If you are only exposed to the boshtastic Super League on Sky Sports, then you probably associate rugby league with one or more of the following: pints of bitter, meat pies, Andy Farrell or the seemingly illegal nature of attacking offloads. With all that going on, it is easy to forget about the NRL.

The marquee southern hemisphere rugby league tournament was where players like Israel Folau, Sonny Bill Williams, Lote Tuquri and Wendell Sailor honed their skills (probably should have left out Sailor but his name sounds too good), and it regularly throws up moments of breathtaking and extravagant rugby.

Take a look at these four finishes, which were just from this weekend’s games.

Those groundings range from tough to gravity defying but the craziest thing is that they were all over one weekend of matches.

The difference between the Super League and the NRL is simple.

NRL converts: SBW, Folau, Tuquri etc.

Super League converts : Jason Robinson (the exception), Andy Farrell, Iestyn Harris, Henry Paul (the rule).

Irish fans aren’t known for their love of rugby league but is the skill level in the NRL enough to pique your interest?

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