By GEOFF STEVENSON ORGANISERS have allocated teams to their respective pools for October’s World Cup Nines this week with potential grudge matches across the draw. Hosts the NRL have actively pooled teams with a shared history in the code, guaranteeing some tense clashes during the tournament Pacific pride will be on the line in Pool C with the Cook Island,…
SAMOA’s Anthony Milford has admitted he will try to tempt New Zealand captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck to join the island nation’s line-up for the World Cup Nines in October. Speaking as the pools for the tournament, to be held at Sydney’s Bankwest Stadium on October 18 and 19, were announced, Milford made reference to the impact of the two-tier international eligibility…
By GEOFF STEVENSON FIJI have claimed both Rugby League Nines gold medals at Apia Park on day two of the Pacific Games event, winning the women’s and men’s finals. After going down to Papua New Guinea in yesterday’s pool game, the less-fancied Fijians upset the Kumuls, 14-0 in the final. The Fijians, after leaking an average of 10 points a…
By GEOFF STEVENSON PNG have lived up to their favourites tag in the opening day the 2019 Pacific Games Nines Rugby League event, winning all three of their pool matches. The Kumuls defeated Tonga, Fiji and Samoa on day one, qualifying to take on Tonga in tomorrow’s semi-final. Pool A provided close competition for the other semi-final places with Fiji…
By STEVE MASCORD A CONTESTANT from reality TV show The Rookie finally gets the chance to don the stars and stripes after being named in the United States Hawks side for the inaugural Americas Nines on May 18. Kevin Reed jnr, 28, spent six years learning the game in Australia, appearing on the Channel Nine show and most recently playing…
ENGLAND has named its coaches for the World Cup Nines in Sydney on October 18 and 19. As expected, Wayne Bennett will continue in the role for the abbreviated version of the sport while the women’s coach is also the current 13-a-side mentor, Craig Richards. Bennett, 69, is the most successful coach in the history of Australian rugby league with…
A promotional video for the World Cup Nines at Sydney’s Bankwest Stadium on October 18 and 19 has been released. The video was posted today (April 24) on the Rugby League International Federation’s YouTube page. Watch below.
SCOTLAND and Ireland have been left to qualify for the World Cup after their omission from the World Cup Nines – but some of their key players will still have to chose between that assignment and the Great Britain tour of the Pacific. Host nation Australia has named the 12 men’s and four women’s teams who will compete in the…
LONDON Nines and the 2021 Rugby League World Cup have announced a ground-breaking partnership. London Nines, to be held on August 25 at East London Rugby Club, and RLWC 2021 will announce a series of joint initiatives over the coming weeks and months. RLWC2021 chief executive Jon Dutton said: “It’s a pleasure to support the London Nines, the largest rugby…
IN what sporting history will judge as the beginning of a World Series Rugby League Nines circuit, rugby has won where politics faltered in a trade deal formed between the UK and US. (media release) The largest Rugby Nines festival in Europe, the award-winning London Nines (LDN9s) on August 25, has formally agreed a partnership with the USA-based Carolina Nines…
