Russia – A New Era in the East for Rugby League: Part 1

By Daniel Andruczyk Recently I have been in touch with the Russian Rugby League. They have been kind enough to give me some of the background on what’s been going on with Russia there and also what their hopes, goals and plans for the future are as well as offering to the world unique opportunities for investing in the RRL and Russia. Rugby League in Russia Last year in the European World Cup Qualifiers four...

Russia Seeks Sponsors and John Slade Joins the RRL Board

By Daniel Andruczyk Recently a lot of news has started to feed into twitter and Facebook from the Russian Rugby League. They are now seeking corporate sponsors and to help fund the new 9s team that they intend to send to several tournaments around Europe as well as the Canadian tour later this year. Also Estonian Rugby/Rugby Leagues head, John Slade has also been voted onto the Russian Rugby Leagues Board as their...

RLIS TV – Latvia vs. Estonia 2008 – European bowl Game 2 Highlights

By Daniel Andruczyk This week on Rugby League International Scores TV, highlights of game 2 from the 2008 European Bowl tournament. Played on an overcast raining Saturday in August in the suburbs of Riga. Estonia travelled for the return match seeking to get a win from the loss they suffered earlier in the year. However the Latvians, with virtually the same team from Tallinn were able to once again overcome John...

RLIS TV – Estonia vs. Latvia 2008 – European Bowl Game 1 Highlights

By Daniel Andruczyk This week on Rugby League International Scores TV, highlights of game 1 from the 2008 European Bowl tournament. This was played on a hot Saturday afternoon in one of Rugby Leagues frontier cities and countries, Tallinn in Estonia. Latvia who were another one of the developing countries in that region travelled for the match. Both teams had local players and despite Estonia’s two years of extra...

Controversy Reigns in the NRL

By Daniel Andruczyk This week saw some absolute howler referee decision in the NRL that has brought into question the standard of refs. Super league continues to draw the surprises, Lezignan powers on to the minor premiership in France and Lebanon has some surprise results as well. The Jamaican University Championships came to a close as well. National Rugby League As we have seen in previous years teams that do...

Why must we move?

By Daniel Andruczyk This week we saw that the NRL and AFL were in “negotiation” about which grounds need to be used for the Soccer World Cup if Australia were to win the hosting rights. Some news from Russia and Estonia on some competition and Jamaica and the USA have some news on their respective competitions. Also I answer a readers question from last week. State of Origin So this week there was the...

The Travellers and Food Lovers Guide to Rugby League – Tallinn

By Daniel Andruczyk The last several years I have had the fortunate opportunity to live and work overseas, namely in Germany. My passion for Rugby League found me travelling all over Europe to watch the greatest game and in one case even managed to participate in a tournament. So I have decided to write blogs on my experiences, the travel, food and cities I experienced and share some photos. This month I look at a...

Round Up and Worrying News From Estonia!

By Daniel Andruczyk This week saw an amazing time in Rugby League. Jamaica’s whipping boys in the Uni championships got one back on their rivals, the World Club Challenge was played. Lebanon announced a tournament with a surprise contender, Super league powered on and over 100,000 fans turned out for NRL trials. All this pales to nothing when I read an email that came to me. World Club Challenge Sunday sees the...

Estonia Struggles on

By John Slade This weeks Blog comes from John Slade the President and Coach Of Estonian Rugby. In Estonia Rugby Union and Rugby League all come under the one umbrella and work mutually together. Its a fairly new sport in general in Estonia and so the old rivalry does not exist. I have asked John to come on and write a little bit about Estonian Rugby League. Estonian Rugby League Estonia RL Started in a blaze of...
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