THE final of the 2022 BC Nines was a nail-biting thriller, Point Grey Thunder edging out Whistler Wolves 26-24. It was in fact a day of tight contests at South Surrey Athletic Park as five men’s teams and two women’s battled it out at the start of the local season. Point Grey and Whistler started their campaigns against each other,…
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…
BRITISH Columbia Rugby League officials have announced the draw for tomorrow’s instalment of the long-running BC Nines, to be held at South Surrey Athletic Park. This year’s tournament, which will feature both men’s and women’s competition, is sponsored by White Rock Beach Beer Company and kicks off at 10am. The beer garden opens at 1pm. The finals are pencilled in…
THE focus of most people in British rugby league will be on Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London this Saturday – but a group of Welshmen will be rushing to get their showers over in time for kick-off in the Challenge Cup final. The South Wales Community Nines at Banwen Rugby Club in Neath – involving four men’s teams – start…
ONLY three members of Garen Casey’s Carolina Storm women’s team had ever played rugby league before – yet they scooped the pool at the first ever Naples Nines at the weekend. The Storm downed local favourites Jacksonville in the final after London Nines defending champions Roots Rugby finished third, meaning the Carolina girls have received an invitation to next year’s…
TOMORROW’s Nines tournaments in Dublin, Ireland and Naples, Florida, have announced their respective draws. On the back of a successful Women’s Super League Nines a fortnight ago, events on either side of the Atlantic will continue the ascent of rugby league’s abbreviated form. In both cases, the tournaments mark the beginning of the domestic 13-a-side seasons. In Ireland, teams from…
