In this episode we do a review of all the international Rugby League player over the weekend. Including the Jillaroos vs the Kiwi Ferns, the Kangaroos vs the Kiwis, Australia A’s big win over France, Tonga’s domination of Great Britain, Scotland on fire against Serbia, Spain hosting Ireland and a fiery clash between Malta and…
Daly Cherry-Evans has retained his place in the Australian side ahead of the Kangaroos clash with the Wolfhounds in Ireland. Cherry-Evans has been named alongside Cooper Cronk in the halves in after an outstanding performance in the Kangaroos big win over Fiji last weekend. It looks as though Tim Sheens is once again looking to…
Akuila Uate has scored a hat trick as Fiji ran away with a 32-14 in over Ireland in Rochdale. Fiji looked a class above Ireland and were physically dominant throughout the contest. Even as Fiji lost a player to the sin bin in the heavy rain, Ireland simply couldn’t work their way back into the…
With the Rugby League World Cup closing in I have taken the time to check out my beloved home team and see exactly what state Irish Rugby League is in. I have been brought up with Rugby Union and after spending the last few years working in Rugby League in the UK, I have to…
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…
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…
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…
You are a unique and delicate flower. There is no one else quite like you. You are special. So very, very special. You are a Rugby League fan living in the “heartlands”. The game is belongs to you. Who cares about anywhere else, you come first and that is the way that it should always…
The draw for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup was announced with little warning at an event held in Salford over night. It was announced that 14 teams will take part in the next World Cup, which will be held in Great Britain, and the format for the group stages would be completely overhauled. I…
Every day I like to jump online and do my rounds of all of my favorite Rugby League news sources. I hit up the Daily Telegraph in Sydney, the Sydney Morning Herald, I sometimes see if the Australian and anything good to read, and then I’ll take a quick look at the BBC. Then I…
A few Internationals games have been played over night and we saw some big scorelines and one major upset. England got off to a very slow start against Wales but eventually won 48-12. I didn’t get to see the match but I’m told it was not a good quality game and Paul Sykes has a…
One thing a World Cup does is open the eyes of certain people that forget that the game isn’t just played in Sydney and Yorkshire. Unfortunately for Rugby League, these ignorant types are usually the people running the game. As the World Cup gets to the business end of the competition and teams finish their…
Ireland has claimed one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history, downing Samoa 34-16, claiming the top place in the group and booking a playoff with the winner of Group B for the right to play Australia in the World Cup Semi Finals. Ireland were outstanding and improved on their impressive performance against Tonga…
Well I have talked up Tonga in the leadup to the World Cup based in their amazing lineup, however Tonga showed that it doesn’t matter how good your players are if you play rubbish as a team. Ireland played smater and out coached Tonga and almost came away with a massive upset win. Going into…
All the profits from the 2008 Rugby League World Cup will go into a fund to develope Rugby League around the world. On top of this there is $2,000,000 in prize money on offer that will be spread across all ten World Cup teams depending on where they finish the tournament. This is all fantastic…
And here we go! This is the first in a series of general World Cup previews. I’ll be taking you through the teams, showing some of my favoured lineups and telling you what to watch out for. The first preview is Group C. While Group A is the Super Group, Group C would have to…
Well the World Cup kickoff is getting closer and it seems very strange to me. I remember when they announced the tournament would be held in 2008, I thought it was way to far away. Now, I hardly have enough time to book all my flights! I’ve talked about some of the negatives in regards…
Well the World Cup Countdown has begun and if you are following some of the squad selections at the moment you will find that some players are being named in more than one squad. Because this kind of muddies the waters, the RLIF (See ARL via an fancy letterhead) decided to clear things up. The…
Samoa have scored a 38-16 win over Lebanon to secure the tenth and final place in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Lebanon tried hard all game and for a while in the second half looked like they were on the comeback trail, but the Samoan side just had way to much fire power. The…
Ireland has scored a late penalty goal to secure a 16-all draw against Lebanon and have booked the 8th place in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup It was a close game throughout with a lot of ill discipline from the Lebanese costing them in the end. At one point they were down to 12…
The New Zealand All Golds beat the Northern Union side 25-18 in Warrington last night. It was an interesting game to watch and certainly helped me get my footy fix for the weekend as the All Golds dominated for most ofthe match. It was only a 20 minute period in the second half where the…
Well in case you didn’t know, the RLIF has been meeting this week and a few key announcements were made. First, news that Great Britain would be broken up into England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland heading into the 2008 World Cup was surprising. Just as the Great Britain Lions have started drawing sizable crowds in…