The Canada Ravens, the Canadian women’s national rugby league team will participate in their second Rugby League World Cup. They have been drawn in Group A. The men’s, women’s, and wheelchair World Cup’s were drawn by Prince Harry as the draw took place at Buckingham Palace in Windsor, England. The Canadians were drawn with Brazil, […] READ MORE
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Super League Play-Offs: The race is on
With Super League announcing the abandonment of as yet unscheduled fixtures, the road to the playoffs is taking shape. There are now only three more rounds, with clubs left with just one more home fixture. Super League have just confirmed on a media briefing that Rounds 23-25 are likely to be the only games left […] READ MORE
Canadian Rugby League ‘Set to Grow’
In April 2016, the first-ever transatlantic Canadian Rugby League franchise team was formed. That it was not a part of the National Football league, the National Basketball league or any other established sports group, was a groundbreaking day for the sport. The fact it was associated with England’s Rugby Football League, a combined professional, semi-pro, […] READ MORE
International Rugby League is a must this autumn
With the postponement of the World Cup, rumours abound of an alternative international rugby league being organised later this year. There have been murmurings of an England-France series, whilst Scotland and Jamaica are in negotiations over a fixture at Featherstone. Whilst any action would be better than none, the authorities quickly need to formulate […] READ MORE
The CCCRL Eastern Conference Cities have been confirmed: Analysis
The CCCRL Eastern Conference cities have been confirmed. They are Hamilton, Montreal, and Toronto. All these three cities will have a men’s and a women’s rugby league nines pro-am team in the CCCRL. The CCCRL Eastern Conference Cities Confirmed Hot off the Press! pic.twitter.com/eQXaHj3Bii — Canada Co-Operative Championship Rugby League (@CAChampRL) July 2, 2021 […] READ MORE
The North American Rugby League is born
On March 31, the second professional men’s rugby league in the Americas was announced. This is the North American Rugby League (NARL), which will be based mostly in the U.S. but will also have teams from Ottawa and Toronto in Canada. The new North American Rugby League is officially born pic.twitter.com/QJ27IuuXPA — North American Rugby […] READ MORE
The Toronto Wolfpack and Toronto Raptors – Similarities and Differences
There were doubts that the Toronto Wolfpack would succeed when the team was announced. A lot of Torontonians didn’t know about the game of rugby league. This was especially true for a sport that only appeared in 2010 with the Canadian men’s rugby league team nicknamed the ‘Canada Wolverines’. However, what rugby league fans in […] READ MORE
Super League 2021: how will Salford fare in new Richard Marshall era?
The Richard Marshall begins at Salford as they open their Super League 2021 campaign with a trip to St Helens. The question is can they continue the strides they made under Ian Watson? For the first time since the 2014 season, the Red Devils will play a game without Watson on their coaching staff. Ian […] READ MORE
Super League 2021: St Helens – can Saints do the three-peat
St Helens head into the Super League 2021 season with heavy expectations and will hope to meet those expectations as they look to claim their third successive title in a row – the three-peat. Jack Welsby’s late try wrapped up a second successive Grand Final win, but the Saints will look to do one better […] READ MORE
Super League 2021: can promoted Leigh Centurions avoid relegation
Leigh Centurions will be kicking off their Super League 2021 campaign this weekend when they host Wigan at Leigh Sports Village. Expectations are low for the Centurions with their sole focus on survival. Last year, Leigh were selected ahead of Toulouse and London Broncos as the team to replace Toronto Wolfpack in Super League, and […] READ MORE