AMERICAN clubs Brooklyn Kings and Boston 13s will return to active duty in the Delaware Nines next weekend, it has been announced. They will join the host club, according to the Delaware Black Foxes, at the event to be held at Eden Park in Wilmington Delaware on Saturday June 25. A social media post by the Black Foxes said the…
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,…
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…
CATALANS Goddesses flew into the unknown and departed triumphantly as they stole the show at the Women’s Super League Nines yesterday. The French champions has played only very limitedly against foreign opposition in the past and didn’t know how they would fair in a tough group that included famous UK clubs Wigan, Hull and Wakefield. But the sister team of…
RUGBY Football League CEO Ralph Rimmer has hailed the Women’s Super League Nines this Sunday as … “perfect”. Twelve elite women’s teams will be joined by eight invited sides in the British game’s biggest foray into Nines in at least 13 years, since the demise of the York Nines. The NRL has held just one club nine-a-side championship for women….