SCOTLAND and Ireland have been left to qualify for the World Cup after their omission from the World Cup Nines – but some of their key players will still have to chose between that assignment and the Great Britain tour of the Pacific. Host nation Australia has named the 12 men’s and four women’s teams who will compete in the…
LONDON Nines and the 2021 Rugby League World Cup have announced a ground-breaking partnership. London Nines, to be held on August 25 at East London Rugby Club, and RLWC 2021 will announce a series of joint initiatives over the coming weeks and months. RLWC2021 chief executive Jon Dutton said: “It’s a pleasure to support the London Nines, the largest rugby…
IN what sporting history will judge as the beginning of a World Series Rugby League Nines circuit, rugby has won where politics faltered in a trade deal formed between the UK and US. (media release) The largest Rugby Nines festival in Europe, the award-winning London Nines (LDN9s) on August 25, has formally agreed a partnership with the USA-based Carolina Nines…
THIS year’s rugby league Nines World Circuit is wasting no time in getting underway, with the Cook Islands Nines starting at Rarotonga’s BCI Stadium today. Queensland Kukis, the sole overseas team, touched down in Rarotonga midweek to defend their title. Ngatangiia-Matavera are to field two teams in the two-day tournament. Other sides are Arorangi, Aitutaki, Tupapa, Avatiu, Titikaveka and Miyaki….
TEAMS appear likely to be chosen by invitation rather than qualification for the first Nines World Cup, which will have “hundreds of thousands” of Australian dollars in prize money. The tournament was officially confirmed for the new A$300 million Western Sydney Stadium at Parramatta during a media conference on Friday. The Nines World Cup will be played on Friday October…
SKOLARS top the table after the first leg of the Ghana Nines in Accra. The fledgling rugby league nation is playing the tournament over two weekends and Skolars are the form team, beating University Of Ghana 18-12 and Jamestown Pirates 30-0. The University is next on the four-team table, having beaten the Pirates 18-6 at the weekend. The other team…
THE fledgling Ghana Rugby League has announced a dual-weekend Nines tournament to kick off at the end of September. In a post on social media, the governing body announced Accra as the host city but gave few other details. “RLFG is delighted to announce the inaugural Accra 9s, which is set to take place over two weekends at the end…
AN international Nines tournament planned for Valencia next month has been unexpectedly cancelled. The Spanish Rugby League Nines were to be held at Nova Sports Resort in Valencia. Invitations had been extended to a number of teams and social media accounts were active. The plan had been to combine the event with a World Cup Qualifier at the same venue…
NORTH Luzon Hunters swept all before them on the first weekend of the Philippines Nines but they were stunned in the semi-finals as the tournament continued in Manila. The Hunters entered two sides in the domestic showpiece and the A-team lived up to its name on the first weekend of the event at McKinley Hill Stadium before beating the B…
INTERNATIONAL rugby league newcomers Turkey have taken out the first-ever Balkan Nines in Belgrade. The Turkish, who only took up the sport two years ago, survived a heart-stopping finale in which hosts Serbia missed a goal kick on the bell in regulation time that would have handed them victory. Turkey then won the final with a try 14-10 three minutes…
