News from Europe Part 1

From Various There is also lots of international news from over the last couple weeks that has been coming from Europe with the Czech’s Maltese forging ahead with their domestic seasons. College U19’s return to defend Dove Men+Care Trophy From Anthony Micallef, MRL Calderdale College U19’s arrived in Malta yesterday for a training camp that sees the Lee Greenwood coached outfit take on Gozo RL tomorrow evening in...

FIRST GREEK COACHES GET QUALIFIED

From Phil Capalan, RLEF Anastasios Pantazidis, Konstantinos Tzevelekos, Ioannis Mavros, Matthew Ashill and Iordanis Bilikaidis have become the first Greek coaches to gain their Level 1 qualification after completion of a two day course in Nikaia, North of Piraeus. It was organised following co-operation between the Greek rugby league committee and the Serbian Rugby League Federation. “I would like to thank the RLEF...

GHANA COMPLETES FIRST TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSE

From Phil Caplan, RLEF Ghana Rugby League Development Manager Sylvester Wellington has overseen the completion of a training course for potential rugby league leaders, held at the University of Ghana in Legon, Accra. It was delivered by a three-man RLEF technical delegation, coaching manager Martin Crick, Andy Gilvary and Danny McNeice over six days. “I was very happy to see lots of men and women turn up for the...

DETAILS OF 2013 RUGBY LEAGUE EUROPEAN BOWL ANNOUNCED

From Phil Caplan, RLEF The 2013 Rugby League European Bowl will feature the Czech Republic, Norway and Ukraine with the biggest ever prize attached for the victors. The winning nation will be promoted to the 2014-15 European Shield. Played annually since 2008, the Bowl reverts back to the triangular format used in 2009, when Ukraine won on their only appearance. They open proceedings on 6th July at home to Norway....

Decisions Down Under have Effect Internationally

By Daniel Andruczyk Finally the New Rugby League Commission in Australia have announced the new leader for the NRL. The person they have chosen is Its a decision that came out. David Smith is a Welsh Banker and has links closer to Rugby Union than League. This is on the heels of probably one of the biggest and most influential decisions to be made in rugby league, the banning of the shoulder charge. Though these...

RLEF Completes Phase 2 of its Coaching Strategy

From Phil Cpalan, RLEF The last of the RLEF’s five regions has completed Phase 2 of the federation’s technical strategy, with four Russian and four Ukrainian candidates undertaking the four-day course led by RLEF Coaching Manager, Martin Crick. The Russian rugby league (ARLK) hosted the course in Rostov-on-Don, at the Rostov State Transport University. Vladimir Kuschnerchuk, the head of the ARLK’s southern...

EDGARD TATURYAN TV INTERVIEW ON RUSSIA VS ITALY

Via Victor Sapozhnikov, Russian Rugby League Today an interview on Nara TV with Russian Rugby League President, Edgard Taturyan talking about the recent European Cup match between the Russians and Italy in Russia. There is an initial part discussing the game with RRL Vice President and local sponsor Alexey Morozov and also and interview with RLEF General Manager Danny Kazadjian. A further studio interview with...

RUSSIA HIT BACK TO LEAD RUGBY LEAGUE EUROPEAN SHIELD TABLE

From Phil Caplan RUSSIA 32 ITALY 18 – SK NARA Stadium in Naro-Fominsk A 26-point winning margin saw Russia displace Italy at the top of the congested 2012/3 Rugby League European Shield table, the Bears coming from behind with a strong second half show. They were superbly led by prop Sergey Knostantinov, the giant policeman prop dominating the midfield. “It was a great game, both sides played really well,” he...
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