The World Champion New Zealand Kiwi’s will contest their third straight Rugby League World Cup final after a thrilling 20-18 win over England at Wembley Stadium. England played well in the first half while New Zealand just didn’t look themselves. The loss of Frank Pritchard to injury was a big blow to the New Zealand…
Continuity is a very important thing in sport. The ability to settle on a lineup and make the fewest changes you can possibly get away with has seen many sporting teams over the years beat more talented rivals who chopped and changed their lineup for what ever reason. In the 2013 Rugby League World Cup…
Australia Look Scrappy In Win Over England Australia have kicked on their World Cup campaign with a scrappy 28-20 win over England. England got off to a great start in the match as Australia played some lazy football. The Kangaroo’s were doing a lot of arm grabbing in defense while going wide looking for easy…
Nothing should get a team fired more than a video thrown together by a PR department requesting people in the media spotlight talk about their chances of winning a sporting contest. Forget that most of them couldn’t give a stuff about the English Rugby League team, or that some of them were obviously filmed on…
Italy’s now famous 15-14 victory over England in a World Cup warm up match has made many question how the 2013 World Cup will end up playing out. It was a terrible moment for English Rugby League, possibly their most embarrassing loss of all time, but a fantastic moment for Italy. Johnny Orbell was at…
Kevin Sinfield Kevin Sinfield, King Kev, Sir Sinfield or simply Sinny, One of the most well known names in English Super League is set to make an appearance at his third world cup this weekend. Although the majority of England fans (and all fans from other nations) will be happy to see him out on…
England have been hit by scandal just days out from their World Cup kickoff with forward Gareth Hock booted out of the team for “disciplinary reasons”. Brett Ferres has been brought into the squad as his replacement. Speculation is running wild about what has caused Hock to be kicked out of the England camp. I…
Attitude is a big factor when it comes to performing at the highest level in Rugby League. The way a coach, player and overall team prepares for a contest can have a big influence on the result they end up getting. Going into a game with the wrong attitude can mean a team is on…
British rugby league fans are a unique bunch, mostly fickle working class they epitomise everything that has been great about the British game for the last century. Keen to air their views loudly and without recompense they trundle along weekly, watch half a game, proclaim it is shit and then leave citing their reasons as…
Italy has defeated England in their Rugby League World Cup warm up match 15-14 in what has to be one of the biggest upsets in the games history. England took a 14-12 lead into half time and held into that lead until late in the game. An Italian penalty kick levelled things up and with…
It wouldn’t be a World Cup if there wasn’t an English team looking to shock the world and win it all. They are improving, they are one of the teams to beat, they have prepared well and are ready to take on the world…all of that… The problem for the English Rugby League team is…
The Rugby Football League has announced the English World Cup squad. The repercussions of the naming of this squad are already being felt across the world. Fear has gripped the souls of the other nations competing in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, many wondering if they should even bother turning up when it seems…
When the Australian Rugby League Commission came into power there was a clear message that the new administration would have a “whole of game” approach to the decisions they made. In the past there was something of a disconnect between the NRL competition and the rest of Rugby League. The NRL was basically a company…
For a few years now a lot of people in Great Britain have invested all of their hopes and dreams in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup being a success. Whether that means it is a financial success, that the competition gains enough national attention to boost the domestic game, or just that England plays…
England coach Steve McNamara has warned that NRL based English players have a lot or work to do if they want to be part of the English World Cup squad. McNamara has just returned from an all expenses paid junket to travel around Australia to supposedly watch English players play. He said that the form…
Plenty of good news overnight with Australia dominating the “Festival Of World Cups” held in England. Australia won four of the five World Cups on offer. Here are the results of all the finals: In the Women’s World Cup final Australia defeated New Zealand 22-12. In the Armed Forces World Cup final Australia defeated New…
Over the last few months I have had a number of people asking who I would select in my England side for the World Cup. Today I have decided to post the side I would take into the opening World Cup match against Australia. I have no doubt that some people will not be happy…
Mark down Saturday October 19th on your calender as it will be the first time England plays a Rugby League international against Italy. The match will be held in Salford and will provide both teams with a decent hit out as they head into the World Cup. Italy will play the match just 3 days after…
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the Parramatta Eels made an approach to St Helens hooker James Roby to join the club for the 2015 season, only for Roby to knock them back. The Eels are on the look out for players anywhere they can find them after showing the door to over a…
Reports that the New Zealand Warriors were interested in signing Leeds Rhinos academy captain Jordan Baldwinson really upset Brian McDermott. The realization that the Leeds Rhinos are just a big fish in a small pond, and that NRL clubs will sign every single player they decide they want from Super League really hasn’t say well…
Melbourne storm five-eighth Gareth Widdop will not play again this year after dislocating his hip in the Storms 18-12 loss to the Gold Coast Titans. Widdop’s loss is a huge blow to the Melbourne Storms hopes of retaining their Premiership this season. His loss will also have a major effect on England’s World Cup plans…
England v Exiles, what’s that all about? England v NRL rejects more like. Don’t get me wrong Super League has some good Australian / New Zealand rugby league players that either used to play in the NRL and / or could play in the NRL. Unfortunately those players are very few and far between now…
The Rugby Football League went out of its way to free up this weekend so that England could play the Exiles team and have the best possible chance to prepare for the World Cup at seasons end. That makes me wonder, what happened to Scotland, Wales and Ireland this weekend? Why did the Rugby Football…
Once again the International Origin match has failed to provide the game with what it needs. England has not got the hit out it wanted, the Exiles team is getting worse and worse as the quality of Super League imports falls, fans are simply staying away and not buying into the concept…there is simply no…
England has beaten the Exiles in the 2013 International Origin match 30 in front of just 7,926 supporters in Warrington. England dominated the first half while the Exiles looked terrible. While the Exiles looked the better side in the second half, they never really looked like they were going to make a game of it….
In the lead up to the International Origin match between some English players, Rangi Chase, and a bunch of old Super League imports, England fullback Sam Tomkins has fired a broadside at Super League imports: “They will want to prove they’re the players that make the competition, the overseas players that come over and sign…
Castleford Tigers standoff Rangi Chase has opened up to TheSun.co.uk about the abuse he received after making the decision to play for England. Chase has described his treatment as “discriminatory” and pointed to examples in other sports where people born and raised outside of England turn out for England. You know what Rangi, I’ve got…
The British and Irish Lions Rugby Union team is currently touring Australia. While Rugby Union in Australia might be a small sport that struggles to get a share of the spotlight, crowds have been good for their tour matches as Rugby Union fans come out of the woodwork and support the game. Steve Mascord this…
If Sam Tomkins wants to play in the National Rugby League he will need to learn how to do one simple thing. Shut the fuck up! Sam Tomkins has a weekly article he writes for the UK’s Mail Online. It is actually a pretty good read if only for the fact that he doesn’t hold…
Who would have thought that after last years debacle the RFL would still press ahead with its disastrous International Origin match! You’ll have better luck putting a bet on Kentucky derby horse racing than you will predicting what the RFL does these days. The powers that be in England carry on these days like a crazy person that doesn’t realize they…