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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Following the last round of matches, held at the University of Ghana Rugby Field, Bulls took the 2019 Championship, beating Skolars 40-30 to lift the title. Led by their skipper and man of the match Collins Ofosu, Bulls hung on in a terrific contest. “I have to commend the boys who showed a great commitment in training throughout the season,”…
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Leeds centre Harry Newman and Huddersfield forward Oliver Wilson, who were both members of the England Academy team who beat the Australian Schoolboys last autumn, are joined by London Broncos duo Jordan Abdull and Rob Butler in a revised Knights Performance Squad to prepare for this autumn’s historic international fixture against Jamaica at the Emerald Headingley Stadium. (Details of Jamaica…
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Den Haag Knights will be hoping to reverse history when they face defending champions Amsterdam Cobras in tomorrow’s Netherlands Grand Final, at the National Rugby Centre Stadium in Amsterdam (kick off 3pm). The Knights will be competing in their fifth consecutive grand final since the clubs inception in 2015 and last season lost out in the decider to the Cobras, 29-28, in…
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Malta will face Turkey for the first time and Italy this autumn, with both matches to be staged in Sydney. The Knights will come up against historic rivals Turkey at the New Era Stadium, Cabramatta on 26 October as part of the (Australian based heritage players) international weekend. Turkey head coach, Scott Hartas is hoping some big names will be…
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Raiders Rugby League Academy have won the Laureane Biville tournament, the first-ever women’s competition held in Cameroon, staged at the Stade de Mat Genie in the capital Yaoundé Four teams took part, Sahel – who made the final in their first-ever games – Rock and Gorila the others, on a day deemed a huge success by part-organiser, Cameroon RL head…
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England and Huddersfield Giants wing sensation Jermaine McGillvary steps up to answer questions from the Rugby League public. And it all kicks off with a leading question from a former team-mate… @keithmason106: Who did you look up to most when I was at the Giants, Jerry? There was a few. David Hodgson. I was new to the game. When I…
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After defeat to the Cook Islands in their 2021 Rugby League World Cup qualifier at the weekend, South Africa has confirmed that their next step in rebuilding their international presence is to compete in the 2020 MEA Championships. “SARLSA is excited and keen to be part of the MEA Championships next year,” commented SARLSA president, Dr. Frans Erasmus. “It will…
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A brace of tries from loose forward Erica Neri and ten points via playmaker Rosaluna Gavagna, from a touchdown and three converstions, saw Italy’s women register their first home win, 26-0, against debutants Serbia, at Bella Italia EFA Village, Lignano Sabbiadoro. “I was very happy with our performance,“ said FIRL vice president, Tiziano Franchini. “In our last training sessions we…
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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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