Sydney Roosters star ‘expresses desire’ to play for England

ENGLAND coach Shaun Wane says that Sydney Roosters centre Billy Smith wants to represent the country. The Sydney-born 25-year-old centre has scored 16 tries in…

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Full Pacific Championships schedule revealed

THIS year’s Pacific Cup finals will be held at Parramatta’s CommBank Stadium on Sunday, November 9. The full schedule for this year’s Pacific Championships has…

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Tonga rise as top nations retain places in world rankings

TONGA have returned to the top four of the men’s international world rankings following their run to the Pacific Cup Final. After beating New Zealand…

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‘The future is promising’: Why Samoa left England happy despite series defeat

Samoa failed to register a victory in their first-ever tour to the UK but the Pacific nation remains positive as it builds and grows towards…

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Final Whistle: South Pacific offers hope for international rugby league

SOUTH PACIFIC was the title of one of the great theatrical and movie musicals written by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Some years ago I spent some…

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Gardiner on Samoa’s Siva Tau: ‘That’s passion’

Samoa coach Ben Gardiner has described the controversial coming together of his team and England during the Siva Tau as “passion” and “spectacular” after several…

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League Express Podcast 62

In this week’s episode of the League Express Podcast, Jake Kearnan and Martyn Sadler discuss England’s victory over Samoa at Wigan on Sunday and whether…

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Garry Schofield’s England-Samoa verdict and team Shaun Wane should pick next week

THERE were plenty of things to enjoy as England comprehensively beat Samoa at Wigan – but a few which weren’t quite so good. I thought…

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Why Samoa shouldn’t be written off yet despite convincing England win

AFTER 20 minutes England were winning 16-0 and I had visions of that first World Cup game in Newcastle when the final score ballooned out…

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England blast past Samoa in series opener

THE redeeming feature of only having two Tests is that the series is still open for this Saturday’s clash in Leeds, and there was enough…

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