Frustration in Europe Builds

By Daniel Andruczyk Now I am not one to be  negative about Rugby League, but sometimes its a sport that can frustrate the hell out of you. This week I have been hammered with emails expressing the frustrations of nations that nothing has been announced in Europe. It seems that with Kevin Rudd’s leaving the RLEF seems to be a ship without a rudder. No news on his replacement, no news on this years tournaments and...

The World Game

By Daniel Andruczyk So as the international season is drawing to a close, lets just have a reminder of just where we saw international matches played this year. All around the world there were some top line matches from the Pacific to the Atlantic. From northern Europe to South Africa. Europe With 5 major tournaments and friendlies this year we saw a total of 22 nations take part in internationals: England, France,...

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...