England Jump on the Bandwagon

By Daniel Andruczyk Last week England jumped on the Pacific Nation stealing band wagon. Willie Manu made himself available for England and he was embraced with open arms. But when you read the various articles on this you see a disturbing trend and attitude towards the English Jersey. Of course its not the first time England has done this, in fact from the home nations there have been other players that defected, or...

The 12 Year Master Plan

By Daniel Andruczyk The latest blog comes on the back of a discussion I had with a avid rugby league fan in New Zealand. Its also a re-vamp of last years series of blogs on the 4 ways to fix International Rugby League. Originally I did this back in 2007 before the World Cup where there was a 10 year plan, it was in answer to what Richard Lewis and the “RLIF” had announced at the time with the lead up to the 2013...

The Simulation – Rugby Leagues International Tournaments – Year 4.

By Daniel Andruczyk So far the first three years have had teams compete in regional championships like the European Cup.  The logical progression from these is that the winners then get to play in some higher cross regional tournaments, one being the RLIF Cup where its the natural progression from the current Four Nations, that is its been expanded to a six nations tournament. Today’s blog looks at the last year...

The Simulation – Rugby Leagues International Tournaments – Year 3.

By Daniel Andruczyk In the last blog the Regional championships were finalised and the winners went through to the next round of tournaments. Also the world cup qualifying rounds had begun. This blog I look at the 6 and 4 nations tournaments that the nations have qualified for. RLIF Cup (6 Nations) The RLIF Cup in a natural expansion of the current 4 Nations. But here rather than having set teams in the tournaments...

The Simulation – Rugby Leagues International Tournaments – Year 2.

By Daniel Andruczyk Last blog I started a simulation that is based on the 4 ways to fix international rugby league. I covered the qualifiers for regional tournaments in Year 1 and now in year 2 of the four year cycle we look at the Finals of these regional championships. At the same time, teams that did not make it to the regional championships they embark on their world cup qualifying. Pacific Nations Cup From the...