The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top professional rugby league competition in Australia and New Zealand. It is comprised of 16 teams, with 15 based in Australia and 1 in New Zealand. The regular season runs from autumn to spring and culminates in the grand final. The document provides background information on several current and former NRL players, including Beau Ryan, Mat Rogers, Darren Lockyer, Billy Slater, and Shaun Johnson. It discusses the teams they have played for, positions, achievements and career highlights.

1. National Rugby League

2. NRL – National Rugby League The NRL (National rugby league) is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia NRL matches are played throughout Australia and New Zealand from Autumn until Spring There are sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand The season culminates in the premiership-deciding game, the NRL grand final traditionally one of Australia's most popular sporting events and one of the largest attended club championship events in the world what is NRL ?

3. NRL PLAYERS

4. Beau Ryan plays for the west tigers Beau Ryan was born on the 11 may 1985 He is an Australian professional rugby league player . Ryan was selected to represent in the New South Wales Schoolboys team Ryan currently lives in Wollongong

5. Born 1 February in Caringbah , New South Whales Played state of origin for Queensland In 2007, Rogers revived his rugby league career with the new club , gold coast titans in the national rugby league. Started in a number of games for the wallabies in various positions in the backline. 1995 – after deciding that rugby league was his preferred career path Rogers joined his father’s former club , the Cronulla Sharks. Mat Rogers

6. Born 24 march 1977 ( age 34 ) Lockyer currently in the five-eighth position, having moved there from his previous position of full back . He has played more games and scored more points for the Brisbane broncos than any other player in the clubs history . He is a multiple-premiership winner , a Clive Churchill Medallist Became the only second player to have won the Golden Boot award twice. Darren Lockyer

7. Born 18 June 1983 Nambour Queensland Australia Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Melbourne storm. An Australian international and Queensland state of origin representative fullback. He holds the current try scoring record for storm with 155. Billy Slater has been named by many people the best fullback of the NRL billy slater

8. Shaun Johnson is a new Zealand rugby league player Born 9 September 1990 From Whangaparaoa, Johnson attended Orewa College and mainly played touch rugby at High School before a switching to rugby league. Johnson started his professional career playing for the Junior Warriors in the Toyota Cup. Johnson spent the 2009 and 2010 seasons with the Junior Warriors and played 45 matches, scoring 25 tries, 159 goals and 4 field goals to finish his Toyota Cup career with 422 points Shaun Johnson