Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spain national rugby league team

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The result was delete. Deville (Talk) 00:44, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

=[[Spain national rugby league team]]=

:{{la|Spain national rugby league team}} ([{{fullurl:Spain national rugby league team|wpReason={{urlencode: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spain national rugby league team}}&action=delete}} delete]) – (View AfD)(View log)

Not notable, fails WP:ORG and purely no sources in this article. ApprenticeFan ^{talk contribs} 11:33, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

:Delete. I came here intending to huff and puff and insist it was an obvious keep, as an international side, but after a lot of Googling for relevant terms (including in Spanish sports papers like [http://sport.es Sport.es], and for the French/Spanish alternative names "rugby de liga" and "rugby a 13"), I was surprised to come up with no coverage at all. No evidence that such a team even exists. Gonzonoir (talk) 12:02, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

:Comment: the AfD notice hadn't been added to the article page; I've inserted it with [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spain_national_rugby_league_team&diff=300780032&oldid=300774995 this edit]. Gonzonoir (talk) 12:04, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

:Delete. I've had my eye on this for a while, and for all the time I've spent looking for sources on mainland European rugby league, I've seen nothing at all about a Spanish national side.Rugbyhelp (talk) 12:57, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

:Delete There is no evidence whatsoever that such a team exists. No links are given, and I can find nothing online about a Spanish rugby league team. There is a Catalan rugby league team (for which a page already exists), and there is a Spanish rugby union team, but no rugby league team.--Timtranslates (talk) 18:07, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

:Keep. I saw this team play twice last year. I'd scan in my ticket but that would probably count as "original research. 174.146.255.7 (talk) 08:42, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

- Are you sure it wasn't a rugby union game? Please note there are two types of rugby: rugby league and union. The fact you had to buy a ticket for the game makes me think it must be union, because if a Spanish league side does exist, it must be in its infancy and would have been played on a local field somewhere without the need to pay to get in. Did they have lineouts (see: http://www.solarnavigator.net/sport/sport_images/Rugby_Union_Lineout_WvF_2004.jpg) when the ball went out of play?

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Spain-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 23:47, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 23:47, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

:Delete No evidence they exist.

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