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Draw announced for BC Nines

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…

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“The game of rugby league is really insane to watch!” – American TV discovers Nines

"THE game of rugby league is really insane to watch; if you've never seen it in real life, this is a really great opportunity." Copperheards RLFC in Florida did some great publicity work for their Nines tournament last weekend when the local ABC affiliate came out to training for a crash course on tactical kicking last week. And their reporter,...
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Pools announced for Dublin Nines this Saturday

RUGBY League Ireland chairman Jim Reynolds has announced the pools for the Dublin Nines, to be held on Saturday. The Nines, this year being held at Terenure Rugby Club, are the traditional opening of the Irish season. This year there will be six teams in the men's division and two in the women's. The men's division is divided into two...
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Dublin Nines to open Irish season on May 14

A Nines tournament in Dublin will open the Irish rugby league season the weekend after this. All domestic teams are expected to take part in the the May 14 tournament, which was to take place at Coolamine but has been moved to Terenure. "It's a 'kick off the season' event amongst the clubs to start things off with a bit...
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Catalans of Nines tales

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…

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Rimmer hails Women’s Super League Nines as “perfect”

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….

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