PAPUA NEW Guinea star Tara Moxon scored two tries as Leeds became the RFL’s second-ever women’s Nines champions. Up-and-coming Wigan eliminated defending champions York in the semi-finals, leaving two of the British game’s most famous names to battle out the final at Salford City Stadium. The Warriors and Rhinos could not be separated during the group stages but the Rhinos…
WARRINGTON, St Helens, Leeds, York and Wigan have qualified for the RFL Women’s Nines finals – but the revival of rugby league in Wales was showcased at Victoria Park, too. Some of the biggest names in British women’s rugby league lived up to their reputations by as the Wolves, Saints, Rhinos, Valkyrie and Warriors topped their pools on a well-attended…
THE Rugby Football League Women’s Nines are on again at Warrington’s Victoria Park tomorrow after a magnificent event last year. Matches start at 10.30 and it’s all wrapped up by 4.30pm. There’s another mentor session, food concessions, music and plenty of new teams to illustrate how far the women’s game has come in the UK over the past 12 months….
THE final piece of the 2023 RFL Women’s Super League Nines puzzle has been provided with Oldham joining Group 1. A space was left vacant when the League announced the tournament on April 20, with a ‘TBA’ alongside Huddersfield, Warrington and Leamington in the group to play on pitch one on May 14. It’s the second time the event has…
JUST six days after the men’s and women’s World Cup finals at Old Trafford, the road to the next tournament in France passes through Jerico, Colombia this Friday November 25. The host nation will be joined by Chile and Brazil in a three-day round-robin at Estadio JB Londono which will decide who progresses in Americas World Cup qualifying for the…
A THREE-weekend US National Nines Championship featuring several previously unknown teams and carrying prize money will be held this year in Nevada. It’s understood California-based officials will announce today an “opening weekend” of Nines play in Winnemucca on October 1, followed by a Women’s National Championship and a men’s Western Championship – held together in the same city on October…
MATAKESI Rugby, self described as “a bunch of boys from Papamoa who like beer and footy”, swooped to take out the men’s open division at the London Nines. The touring Kiwi side monstered the United States’ Roots Rugby USA 18-4 in the final, played in sweltering conditions at London’s Chiswick Rugby Club. They had played in the Edinburgh Sevens, running…
