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SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY LEAGUE ENTERS NEW ERA

March 19th, 2012
From Phil Caplan

South African Rugby League has signalled a new era with the adoption of a new constitution and the unveiling of the new ‘National Board of SARL’. The historic meeting in Pretoria followed November’s AGM during which a series of amendments were agreed.

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Youth Training School Program Goes Outside!!!

March 19th, 2012
By Lawrence Almagno

Yesterday Marked the first day we were able to take the kids outside. Working with about 25 Kids (some kids have been released or have other obligations during our program).

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Heartlands Win Out in World Cup Draw

March 23RD, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

Today the 2013 Rugby League World Cup venues have been released. In a fairly conservative move the heartlands of Rugby League in England have been chosen over a few new cities looking to promote the sport more. While all this is taking place, underhandedly the Aussies once agin show that they are bullies in the sport and are looking to undermine the sport internationally. Also in Australia there are worrying reports of the financial troubles of the Gold Coast Titans. There are reports that the team may fold but the question, however is, is this such a bad thing? It will be a test for the New ARL commission in more ways than one.

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While we Wait!

April 2nd, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

Once again I need to apologise for being away for a while. With my new job and moving to Princeton I have a lot on my plate and time is a precious commodity. Also I am preparing for a job interview! Anyway as we all know, last week the venues for the group stages were announced, yet we still await on the semis and final announcement. Much debate has gone on about which city should get it and I have been thinking about it and so thought I would put in my two bobs worth. Also an interesting thing i found searching through various League websites, well two of the USA ones anyway and found, well an anomaly.

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2012 CZRLA season kicks off with an historic pre-season 9s tournament

APR 4TH, 2012
From Andy Mulhall

The 2012 Czech Rugby League season kicked off with an historic pre-season 9s tournament involving all 9 of the clubs – Lokomotiva Beroun, Pardubice Jets, Vrchlabi Mad Squirrels, Prague Vikings, Chrudim Angels, Hradec Kralove Broncos, Ústí nad Labem Dragons, Orli Havlíčkův Brod & Mikulov Roosters – at Slatiňany Stadium.

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Some News from Europe

April 6th, 2012
From Various

Some sad news today with the passing of Hervé Guiraud, also the Parliamentary Rugby League group has been active in England while BARLA announce a new head coach.

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Immortals Show Guts Against the Marines

April 29th, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

New England Immortals 12 – 68 Royal Marines

Despite the scoreline the New England Immortals put up one hell of a fight for the Marines. This was the first hit up for many of the New England based players and on a freezing night, literally it was almost at freezing, and the 100 or so fans that braved the arrival of a late winter saw a very skillful and entertaining match from both team.

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Controversy in Oz Shows Big Problems with TGG

APR 29TH, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

Once again, it’s been a while since I posted last. The new job has been taking up most of my time with lots of exciting new projects as well I have been interviewing for Professorships. But the Rugby League world continues on and a lot has happened in the last few weeks, but one of the most important and controversial issues once again involves the selection process of players for the international teams. But it not so much the selection that is the issue but the attitude many fans have taken with it… including fans of the international game. So today I want to make some commentary on several issues. It will be a long-ish post and I apologise in advance.

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Brits Win in Washington

April 30th, 2012
By Tom Worboys

Royal Marines (54) vs (16) DC Slayers

This was the first of 3 games for the Royal Marines against a big Slayers side. The Marines were keen to put into practise the weeks of training they had done previous to this encounter.

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Danish Lions vs. Swedish Elks

MAY 2nd, 2012

14:00, Saturday, 28th April 2012, at Gladsaxe Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Match report by Mark Hewson

The 500+ highly vocal crowd turned out in initially rainy conditions for the first visit by a Swedish team to Danish shores, with the Swedes hoping to overturn a heavy, home defeat (8-52) in Gothenburg last year.

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International Rugby League Takes Centre Stage

May 6th, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

This week there have been many exciting announcements in International Rugby league. The venues for the last two rounds of the World Cup have been announced and though no real surprises in the end a very good choice has been made. More news on the World Club Challenge also came out this week with the expansion looking like a likely event. Plus some interesting news to come out from Australia with the NRL which harks back to one of my previous articles and comments from readers last week.

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Weekend Throws up Interest

May 16th, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

This past week and weekend has thrown up some interesting results and goings on in the world of Rugby League. From a surprise results in the Euro Shield to a potential new owner of the game in the USA there is a lot that has been going on.

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Ohana Cup: Photos and Info

May 17th, 2012
From AMNRL

Here are the team lists and scorers as well as some photos provided by the AMNRL from the weekends Ohana Cup in Hawaii.

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Grand Prix Entertainment: What Does it Mean for Rugby League in the USA?

May 18th, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

Last weeks news of the acquisition of the American national Rugby League by Grand Prix Entertainment group has been one of the big pieces of news to come out of the United States since they qualified for the Rugby league World Cup in 2013 last autumn in Chester, New Jersey. For years we all have stood on the sidelines waiting in anticipation, every time we heard an announcement that there was going to be a professional competition in the United States and that the competition will grow and become professionalized. And for so many years we have been disappointed. To the point where many of the team in early 2011 were so frustrated by this that they broke away to form their own competition.

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Pope: USARL Players Eligible for Tomahawks

MAY 23RD, 2012
From Rugby League World

So I finally managed to get on the interesting article where Apple Pope, the captain of the USA Rugby League team, the Tomahawks basically says that USARL players are eligible for the tomahawks. If you are looking for it, its the first page, third column, second paragraph.

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JRLA RECEIVES GOVERNMENT RECOGNITION

MAY 23RD, 2012
From Romeo Monteith

The Jamaican Rugby League Association has received recognition from the Sports Development Foundation and with it a fixed monthly administrative grant.

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Growth in Europe

June 1st, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

These last two weeks I have been on the road again, yes my job keeps me quite busy and so finding time to see what is happening in the world og Rugby league is at a premium, but I still manage it. This week I have been able to visit upon an interest of mine and went back to Lodz to see how things are going in Poland. Also some more good work in Russia being done as well as the RLIF have an annual report!

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RUGBY LEAGUE COMMENCES IN REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA

June 5th, 2012
From Phil Caplan, RLEF

Serbian rugby league is spearheading the sport’s entry into another new territory. Radoslav Novakovic, Belgrade Rugby League Federation president, has visited Banja Luka, capital city of the Republic of Srpska the independent entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, to supervise a new rugby league development program.

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RUGBY LEAGUE COMMENCES IN REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA

June 5th, 2012
From Phil Caplan, RLEF

Serbian rugby league is spearheading the sport’s entry into another new territory. Radoslav Novakovic, Belgrade Rugby League Federation president, has visited Banja Luka, capital city of the Republic of Srpska the independent entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, to supervise a new rugby league development program.

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Srpska? I've never heard of it in my life.

 

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Yep I had to do a double take on it as well, but is is in the Bosnia-Herzegovina federation which from the looks of it is like a union of two nations in the old Yugoslavia. It has a large Serb population hence the targeting I think.

I am looking forward to seeing what will come of it personally. May be a good local rivalry.