Big League
Big League is the official magazine of the National Rugby League. Its predecessor, The Rugby League News, was first published in 1920;[1] in 1974 it was rebranded as Big League.
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| Editor | Maria Tsialis |
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| Categories | Sport, Rugby league |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Total circulation (2013) | 14,213 |
| Year founded | 1920 |
| Company | News Corp Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Based in | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Language | English |
| Website | Big League |
| ISSN | 0311-175X |
| OCLC | 220892674 |
The magazine serves as a game-day program, containing team line-ups, stats and feature stories. It goes on sale every Thursday at newsagents and exclusively at all active NRL grounds on weekends. Since 2005 it has been published by News Magazines; previously it had been published by Text Magazines and Pacific Magazines.
The editor of the magazine is Maria Tsialis and the sub-editor is David Piepers. Senior writer is Pamela Whaley and staff writers are Michael Blok and Ben Lonergan. Craig Loughlin-Smith is the art director, who has been with the title since 1999.
Along with the 30 weekly issues of the magazine, Big League also offers the following publications: A5-sized Season Guide, Season Preview, 100-page Grand Final Souvenir, Year In Review issue, State of Origin and Test souvenir programs and the Official Rugby League Annual, compiled by rugby league historian David Middleton.