This weekend sees the Rugby League season in Australia kick off on earnest with trial matches starting as well as the annual Cabramatta/International 9s tournament kick off. This year sees a an absence of the crowd favourites Japan, who have opted to fly to Hawaii this year to take on the USA in Honolulu on the 9th of June. This announcement was made on twitter by David Niu yesterday and though talking with people with in the JRL would have preferred it be held off a bit longer till they get everything sorted out. New inclusions into the Rugby league fraternity at the 9s sees Vanuatu and the Philippines being involved and we see Nuie make a return as well as Portugal who have been dormant for about 18 months. the draw is as follows.
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D | Pool E | Pool F | Pool G |
| Balmain | Mounties | Cook Islands | The Entrance | Western Suburbs | Cabramatta 1 | Fiji Parkes |
| Brothers | Cabramatta | Portugal | Burwood | Liverpool 1 | Liverpool 2 | Nuie |
| Indigenous | Blacktown | Vanuatu | Auburn 2 | Kingsgrove | Auburn 1 | Philippines |
10.00 – A1 vs A2 – B1 vs B2
10.20 – C1 vs C2 – D1 vs D2
10.40 – E1 vs E2 – F1 vs F2
11.00 – G1 vs G2 – A3 vs A1
11.20 – B3 vs B1 – C3 vs C1
11.40 – D3 vs D1 – E3 vs E1
12.00 – F3 vs F1 – G3 vs G1
12.20 – A2 vs A3 – B2 vs B3
12.40 – C2 vs C3 – D2 vs D3
13.00 – E2 vs E3 – F2 vs F3
13.20 – G2 vs G3
13:40 – Exhibition Game 1 – Exhibition Game 2
14.10 – 18 vs 19 – 20 vs 21
14.30 – 09 vs 16 – 10 vs 15
14.50 – 11 vs 14 – 12 vs 13
15.10 – 01 vs 08 – 02 vs 07
15.30 – 03 vs 06 – 04 vs 05
16.00 – BOWL 1 17th Ranked team vs Loser 18v19 – BOWL 2 Winner 18v19 V Winner 20v21
16.20 – PLATE 1 Winner 09v16 vs Winner 12v13 – PLATE 2 Winner 10v15 vs Winner 11v14
16.40 – CUP 1 Winner 01v08 vs Winner 04v05 – CUP 2 Winner 02v07 vs Winner 03v06
17.00 – Exhibition Game 1 – Exhibition Game 2
17.30 – BOWL Winner Bowl 1 vs Winner Bowl 2
18.00 – PLATE Winner Plate 1 vs Winner Plate 2
18.30 – CUP Winner Cup 1 vs Winner Cup 2
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