Canada vs. Jamaica – The Interviews, Part 3 Romeo Monteith

By Daniel Andruczyk Last weekends International between Canada and Jamaica saw the Wolverines create history and win their first ever international. After the match I was able to catch up with some of the players and support staff of the two team. In Part 3, I talk with Romeo Monteith, Jamaican Rugby League Coach about the match, with a pretty frank assessment of the team performance and looking towards the World...

NORTH AMERICAN RIVALRY

By Brian Lowe The busy North American summer of rugby league continues later this month with the opening game of an expanded Colonial Cup series in Philadelphia. The USA Tomahawks are set to host the Team Canada Wolverines on Saturday, August 27 in what is shaping up as the most competitive match between the rivals in years. The Canadians are still riding an emotional high after breaking through for their first ever...

Canada vs. Jamaica – The Interviews, Part 2 Jamaica

By Daniel Andruczyk Last weekends International between Canada and Jamaica saw the Wolverines create history and win their first ever international. After the match I was able to catch up with some of the players and support staff of the two team. In Part 2, Jamaica, where I talked with Roy Calvert, Omar Jones and Sandino Hastings from the Hurricanes. They talk about not only the match but also Jamaica’s build...

RLIS TV – Scandinavian 9s 2009 – Final Highlights

By Daniel Andruczyk May 30 saw the inaugural Scandinavian 9′s Rugby League Tournament played in Oslo, Norway. 8 teams from around Europe cam to play and the final featured the German U18′s come up against the London ANZACS who were a joint Australian and New Zealand team of players based in London. The Antipodeans went on to win but not after a bit of a scare from the German youth. Highlights of the...

Canada vs. Jamaica – The Interviews, Part 1 Canada

By Daniel Andruczyk Last weekends International between Canada and Jamaica saw the Wolverines create history and win their first ever international. After the match I was able to catch up with some of the players and support staff of the two team. First up, Canada, where I talked with Eric Perez, Corey Tukeli and Louis Robinson. They talk about not only the match but also the domestic set up in Canada. Rugby League...

A Good Move by the AMNRL

By Daniel Andruczyk This week some controversy has been stirred up by the AMNRL with the announcement of their venue for the World Cup Qualifiers in October. The controversy stems from the fact that the stadium is a baseball stadium rather than a traditional “Football” stadium. However this is a very smart move by the AMNRL in a few respects. Let me go through why I think this is a smart move by the AMNRL and...

RLWCQ VENUE ANNOUNCED IN USA

By RLIF & AMNRL The American National Rugby League has announced the main venue for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup Atlantic qualifier Three of the sport’s premier teams – Jamaica, South Africa and the United States – will compete in a week-long tournament with the winner earning the final spot in the 2013 World Cup tournament. The World Cup Qualifier will take place at Campbell’s Field...

HURRICANES ACADEMY GETS GOLD PARTNER

From Hurricanes RL media Following on from last weeks partnership announcement between the Hurricanes Academy and GC Foster College comes the announcement of Steven Birchall committing to the Hurricanes Academy as Gold Partner for the 2011/12 season. Birchall, a league administrator and international enthusiast who is based in Australia has been an influential supporter of the game in Jamaica since it’s inception...

Canada Get Historic First Win

By Daniel Andruczyk Canada 40 – 10 Jamaica Fletchers Fields in Northern Toronto saw the Canadians host the Jamaican Rugby League team for the first time on home soil. The last time these two teams met each other was in Jacksonville last year as part of the Atlantic Cup. There the Jamaicans had a 24 point win over the Wolverines 36-12. However it was to be a different story this time round. The Canadians have...

Canada Look to get One Back While Hungary to get its Next Game, IRFL Goes International

From Various This week quite a bit of news from several countries. The Canada v Jamaica clash is drawing closer and RLIS will be in Toronto to cover and report on the clash. Hungary are getting ready for their second match against a Serbian select from Belgrade and Italia RFL’s grand final goes international. CANADA NAME SQUAD FOR JAMAICA CLASH From Phil Caplan The Canada Wolverines have named a strong line up to...