It’s that Time of Year Again.

By Daniel Andruczyk Its coming close to Christmas and this usually means that the Rugby League calendar reaches its point of least activity. Everyone, even the French Elite 1 is on a short holiday. But from new year we start to see things pick up again as teams start to prepare for the NRL and ESL seasons. There is a bit of news from the USA and also from Poland coming out. Plus I will be traveling to Australia for...

Russian Rugby League Makes New Friends in Hawaii

From Keith Whitelock, Overseas Marketing manager, RRL I’m not going to lie, the main reason I flew 10 hours to the beautiful islands of Hawaii was for a much needed holiday, but that didn’t stop me from learning a bit from Sean the man behind the burgeoning success of our great game in Hawaii. If I was impressed by the progress made in just one year by the Hawaiian Rugby League, I left even more...

South Africa Plays on

By Daniel Andruczyk A lot has been happening over the weekend and fortunately or unfortunately (depending on how you see it) is revolves around International Rugby League. I see it as fortunate as it keeps the games international growth in the eye of the fans and media, however there are still some very interesting attitudes about International rugby League out there. But some news, where this thread started first...

Disasters and Rugby League

By Daniel Andruczyk As all of you know, Tropical Storm Sandy hit the east coast if the United States last week. Many people have been effected by the storm predominantly along the shore line in New Jersey and Long Island New York. Fortunately myself, my house in Princeton was left with only cosmetic damage and I myself was in Rhode Island where the storm was not so ban and was able to ride it out. But there are...

Big Weekend of Internationals

By Various A big weekend of internationals has just passed us. The Colonial Cup ,as well as the European Shield have been completed. The Aussies had a scare in Port Moresby where the Kumuls almost beat them. The Tomahawks took out the 2012 Colonial Cup and Russia have taken a very commanding lead in the European Shield. Also a list of up coming international fixtures over the next couple months. Colonial Cup 2012...

Opportunities Missed

By Daniel Andruczyk USA Tomahawks 36 – 14 Canada Wolverines The United States for a third year in a row have won the Colonial Cup. The win now takes the USA to a 75% win-loss record for the year and maintains their dominance over the Canadians. The first game in Toronto saw the Americans also Win 28-24 and this win gave them the 2-0 lead to take the cup. The match was a case of opportunities lost for the...

Colonial Cup Interviews

By Daniel Andruczyk Hot on the heals of the Colonial Cup win by the USA on Saturday, I was able to catch up for a few words with Jamie Lester from Canada and also the USA coach Marcus Vassilakopoulos. So First up I was talked to Canada’s Captain and Player/Coach Jamie Lester: Rugby League International Scores: Jamie that was a really tough match! Jamie Lester: Yeah, they got the jump on us, we didn’t come out...

USA Takes Colonial Cup Opener in a Thriller

By Daniel Andruczyk Canada Wolverines 24 – 28 USA Tomahawks The opening game of the 2012 Colonial Cup was an absolute thriller. Rain all day had threatened to make the game messy. The rain cleared up but the ground was wet and the ball was slippery. It showed in the opening half of the game. Now I have seen a few games in my time, in many countries and at many levels, this one was right up there as one of the best...