14/10/2020 00:00 [Read more…], Top five try scorers in Australian first-grade history, Four legends who could become future Immortals. The date could have been marked by games that show the breadth of the sport in 2020: games from Port Talbot to Port Moresby, from Toronto to Tamworth, and just about everywhere in between. The European Championship B, European Championship C, European Championship D and Americas Championship were all postponed until 2021, whilst the MEA Championship was postponed until a later date not confirmed. Nearly every rugby league fan, however, can tell you about The George Hotel in Huddersfield in 1895. International fixtures offer an easily sellable, high-level contest that can be packaged to new audiences, a simple entry point to the game.
In England, the rugby league authorities have tended to recognize the value of the international arena and appreciate the ability of England matches, which are generally broadcast on free-to-air television, to reach a much larger segment of society than domestic matches can.
A third of all professional players across both codes are of Pacific Island descent, and rugby union is currently thumbing its nose at them. [Read more…], Six players to watch in the Challenge Cup final, Polish prop Mikolaj Oledzki ready to inspire a nation in Challenge Cup final. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - NOVEMBER 02: The Kangaroos line up for the national anthems during the Rugby ... [+] League International Test match between the Australia Kangaroos and Tonga at Eden Park on November 02, 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images), the Pacific International Test Match between Fiji and Lebanon at Leichhardt Oval on June 22, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. There’s fair evidence that this is true: in Toronto, a club was founded in an area with zero history of the sport and managed to gain thousands of regular attendees within just a few years. 1st May 2020 Correspondent International 0. Rugby union, even when its club game is at a low ebb, still can boast big showpiece events that draw an audience of casual fans and mainstream media interest.
The World Rugby Women’s Executive Leadership Scholarship recipient, who serves on the Samoa Rugby Union board, believes attitudes are beginning to change for the better. World Rugby seems more interested in getting the All Blacks to play South Africa and Australia repeatedly rather than reaching out to the Pacific Island nations, leaving an open door for rugby league to secure supremacy in the nations that, historically, have produced some of the best players in the world.
Of course, the pandemic put paid to that. The IRL board also heard updates on the development of a new governing body in Tonga and considered further policies around the eligibility of players.
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