On this week’s Total Rugby League Show, we’ve got plenty of domestic and international Rugby League discussion, Super League match previews, as well as a look at Championship and League 1. Host Ben Hughes is joined by Rugby League World Editor Matthew Shaw, and by League Express NRL reporter Alex Davis. We’re also joined by Jamaica Head Coach Jermaine Coleman,…
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Two tries from Duhaney Park Red Sharks back rower, Ryan Grant set Jamaica on the road to a 26-24 victory over the USA, in the nation’s first meeting on Caribbean soil, at the Mona Bowl, University of West Indies, Kingston. The Reggae Warriors held on after a late comeback from the Hawks, who led 18-14 at the interval. The win…
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Jamaica has named nine debutants and USA seven, in their squads for Saturday’s historic meeting at the Mona Bowl, University of West Indies, Kingston – part of the sport’s international weekend. The match-up between the 14th and 15th world ranked nations (kick off 3.30pm local time) will be the first between them played on Caribbean soil. In their previous full…
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Newcomers, West Kingston Hyenas, are the seventh club to join the JRLA National Championship, the fifteenth season of which kicked off this week. The Hyenas went down 34-4 to GC Foster in the opening game, for whom international player Antonio ‘the destoyer’ Baker notched four tries. Ryan Hilton had the honour of scoring the debutants first points. In the feature…
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Having lost their previous two Grand Finals appearances, the team from Mountain View made amends this year, in a match that was dubbed one of the best ever seen at this level in Jamaica. Excelsior’s main strike threat was Akeem Murray, whose sniping runs and passes from dummy half earned him MVP honours. Winning coach Roy Calvert said: “The boys…
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History will be made on 22 June when Jamaica play their first-ever home international against the USA, at the Mona Bowl Field in Kingston (kick off 3.30pm), in an escalation of one of international rugby league’s burgeoning rivalries. In their previous meeting in Florida last November, the Reggae Warriors won 16-10 to claim a place in the 2021 World Cup,…
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Cedar Grove Academy Tally-Hawks (pictured) defeated Ascot High 8-4 in the first full girls’ game held in Jamaica. The high school sides met in a 9s clash, with previous activity for girls having been a tag tournament. Ascot’s fleet-footed Krystal Hall wrote her name in the record books with the first try, levelled by Deandra Edwards, and it was the…
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Jamaica made history with their first-ever win over USA, 16-10, bringing them the 2018 Americas Championship and automatic qualification for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England, the eleventh nation to book their place. The Reggae Warriors’ heroic, stoic, goal line defence – particularly in a scoreless second half – saw them become the inaugural Caribbean nation to make…
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USA and Jamaica have both named the 19-man squad for their showdown at Hodges Stadium, University of North Florida, Jacksonville tomorrow (Saturday, kick off time 4pm local). The outcome will decide the eleventh nation to qualify for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England. The hosts, USA are unchanged after defeating Chile 62-0, on Tuesday, and Hawks’ head coach…
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USA, having beaten Chile last weekend (64 – 0) and Jamaica, who beat Canada (38 – 8), will meet tomorrow (Saturday 17th) to decide the eleventh qualifying nation for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in England. The match will be played at the Hodges Stadium, University of North Florida, Jacksonville on Saturday, kicking off at 4pm local time. Below…
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