Yin and Yang

By Daniel Andruczyk In a week when Rugby League should be celebrating with two superb Grand Finals in Australia and England, news comes of controversy surrounding the round 24 betting scandal and teams going into administration. But aside from that there still was much Rugby League played around the world. From Australia to Serbia Domestic season continue. Australia The domestic Rugby League season came to...

This weekend the greatest show on Earth

By Daniel Andruczyk This weekend Rugby Leagues pinnacle in the domestic game comes to a close for another year. It comes to a close, but it will go out with such a bang that it makes the “spectacle” of State of Origin look like a high school production. Yes its that time of year again… Challenge Cup Final. So I thought I would share some of my memories and thoughts from when I went to the final in 2008 and some of...

RLIF Has Some Revolution in the Air?

By Daniel Andruczyk This week the RLIF announced some interesting changes while the European Shield and Bowl matches finally had their dates established. The Russian domestic season kicked off and and round 4 in the Maltese season was played. The Irish season is also in full swing. Canada announce some exciting news as well. RLIF meeting The RLIF met last week and have made some big decisions in terms of the...

The Russian Bear Rises.

By Daniel Andruczyk Todays blog is an article I wrote for Rugby League Review April edition. Recently there have been many stories about what has been going on in Russia. I have been able to talk to Rasul Sharipov who leads the defence teams in Russia as well as I spoke to Tas Baitieri, the development for the Rugby league International Federation. The history of Russian Rugby League is a long and complicated one,...

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 announcement...

All Salute The Greatest Game

By Daniel Andruczyk Wow! How was that for a weekend of Rugby League! The NRL is back in full swing while the ESL keeps throwing up some amazing games at us. France is quickly reaching it double climax with the LER and LDC coming close to their conclusions. Lebanon has reached its half way point and Jamaica’s Uni Championships have their finalists decided. Some more news from the USA and Russia as well. National...

Japan Rugby League: The Interview

By Daniel Andruczyk At the international 9s Rugby League International Scores’ own Daniel Andruczyk was able to get a few words with the leaders of Japanese Rugby League about their campaign and the state of the game in Japan. Elsewhere the next international test at the U18s level was played and results from Lebanon, the Challenge Cup, the Northern Rail Cup and the rumour mill is back. Japan Rugby League Interview...