Rugby league is a team sport that is played in several regions of Spain. The game gained popularity in the autonomous community of Catalonia following the success of the Perpignan - based Catalans Dragons club in the Rugby League Challenge Cup and European Super League from 2006 onwards. With rugby league having long been played in Northern Catalonia (part of the Languedoc-Rousillon region of France), the success of Catalans Dragons was the catalyst to spread the game to the rest of Catalonia. On June 20, 2009, the first Super League game was played in Barcelona in front of a crowd of over 18,500, Catalans Dragons lost 12 - 24 to the Warrington Wolves and a raft of new teams were formed in Catalonia around this time.