4 Ways to Fix International Rugby League – Part 4

By Daniel Andruczyk Today Tours are discussed and how they fit into the grand scheme of things with the four year cycle and finally a summary of the last week of blogs. Tours Now I will say this once more, I personally feel that the Traditional tours should be done away with. If we are serious about getting international rugby league running that is… but this is for another blog. However there are many, many...

4 Ways to Fix International Rugby League – Part 3

By Daniel Andruczyk In the last two blogs I have looked at three  out of four points on how to improve the international game. One is to unify the rules, second is to clean up the player eligibility rules, third to professionalise the RLIF. Today I continue outlining my fourth point, my solution to fixing the international schedule. I look in detail of how the regional and pan global tournaments would...

4 Ways to Fix International Rugby League – Part 2

By Daniel Andruczyk Today I continue my thoughts on how to fix the sport internationally. Yesterday I talked about the player eligibility and also rule unification. Today I talk about the structure of the governing body and also begin to discuss a meaningful international structure. 3. Professionalise the RLIF and structure the sport. Believe it or not, the RLIF is not a professional organisation and does not even...

4 Ways to Fix International Rugby League – Part 1

By Daniel Andruczyk First things first. Sunday saw Wales play their first game in the rugbyleague.com European Nations Cup. They Were able to overcome a spirited Serbian team 88-8 at Smederevo’s famed fortress Stadium. The win put them into second place just behind Ireland who they take on in next weeks clash at Pontypridd. __________________________________________________ 2008 saw the pinnacle of Rugby League...

What a weekend!

By Daniel Andruczyk Three major international rugby league tournaments continued or began this weekend: The Gillette 4 Nations, the rugbyleague.com European Nations Cup and the SP Brewery Pacific Nations Cup. Altogether 12 of the worlds top nations have been involved in fixtures this weekend. The weekends fixtures kicked off with the Gillette 4 Nations. It was a weekend of Local Derby’s in this tournament where...