From Phil Caplan, RLEF Media Italy, under coach Paul Broadbent, have named a 39-man train-on squad for their opening game in European Championship B against Ukraine, on 5th July in Gemona. It is the first time that rugby league has been taken to the area and FIRL are hoping to put on a good show for the locals in the region. The squad, principally made up of domestic-based players, includes full back Fabrizio...
From Phil Capalan, RLEF Media The RLEF has introduced European Championship branding to its three-tiers of official competition, aligning the organisation with the majority of European sports. The European Cup will now be known as the European Championship, while the Shield and Bowl are replaced by European Championship B and European Championship C. The latter two competitions are already linked and the RLEF is...
From Phil Caplan, RLEF media Italian Rugby League President, Orazio D’Arro, has paid fulsome tribute to the work done by head coach Carlo Napolitano who has stood down from the national role after leading the Azzurri in their inaugural, successful 2013 Rugby League World Cup campaign. “Rarely in life do you meet people of the calibre of Carlo Napolitano,” said D’Arro. “From 2008 he has dedicated a large portion of...
From Joel Morgan, FIRFL media Federleague, the President David Massitti: “For us it has been a splendid 2013”. We have run out of 2013, a very important year for the Federazione Italiana Rugby Football League (FIRFL). To confirm it is the chief director of the FIRFL David Massitti which, like always at the end of the year, tracks the balance of what the previous 365 days represented for the Federleague. “Our...
By Daniel Andruczyk For Coverage and Updates of the 2013 Rugby league World Cup you can follow on the following links: Rugby League World Cup http://www.rlwc2013.com/ Daniel Andruczyk’s email:...
By Daniel Andruczyk It’s now seasons end with domestic Rugby League and usually the die-hard League fan licks their lips for the up coming international season. In the past its been the various tours and more recent;ly the 3 and 4 nations tournaments. We were always wanting to see if anyone would stop Australia’s 30 year stranglehold on the international sport, it was finally broken by the Kiwis and now we...
From Joel Morgan, FIRFL media FIRFL Statement, President Massitti The Federazione Italiana Rugby Football League is convinced our rugby league movement is growing visibly, David Massitti says “Last season we have got a lot of important numbers – says the federal chief executive – and I personally found the finals thrilling, which was played between Gladiators Roma and Falchi Pian Del Bruscolo...
From Phil Caplan, RLEF Media ITALY 32 SERBIA 20 – Este, Veneto A man of the match performance from Richard Lepori, who’s try on the hour secured victory, saw the Azzurri claim second spot in the final European Shield table, in a captivating clash. The Oldham winger paid his own way over to don the Italian shirt in an effort to make it into their World Cup squad and was happy to get the job done. “I really enjoyed...
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