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Ah the Golden Boot award, the most ridiculed, laughed at award in all of Rugby League. An award that’s credibility has been completely trashed by stupid selections over many years that have no real connection to what is going on in the game. The newly named International Rugby League has shown off the award, one…
Tonga has again proved their strength in International Rugby League with a dominating 14-6 victory over a battered and bruised Great Britain side. Tesi Nui was outstanding for Tonga on debut, looking as cool as you like at fullback. The Tongan forward pack meanwhile tore through the British forwards, leading Great Britain on the back…
Australia has scored an impressive 26 to 4 win over New Zealand at WIN Stadium in Wollongong. New Zealand played well in the first half and it looked like we had a real test match on our hands. In the second half however it was a far different story. The young Kangaroos side ran away…
Here you will find a complete list of Rugby League World Cup winners dating back to 1954. The Rugby League World Cup is the longest running Rugby World Cup in existence. Since 1954 there have been 15 tournaments that have been held in various formats. Australia has been the most successful nation followed by Great…
When is a Great Britain squad not really a Great Britain squad? When it has more Aussies in it than Scotland, Ireland and Wales….combined! The RFL recently announced the 24 man squad that will take part in the first Great Britain Lions tour in years, and there was a big problem with the squad! You…
The RFL has named the 24 man Great Britain Lions squad that will tour the Southern Hemisphere in 2019. The squad includes a couple of interesting additions, notably Australian born players Blake Austin, Lachlan Coote and Jackson Hastings. The Great Britain Lions Squad James Graham (St George Illawarra Dragons) Blake Austin (Warrington Wolves) John Bateman…
In some amazing news for Rugby League a team from Fiji has finally be admitted into the Ron Massey Cup for the 2020 season with an eye on promotion to the Century Cup. The Fijian NSWRL bid team has been working for a number of years for entry into one of the NSWRL competitions. Looking…
The mens and women’s squads for the 2019 Rugby League 9’s World Cup have been announced! The 2019 World 9’s Will Be Played at Bankwest Stadium on the 18th and 19th of October. Looking at these squads, Australia, Fiji and New Zealand look like the teams to beat! Australia Josh Addo-Carr Jai Arrow AJ Brimson…
The newly formed Tonga Rugby League has named a full strength squad ahead of the Pacific Cup and clashes with the British Lions. Kristian Woolf will have a very good squad at his disposal. Tongan Rugby League Test Squad John Asiata Andrew Fifita Addin Fonua-Blake David Fusitu’a Siliva Havili Ata Hingano William Hopoate Konrad Hurrell…
Australia has named its squad to take on the Rugby League 9’s World Cup to b held at Bankwest Stadium on the 18th and 19th of October. Australian Rugby League 9’s World Cup Squad Josh Addo-Carr Jai Arrow AJ Brimson Nathan Brown Kyle Feldt Tyson Frizell Reuben Garrick Wade Graham Clint Gutherson Ben Hunt Mitchell…
The Australian Rugby League has named its squad list for upcoming international matches over the Spring. 2019 Australian Kangaroos Squad Josh Addo-Carr Daly Cherry-Evans Damien Cook Boyd Cordner (c) Nick Cotric Tyson Frizell Wade Graham Payne Haas Ben Hunt Luke Keary David Klemmer Latrell Mitchell Cameron Munster Cameron Murray Josh Papalii James Tedesco Jake Trbojevic…
The Great Britain Lions are a glorious anachronism that shouldn’t work in reality. But so strong is the history and prestige associated with the jersey in rugby league, you cannot write it off. Team Great Britain is something you would only connect with the Olympics. In most other team sports you have fierce contests between…
After being sacked by Rugby Australia for an instagram post that claimed everyone that wasn’t Israel Folau was going to hell, then looking to get support from punters for his legal challenge to his sacking via crowd funding, now Israel Folau can add strike breaking scab to his list of reasons why people don’t like…
With the 2021 Rugby League World Cup being over two years away, the hosts England are doing their best to ensure that rugby fans enjoy a spectacular event. The 16 th staging of the event will be held from 23 rd October to 27 th November 2021, featuring 16 teams – which an increase by…
The 2021 Rugby League World Cup is coming soon and we’ve had a large change happen recently. Newcastle’s Kingston Park, able to hold a little over 10,000 in capacity of fans, staff and more are set to replace Workington as the venue for three men’s games during the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. An interesting…
