [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] 27–22.{{Cn|date=April 2025}} Two years later, the stadium hosted the [[1991 World Club Challenge]] where [[Wigan Warriors|Wigan]] beat [[Penrith Panthers|Penrith]] 21–4.{{Cn|date=April 2025}} Trying to capitalise on the growing interest in the sport, not just in Liverpool but across the country, [[St Helens R.F.C.|St Helens]] (the only professional club in the wider [[Merseyside]] region) held a number of home games at [[Anfield]] in the mid to late 1990s. However wider problems with the sport as a result of the [[Super League war]] stopped this initiative.{{Cn|date=April 2025}}

The professional game would again be absent from city until the mid and late 2010s when [[Anfield]] again hosted the [[2016 Rugby League Four Nations]] final, Test 2 of the [[2018 New Zealand rugby league tour of England#Baskerville Shield|2018 Baskerville Shield]], and [[Magic Weekend]] in 2019. 40,042 attended the Four Nations final.<ref name=":0" />

Everton's new [[Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium]] will host Test 2 of the [[2025 Kangaroo tour of England and France|2025 Ashes]].<ref name=":0" />