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.

Big League

Volume 94. No. 21 of Big League
Editor	Maria Tsialis
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.