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2026 Rugby League World Cup: Australia’s Draw & Fixtures The 2026 Rugby League World Cup (men’s) runs from October 15 to November 15, 2026, across Australia (main host), Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand. Australia, as hosts and world #1 ranked team, headline the tournament in a blockbuster Group A alongside traditional rivals New Zealand,…
The World Champion Australian Kangaroos will continue their role as the leaders in the international game by flying to England at the end of the 2025 NRL season and taking on England in a three match series. The first test will be held in London at Wembley Stadium on October 25th, with the second match…
The Australia and New Zealand Rugby League commission. It’s clear Peter V’landys is an expansionist. As an expansionist myself, I love it! V’landys has been very forthcoming with his ideas about not only expanding the NRL competition, but the overall footprint of Rugby League all over the world. He is being aggressive about it, and…
Up until 1994, Australia had been one of the most active touring teams in world rugby league. They regularly toured to England, France and New Zealand, as well as playing hosts to all visiting test sides. Usually these tours had between 5 and 20 matches, including tests, against both clubs and regional representative sides, with…
Australian Rugby League administrators have already shown their hand when it comes to the future of the Rugby League calendar. They have talked about expansion of the NRL club competition allowing for fewer rounds of the club competition which would result in having more games on offer for broadcasters. This is to ensure the sport…
The Australian Kangaroos have won the 2024 Pacific Championship after defeating Tonga 20-14 in the final at Parramatta Stadium in Sydney. In a game that went down to the wire Australia looked like they were going to run away with the game before Tonga started a spirited fightback to make a full 80 minute contest…
So you want to know the crowd to ever attend a Rugby League game between Australia and Great Britain for the Rugby League Ashes series? Well, you’ve come to the right place! On June the 6th in 1932 a total of 70,204 people attended a match at the Sydney Cricket Ground between Australia and England….
It has been announced that Australia will host the bulk of the 2026 Rugby League World Cup, with Papua New Guinea also hosting games. The competition will feature ten teams, as well as having women’s and wheelchair Rugby League World Cup competitions running alongside the mens competition. I personally felt that the 2026 World Cup…
With New South Wales winning the 2024 State Of Origin series I’m in a pretty cool situation as a Rugby League supporter. My NRL team, the Penrith Panthers are currently 3 time defending Premiers. Something that hasn’t occurred since the 1980’s. My state, New South Wales, just won the 2024 State Of Origin series. It…
So you want to know which team has the biggest losing margin in a World Club Challenge game? Well, you’ve come to the right place! The Halifax Blue Sox suffered a 76-0 thrashing at the hands of the Brisbane Broncos on the 22nd of June in 1997 at a match played at Queensland Sport and…
So you want to find out which player has scored the most overall points in World Club Challenge games? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Ryan Girdler of the Penrith Panthers has scored 118 points, including 11 tries and 37 goals in 6 games played. Ryan Girdler also is an equal record holder for…
So you want to find the biggest win in a Rugby League World Club Challenge match? Well, you’ve come to the right place! On June 22nd in 1997 the Brisbane Broncos defeated the Halifax Blue Sox 76-0 at Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane in front of 11,358 spectators. Wendell Sailor and Darren Smith…
So you want to know who has scored the most tries in a Rugby League World Club Challenge game? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Ken Nagas scored scored 6 tries in the Canberra Raiders 70-6 win over the Halifax Blue Sox on the 8th of June in 1997 at Canberra Stadium. That is…
Fresh off coaching New Zealand to the Pacific Championship and a record breaking win over Australia, the New Zealand Rugby League gave an ultimatum to Kiwi’s coach Michael Maguire. He could coach New Zealand, or New South Wales, but not both teams. As a result Maguire chose to step down as New Zealand coach, leaving…
The Penrith Panthers have played 10 games against Super League clubs over the course of their history, winning 6 of those matches while only losing 4 games. All of the games that have seen Penrith take on a Super League opponent have occurred during World Club Challenge fixtures. It is interesting to note that the…
After the disaster of the 2022 Rugby League World Cup, which went on forever, was full of extremely lopsided results, lost a whole lot of money, and ended with a pretty predictable result (Australia won), the Rugby League World Cup needs to be condensed down into a competition that is actually exciting to watch. On…
The NRL has released the 2024 NRL pre-season draw, with one very notable absence paving the way for what is sure to be an upcoming announcement. The greatest Rugby League team of the modern era, three-peat Premiers the Penrith Panthers will not take part in the NRL pre season challenge. This likely means that they…
Do you remember when the World Club Challenge wasn’t just a pre-season trial match? I do….but more importantly, the famous Wigan Rugby League club remembers as well. In 1994 Wigan flew to Brisbane to take on the 1993 Grand Final winners in the Brisbane Broncos. They beat the Broncos that night 20-14. It was June…
In this episode we give you a rundown on the latest International Rugby League meeting in Singapore and what it managed to accolplish Spoiler Alert: NOTHING! Have a chat about the how the Panthers sit right now, the teams that are falling away as the regular season draws to an end, and we manage to…
There is a big, and dedicated supporters following of Rugby and is branches out around the world. You can find major tournaments on television and the Rugby League World Cup in 2021 broke records for being the biggest, best, and most inclusive tournament in rugby leagues history. In the UK every minute of the 2021…
As we gear up for State Of Origin one on Wednesday night I keep thinking about how lucky we are in Rugby League to have a series that gets so much attention, fills the biggest stadiums we can find, and one that always lives up to expectation. State Of Origin games have thrilled us, made…
The International Rugby League should be dissolved. That is the only conclusion you can come to after watching the absolute disaster that has been the fallout of the 2022 Rugby League World Cup. After the IRL spent years talking about the “World Cup legacy” it wanted to leave behind, International Rugby League now finds itself…
The Rugby League World Cup is one of the most exciting and fiercely contested events in international sport, with nations from all over the globe competing for the title of world champion. Through its various incarnations, the tournament has been won by a number of different nations, each bringing its own unique style of play…
The Rugby League World Cup 2021 was an incredible event that brought together fans from all over the world. From record numbers of digital views and live broadcasts to attendance figures and a strong social impact program, this year’s tournament was one for the books! Indeed, the tournament was an experience that will not soon be forgotten. Held…
Presented by Palmerbet In this episode of the Fergo and The Freak NRL podcast League Freak gives us a rundown of all the internatinal matches we will be seeing this weekend leading into State Of Origin two! The key players, the awsome matchups and the betting odds! He also talks about his passion for international…
The Australian and New Zealand Rugby League Commission pulled out of the tournament due to player safety concerns, pushing its start date by 12 months. The fact that it’s going to happen next year is still great news for rugby fanatics and on that note, a great opportunity for sports fans to visit puntersport.com to…
As you know if youre a reader of this website the 2021 Rugby League World Cup has been postponed until 2022. Here is the official press release announcing the decision. All of the names that give quotes here should be fired….. Rugby League World Cup 2021 organisers and UK Government announce that the trailblazing tournament…
The 2021 Rugby League World Cup has been postponed according to an exclusive by the Hull Daily Mail in a a move you could see coming from a mile away. Once the Australian Rugby League and New Zealand Rugby League decided go withdraw from the World Cup, it was always long odds that the competition…