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Sometimes even a player like Sonny Bill Williams gets it terribly wrong! Sonny Bill Williams is normally a man that can do no wrong but in New Zealands 42-24 win over Samoa in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup SBW had his very own LOL moment! After breaking the Samoan line and looking like he…
France has defeated Papua New Guinea 9-8 in a close match that PNG will feel they should have won. The French opened the scoring after getting good field position off the back of a penalty. The field position allowed them to catch PNG off guard a little as they scored the first try of the…
Italy has won its first ever game in a World Cup with an impressive 32-16 victory over Wales in Cardiff. Italy looked really sharp and played very well considering the ground was a mess by the time both teams walked out onto the field. Anthony Laffranchi played great up front, Josh Mantellato was always dangerous…
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…
Hello, My name is The Glorious League Freak and I am about to take you on a magical mystery tour of international Rugby Leagues biggest tournament, the Rugby League World Cup. During the World Cup you will get to see many players you know and love, also Paul Gallen, playing for the nation of their…
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…
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…
Claiming to be the best Rugby League playing nation in the world means very little if you don’t hold the World Cup in your possession. Australia heads into the 2013 Rugby League World Cup looking to win back a trophy they held for decades. The once dominant Kangaroo’s now have an unfortunate reputation for dominating…
World Champions New Zealand have defeated the Cook Islands 50-0 in a World Cup warm up match overnight. New Zealand looked very sharp early on and really dominated the Cook Islands, who were probably not as bad as the scoreline suggests. Issac Luke was a stand out for New Zealand who gave a glimpse of…
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the South African Rugby Leagues fight to be recognised as a sport independent of Rugby Union could be over within weeks should the countries 2017 World Cup bid open the right doors to the right people. Rugby League in South Africa has been fighting a ridiculous battle recently…
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…
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…
New Zealand’s 2008 Rugby League World Cup triumph was an incredible moment for Rugby League. I was lucky enough to be at that match and I have to say it was a pleasure to witness Rugby League history in the making. The 2008 New Zealand team cemented a place in the games history books and…
The 2013 Rugby League World Cup will see 14 teams battle it out for the right to claim the title of World Champions. With New Zealand the current World Cup holders and Australia looking to claim back the title, we should be in for an interesting tournament. To kick off coverage of the 2013 Rugby…
The 2013 Rugby League World Cup kicks off in a few weeks time and it should be a fantastic tournament that brings people together from many different parts of the world. It should be a moment in which Rugby League celebrates the real work that has been put in to get Rugby League established in…
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…
The ARL has announced the Prime Minister’s XIII against Papua New Guinea at Kalabond Oval in Kokopo on Sunday, September 29: Australian Prime Ministers XIII 1. Jarryd Hayne 2. Brett Morris 3. Brent Tate 4. Josh Morris 5. Kevin Gordon 6. Greg Bird 7. Aidan Sezer 8. Ryan James 9. Robbie Farah 10. James Tamou…
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…
Former Australian test lock Bradley Clyde has made the extraordinary claim that he was anally penetrated by the fingers of Great Britain player Garry Schofield in a test match in 1992. Clyde made the claims this week in the wake of Sam Burgess now famous squirrel grip on Will Chambers. These claims will no doubt…
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…
You’ve got to wonder about Rugby League administrators sometimes…. Rugby League International Federation secretary Andrew Hill has suggest that in an effort to provide the best World Cup possible, the RLIF would be willing to allow the likes of Sonny Bill Williams and Benji Marshall to play in the World Cup even if that meant…
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…
Newcastle Knights winger James McManus will play just his second State Of Origin match next Wednesday night in a move that sees the in form winger make a decision I completely understand. McManus, who was born in Scotland, has turned his back on a walk up start in the World Cup for his nation of…
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…
Channel Seven has sensationally won the rights to broadcast the 2013 Rugby League World Cup, beating out current Free To Air broadcaster Channel Nine. The 2013 Rugby League World Cup, which will be held in Great Britain, is a huge pick up for the Seven Network and breaks the stranglehold that Channel Nine has had…
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…