A LIVE streaming channel for Rugby League Nines has been established on international sports broadcast platform OVOPlay to take this weekend’s World Cup Nines and subsequent tournaments to the globe. As 12 men’s and four women’s teams prepare to compete in the Downer-sponsored tournament at Sydney’s Bankwest Stadium this Friday and Saturday, Australian sports broadcasting and telco company OVO has…
By ROBERT BURGIN DESPITE the absence of eligible NRL talents Marcelo Montoya and Daniel Vasquez, Chile will still start favourite at the 2019 GYG Latino Rugby League Nines next Saturday. Continuing to prove that Latinos are not solely restricted to football of the round-ball variety, six South and Central American nations will go head-to-head on Saturday, September 7 at Hillier…
THE coach of a team of African-Australian immigrants which won a rugby league Nines tournament in London on Sunday has called on the South Sudanese community of Melbourne to embrace the movement, known as Africa United. The African Lions team, featuring nine players who had flown in from Australia complemented by members of the local London African community, beat another…
By GEOFF STEVENSON ORGANISERS have allocated teams to their respective pools for October’s World Cup Nines this week with potential grudge matches across the draw. Hosts the NRL have actively pooled teams with a shared history in the code, guaranteeing some tense clashes during the tournament Pacific pride will be on the line in Pool C with the Cook Island,…
SAMOA’s Anthony Milford has admitted he will try to tempt New Zealand captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck to join the island nation’s line-up for the World Cup Nines in October. Speaking as the pools for the tournament, to be held at Sydney’s Bankwest Stadium on October 18 and 19, were announced, Milford made reference to the impact of the two-tier international eligibility…
By GEOFF STEVENSON FIJI have claimed both Rugby League Nines gold medals at Apia Park on day two of the Pacific Games event, winning the women’s and men’s finals. After going down to Papua New Guinea in yesterday’s pool game, the less-fancied Fijians upset the Kumuls, 14-0 in the final. The Fijians, after leaking an average of 10 points a…
By GEOFF STEVENSON PNG have lived up to their favourites tag in the opening day the 2019 Pacific Games Nines Rugby League event, winning all three of their pool matches. The Kumuls defeated Tonga, Fiji and Samoa on day one, qualifying to take on Tonga in tomorrow’s semi-final. Pool A provided close competition for the other semi-final places with Fiji…
By STEVE MASCORD A CONTESTANT from reality TV show The Rookie finally gets the chance to don the stars and stripes after being named in the United States Hawks side for the inaugural Americas Nines on May 18. Kevin Reed jnr, 28, spent six years learning the game in Australia, appearing on the Channel Nine show and most recently playing…
ENGLAND has named its coaches for the World Cup Nines in Sydney on October 18 and 19. As expected, Wayne Bennett will continue in the role for the abbreviated version of the sport while the women’s coach is also the current 13-a-side mentor, Craig Richards. Bennett, 69, is the most successful coach in the history of Australian rugby league with…
A promotional video for the World Cup Nines at Sydney’s Bankwest Stadium on October 18 and 19 has been released. The video was posted today (April 24) on the Rugby League International Federation’s YouTube page. Watch below.
