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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...

Vanuatu Train on Squad

From Dane Campbell The Vanuatu Rugby League is pleased to announce the very first Vanuatu national rugby league side to play an international fixture against Greece on October 20th in Port Vila. The extended 24 man train-on squad has been selected after trials conducted in Port Vila over the past 6 months and players currently playing in overseas competitions such as the NRL and QLD Cup in Australia and New...

Thinking outside the Box: Smith

By Daniel Andruczyk Last week was a week of turmoil at the Sydney Roosters. Their coach, Brian Smith was given the boot after another dismal season by the Chooks. The players at the Roosters found out about the sacking through a text message and looks like former player Trent Robinson will come in as the new coach. Robinson is at Catalans and has done a great job there to get the team into the top 4 of the Super...

RUGBY LEAGUE ALITALIA EUROPEAN CUP DETAILS RELEASED

From Phil Caplan The fixture details have been confirmed for rugby league’s Alitalia European Cup which will be played this autumn. Scotland, Ireland and England Knights will face each other with the Scots playing in the nation’s capital for the first time thanks to funding from the City of Edinburgh. Rugby League European Federation General Manger Danny Kazandjian expects the Alitalia European Cup, which mirrors...

ITALIANS HEAD FOR RUSSIA – RUGBY LEAGUE EUROPEAN SHIELD

From Phil Capalan The final matches in the first part of the 2012/3 RLEF European Shield will take place this month, with Italy this weekend and Serbia on 22ndSeptember visiting Russia. First up, the Bears will face the Azzurri at the SK NARA Stadium in Naro-Fominsk, 70km south west of Moscow city (kick off 4pm local time). Current league leaders Italy made six changes to the side that defeated Germany last time...

Canada Wins the RLP Development Fund and Barba the Dally M

By Daniel Andruczyk The Dally M awards were given out this week. These are the NRL’s chance to reward the best players in the competition. This year Ben Barba swept the awards with 5 individual ones including the Dally M player of the year. The awards are as Follows: Dally M Player of the Year: Ben Barba (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) Provan-Summons Medal: Ben Barba (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) The...

Colonial Cup 2012 Teams Announced

By Daniel Andruczyk The teams for this years annual Colonial Cup series between the USA Tomahawks and Canada Wolverines have been announced. Also I have come across some interesting articles, history wise once again, via our good friend Steve Mascord. He posted an article written by Lyle Beaton on the French Domestic competition back in the 1950’s. Also things have got to the point in  PNG where the government have...

Jamaican Rugby League and RLEF

By Various Vauxhall and Duhaney Park into Rugby League Finals From Romeo Monteith The Jamaica Rugby League Association’s 2012 National Club Champion will be decided on September 8 when old foes Vauxhall and Duhaney Park Red Sharks face each other at Up Park at 4pm. The two clubs have emerged from a pack of eight who began the campaign for National supremacy on June 23. There were contrasting semi-finals on Saturday...
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