RHONDDA OUTLAWS didn’t need to play a final to claim the South Wales Men’s Nines in Neath. The two two sides in the four-team tournament were supposed to meet in a final on Saturday but Aberavon Fighting Irish could not raise nine men due to a heavy injury toll. The reluctantly forfeited, handing the title to Rhondda. The Outlaws had…
FIJI’S National Rugby League has announced a Cup Nines event for club teams from Australia and New Zealand as well as from domestic competitions in November. The Fiji Cup Nines is set down for Lawaqa Park in Sigatoka from November 10 to 13 with prize money totalling FJ$50,000. Fiji National Rugby League chief executive Don Natabe indicted the governing body…
NAPLES, a city in the Gulf Of Mexico in Florida, will host a season-opening Nines tournament on May 14. The event is to be held at a new stadium, the 5000-capacity Paradise Coast Sports Complex, and will include open age men, open age women, under 19s and youth divisions. The hosts are USA Rugby League side Copperheads and they say…
Sun Herald, Sunday February 2 1997 By STEVE MASCORD RUPERT Murdoch’s Super League is two days old in Australia and so far keeping its promises. A big crowd rolled up to Stockland Stadium in Townsville yesterday for day two of the World Nines. And the new competition’s credo of slick presentation, streamlined rules and an international focus were given their…
