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Vanuatu Train on Squad

September 8th, 2012
From Dane Campbell

The Vanuatu Rugby League is pleased to announce the very first Vanuatu national rugby league side to play an international fixture against Greece on October 20th in Port Vila.

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USA Takes Colonial Cup Opener in a Thriller

September 9th, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

Canada Wolverines 24 – 28 USA Tomahawks

The opening game of the 2012 Colonial Cup was an absolute thriller. Rain all day had threatened to make the game messy. The rain cleared up but the ground was wet and the ball was slippery. It showed in the opening half of the game.

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Colonial Cup Interviews

September 11th, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

Hot on the heals of the Colonial Cup win by the USA on Saturday, I was able to catch up for a few words with Jamie Lester from Canada and also the USA coach Marcus Vassilakopoulos.

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RUSSIA HIT BACK TO LEAD RUGBY LEAGUE EUROPEAN SHIELD TABLE

POSTED BY DRUZIK ON SEP 11TH, 2012 IN INTERNATIONAL, RUGBY LEAGUE | 0 COMMENTS
From Phil Caplan

RUSSIA 32 ITALY 18 – SK NARA Stadium in Naro-Fominsk

A 14-point winning margin saw Russia displace Italy at the top of the congested 2012/3 Rugby League European Shield table, the Bears coming from behind with a strong second half show.

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EDGARD TATURYAN TV INTERVIEW ON RUSSIA VS ITALY

September 18th, 2012

Via Victor Sapozhnikov, Russian Rugby League

Today an interview on Nara TV with Russian Rugby League President, Edgard Taturyan talking about the recent European Cup match between the Russians and Italy in Russia. There is an initial part discussing the game with Victor Sapozhnikov and also and interview with RLEF General Manager Danny Kazadjian. A further studio interview with Edgard is translated below.

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RFL Launches ‘The Rugby League of the Extraordinary’

September 19th, 2012
Via the Rugby Football League, UK

The RFL has today launched a pioneering marketing campaign – ‘The Rugby League of the Extraordinary’ – to attract new audiences to the sport.

The campaign celebrates the amazing feats and human endeavours in the sport of Rugby League and goes live next week across outdoor media sites in Manchester.

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Rugby League of the Extraordinary - Video

September 19th, 2012
Via the Rugby Football League

The video campaign that is associated with the Extraordinary Rugby League campaign in the UK has also come out. I think its pretty cool. Well done RFL!

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Autumn Internationals are Here

September 22nd, 2012
By Various

The Autumn International Series is upon us. There are many, many internationals being played over the next couple months. This week we see three internationals kick things off with The Colonial Cup, Euro Shield and Australia v PNG. Also coming up are the European Cup and also European Tri-Nations tournaments with Australia taking on new Zealand in Townsville as well.

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Opportunities Missed

September 23rd, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

USA Tomahawks 36 – 14 Canada Wolverines

The United States for a third year in a row have won the Colonial Cup. The win now takes the USA to a 75% win-loss record for the year and maintains their dominance over the Canadians. The first game in Toronto saw the Americans also Win 28-24 and this win gave them the 2-0 lead to take the cup.

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Big Weekend of Internationals

September 24th, 2012
By Various

A big weekend of internationals has just passed us. The Colonial Cup ,as well as the European Shield have been completed. The Aussies had a scare in Port Moresby where the Kumuls almost beat them. The Tomahawks took out the 2012 Colonial Cup and Russia have taken a very commanding lead in the European Shield. Also a list of up coming international fixtures over the next couple months.

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Domestic Season Coming to a Climax

September 24th, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

The International Season has started, but the domestic season is starting to come to and end and climaxing over the next two weekends with the NRL and Super League Grand finals. The exception to the rule is the French Elite 1 competition which has begun its 2012/13 season.

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One Dogged Storm

October 2nd, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

Most of the action this weekends has been on the domestic scene. Yes the Super League is now into its final week with their Grand Finalists decided. And in Australia the domestic season has now fully wrapped up as well. While in Europe the Maltese and Danes went head to head once again.

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Winter is Coming

October 30th, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

In the words of the Stark’s “Winter’s coming”. Maybe in the Game of Thrones this mean that the white walkers are coming to wreak havoc but at least in the Rugby League worlds it means that the International Season is in full swing. Yes you guess it I have been watching a bit of game of thrones recently reason being (Aside from lots of work) a back injury has had me layed up in bed the last week with not much else to do. International Rugby League is in full swing with many games being played across several continents. So a quick catch up on the scores and some of the more interesting news to come out of the cracks.

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Vanuatu Shines as the New Kid

November 5th, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

The end of the year is the international season for Rugby League, this year though has a very different flavour to it. Two regulars, Australia and New Zealand have decided to take a break, but this has allowed some of the new kids on the block to shine. One of the most exciting to arrive is Vanuatu, which has been a passion of International Rugby League Stalwart Dane Campbell. Vanuatu took on Greece in Port Villa in front of over 3,000 fans but lost 14 – 26 in a tight match. Dane has been kind enough to talk a bit about the VRL and his future endeavours.

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Rugby League Reforming Youth

November 6th, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

One of the nicer things I get to do with my line of work is that I travel and have the opportunities to meet new people in Rugby League. I of course refer to my physics work and this week have been in Providence, Rhode Island at a conference. Of course Providence is the home of the Rhode Island Rebellion owned and run by Lawrence Almagno. However, what is probably less known is that, through Lawrence as the USARL’s youth director, the American Youth Rugby League Association is also based in Providence. This gave me an opportunity to find out a bit more on what AYRLA is and what its doing to get the youth of Rhode Island and America to play Rugby League. So I caught up with Michael Kelly the Chief Financial Officer for AYRLA.

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What The?!

November 7th, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

Once again it seems that for all the good that Rugby League does, the steps forward it makes, it then seems to take several steps back. England tied up the European Tri-Nations this weekend against France with a big 44-6 win. Izzy Folau came back to the NRL this week, leaving the AFL after being less than successful in that code. However its the referee situation in the NRL that has me scratching my head once again.

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News From South Africa

November 9th, 2012
From The SARL Board

Some rare news form South Africa today. The board has stepped in to resolve issues with into commercial arm and also an announcement to do with South Africa and the World Cup.

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Disasters and Rugby League

November 10th, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

As all of you know, Tropical Storm Sandy hit the east coast if the United States last week. Many people have been effected by the storm predominantly along the shore line in New Jersey and Long Island New York. Fortunately myself, my house in Princeton was left with only cosmetic damage and I myself was in Rhode Island where the storm was not so ban and was able to ride it out. But there are thousands who are not so lucky and one of them is New York Knight player Fitzjames Adams and his community. The New York Knights and the Australian Bar will be hosting a fund raiser in Manhattan this Saturday to help them out. So if you are in Manhattan this weekend, make sure to make it out to the Australian Bar. Also the Remembrance Cup, in honour of the 9/11 bombing makes a return in las Vegas this weekend, hosted by the AMNRL teams from the west coast, British Columbia and Australia will be participating.

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South Africa Plays on

November 23rd, 2012
By Daniel Andruczyk

A lot has been happening over the weekend and fortunately or unfortunately (depending on how you see it) is revolves around International Rugby League. I see it as fortunate as it keeps the games international growth in the eye of the fans and media, however there are still some very interesting attitudes about International rugby League out there. But some news, where this thread started first is with the final of the Autumn international. Also a bit of news from the USA and World Cup and South Africa.

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