Dates and venues have been announced for the Oceania Cup and Great Britain Lions Tour of 2019. The Jillaroos and Kiwi Ferns will play alongside the Kangaroos and Kiwi’s in a historic match at WIN Stadium at Wollongong. The same weekend will feature a great game between Great Britain and Tonga in New Zealand which…
It all started with over a million people watching the Womens State Of Origin match on Friday Night and ended with over 3 million watching New South Wales belt Queensland. In between those games we saw an incredible festival of international football that still has the whole game buzzing…and we want more! The stand alone…
Here is a list of the Rugby League mid season internationals for 2019. All times listed below are local times for the venues involved. Cook Islands vs South Africa Friday 21st June 2019, 19:00pm Ringrose Park Wentworthville, Sydney New Zealand vs Tonga Saturday 22nd June 2019, 5:40pm (NZ Time) Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand…
From its birth at The George Hotel in Huddersfield to the bright lights of the NRL, Rugby League has undergone an evolution unlike any other sport. In its early days Rugby League had the exact same rules as Rugby Union. The only true difference between the two sports is that Rugby League players could be…
He is one of the hottest properties in the NRL and already in demand by a number of clubs looking to capture his signature, but Tevita Pangai Jr has his sights set on one thing right now, playing for Tonga in international Rugby League. Pangai Jr was born in Sydney and as such is eligible…
It may be hard to imagine but it wasn’t that long ago that the likes of Tonga, Samoa and Fiji would struggle to put together 17 professional Rugby League players of any quality. Over the last 30 years Rugby League has seen these nations go from producing the occasional top level professional player, to producing…
We are just hours away from a new look Australian Kangaroos team taking on New Zealand in a rare test match played in New Zealand. It should be a good game, but honestly, it isn’t the match that I am most excited about this off season. When Australia plays Tonga next week, then I will…
There was a lot of debate heading into the World Cup as to what was the point of the competition, with Australia seemingly streets ahead of every other nation, including England and New Zealand, and destined to once again pick up the trophy in a one-sided competition. Of course, the Kangaroos were the eventual champions,…
The 2017 Rugby League World Cup is close to kickoff and I could write a thousand articles about different aspects of the tournament that most people don’t give a damn about. Eligibility rules, qualification criteria, the fact that no one knows where the money goes and who actually controls it….most people simply don’t give a…
Without a doubt, Australia are the strongest rugby league nation in the world. The National Rugby League (NRL) is a class above England’s Super League – although the British sides are catching up. The influx of Australians now plying their trade in Super League has helped to develop the game over in England and Wayne…
Australia have dominated world rugby league throughout the professional era, from the World Club Challenges, through to the international stage, where they have won three of the last four World Cups since 1995. The 15th Rugby League World Cup is just around the corner, with Australia set to host the event alongside New Zealand and…
The World Club series was played over the weekend and both Super League clubs beat their NRL counterparts pretty easily. As always, and no matter what the result is, the analysis of the series and of the Australian game has been hyperbolic, ridiculous and ill informed, especially on behalf of the English media. Would you…
English Rugby League is dying. If you have been reading my web site for any length of time you knew that years ago. I was the first to write about the financial implosion and mass death of clubs that sadly eventuated. I wrote about Rugby Union swamping the game in its so called heartlands when…
Did anyone really enjoy the 2016 Rugby League Four Nations competition? We had Australia playing just one really good half of football in the entire tournament, New Zealand not turning up at all, England being England, all round terrible while pretending they are still highly relevant to the international game, and a fake Scottish team…
In the past I have been critical of the “Women In League” movement by the National Rugby League simply because I think it too focused on having high profile media events and morning teas and it didn’t really focus on, you know, women who actually play Rugby League and those who are involved in Rugby…
