By STEVE MASCORD THERE are many small pleasures that only reveal themselves after following a sport or a team for at least a decade. One is seeing a promising rookie player in unfamiliar surroundings and living long enough to see him become his club’s captain. Saturday, January 17, 2009 was my 40th birthday and I spent it un the unusual…
Photo: Jake Humphreys, Mudgee Guardian THE Entrance Tigers have taken out an all-Central Coast final to be crowned Mudgee Nines champions after an undefeated run through the weekend. Tigers captain Matt Kilick lifted the trophy late on Sunday after his team survived to beat hosts Mudgee Dragons 1 8-6 in their pool match on Saturday. The Entrance won their other…
THE Rugby League Nines World Circuit moves to Mudgee, west of Sydney, Australia, this weekend with eight senior teams competing at the Glen Willow Stadium. Home side Mudgee Dragons have entered two teams with the rest of the draw – spread over two pools – made up of teams from across country New South Wales. Mudgee media has expressed excitement…
By STEVE MASCORD AS the gates swing open on a sprawling vineyard, the fine light peculiar to southern France illuminates a tree-lined, evocative private road leading to Remi Casty’s 200-year-old farmhouse. Actually, that’s horse crap. I met the Catalans Dragons captain in Huddersfield. But I thought it would make a nice intro to this story. I remember interviewing Casty, now…
By MICHAEL HILLIER HOST nation Australia is tonight celebrating a clean-sweep of the 2018 Commonwealth Championship held at Dolphin Stadium, Redcliffe. Australia beat a gallant Tonga 14-8 in a thrilling Men’s Under 23 final, its third Gold for the Championship following the success of the Women’s and Physical Disability teams. Australia claimed a hard-fought 14-8 win over Samoa in the…
By MICHAEL HILLIER HOST nation Australia is well placed to push for Gold medals in the Men’s Under 23, Women’s and Physical Disability competitions after a superb start to the 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship. Heavy rain fell throughout the opening day of the tournament at Redcliffe’s Dolphin Oval, but all three Australian teams were up to the task as…
England: 🗣 “we got what we deserved” 👊 pic.twitter.com/o2hIaL4qNw https://t.co/2PfUtZTD5B — Rugby League Nines (@RugbyLeague9s) February 23, 2018
WATCH all the action from the Commonwealth Championships at Dolphin Stadium, Redcliffe, LIVE here on rugbyleaguenines.com. Commonwealth Championship Nines Day 01 from Brian Kirwan on Vimeo.
WELCOME to what we hope will be the rebirth of rugby league Nines! My name’s Steve Mascord. I’ve been a rugby league journalist in Australia and Britain for more than 35 years. Like just about everyone who’s been around the game that long, we’ve seen some amazing triumphs, freakish players, gob smacking bravery … and plenty of missed opportunities. Before…
