The Cameroon rugby league players have just returned home after one of the most courageous and arduous journeys of any international sporting side in recent times. In a bid to keep travel costs to Nigeria to a minimum, they travelled to the recent MEA Championship by bus – an eight day return coach trip which involved attempted robbery, guns being…
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England’s Wheelchair team responded to a pre-match pep talk by former Great Britain star Andy Platt by posting a 64-12 victory over North Queensland in the first game of their Australian tour. The side take on Queensland tomorrow (Friday 18 October), at Brisbane, before facing Australia in Test matches at Sydney and Wollongong next Monday and Wednesday. The tour closes…
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Sam Tomkins will be England’s most experienced player when they step out in the inaugural Downer World Cup 9s this weekend. The Catalans fullback featured in the Auckland 9s twice while at New Zealand Warriors, with only Tom Burgess, Jermaine McGillvary and late call-up Blake Austin also having played in the format. Tomkins says it brings its own unique challenges…
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World Cup Nines Men’s Australia Josh Addo-Carr (Melbourne Storm) Jai Arrow (Gold Coast Titans) AJ Brimson (Gold Coast Titans) Nathan Brown (Parramatta Eels) Daly Cherry-Evans (Manly Sea Eagles) Kyle Feldt (North Queensland Cowboys) David Fifita (Brisbane Broncos) Tyson Frizell (St George Illawarra Dragons) Reuben Garrick (Manly Sea Eagles) Campbell Graham (South Sydney Rabbitohs) Wade Graham (Cronulla Sharks) Clint Gutherson (Parramatta…
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Four players from the 2019 Betfred Super League champions St Helens have been included in the full 24-man squad that is announced today for Great Britain’s first appearances on the international Rugby League stage since 2007. Lachlan Coote, Jonny Lomax, Luke Thompson and Alex Walmsley have been rewarded for their contribution to Saints’ first title-winning season since 2014 – and…
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Sean O’Loughlin will not feature in the Great Britain tour. The Wigan and England captain, one of only a handful of players in the preliminary squad to have previously played for Great Britain, will not feature after discussions with Great Britain coaching and management staff. Kevin Sinfield, the Rugby Football League’s Director of Rugby, said: “Lockers has made an outstanding…
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Australia Prime Minister’s XIII proved too strong for Fiji Prime Minister’s XII running out 52-10 winners with eleven tries. The Australians took control of the game with three tries in the opening ten minutes through Kyle Feldt, Payne Haas and Campbell Graham before Fiji struck back through Ropate Tobe’s try in the right corner. But a double for Clint Gutherson…
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Great Britain will play Tonga in this year’s Lions tour after the RLIF confirmed a Tonga Invitational XIII will compete against Australia and the Lions. The RLIF suspended the Tonga governing body last month following a dispute with players and head coach, soon to be St Helens coach Kristian Woolf. However, Woolf will take chage of the side that features…
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Blake Austin will play for England in the World Cup 9s next week. The Warrington halfback has replaced Wolves team-mate Jack Hughes in the squad after the back-rower pulled out with a hamstring injury. The Australian enjoyed a fine maiden season in Super League and was nominated for the Man of Steel. He is available for England after proving his…
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He’s represented France on 16 occasions.. but Eloi Pelissier is set to become a Spanish international in the coming weeks. Pelissier has been named in Spain’s train-on squad for the forthcoming final European qualifiers for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. They are in pool A with Ireland and Italy, the top two nations going through. The bulk of the…
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