[2] Members of the international governing body can make their own recognition of a match as having test status.
[3] A notable instance of a different in opinions of the status of past matches is a consequence of the Super League war.
[4] The three sides were representing members of the Super League International Board, the ARL's rival.
[4] ARL historian David Middleton has stated that those players who joined Super League did so in the knowledge that they were forfeiting their chance of representing the established national team.
[4] The first official rugby league international took place on 1 January 1908 when Wales defeated New Zealand 9–8 at the Aberdare Athletic Ground in Aberdare, Wales in front of approximately 15,000 fans.