Kiwis inflict biggest ever Test defeat on hapless Kangaroos
New Zealand hand Australia rugby league lesson for the ages with record-breaking 30-0 Pacific Cup final win in Hamilton
October 2023
Kangaroos crush Kiwis to light fuse on Pacific Championship rematch
Australia beat New Zealand 36-18 at AAMI Park in a match that lights the fuse on the arch-rival’s rematch in next week’s Pacific Championship final
August 2023
Reduced Rugby League World Cup to take place in 2026
The Rugby League World Cup will now take place in the southern hemisphere in 2026 and Ashes series for men and women have been announced for Australia in 2025
November 2022
Australia retain Women’s Rugby League World Cup after thrashing New Zealand
The Jillaroos demolished the Kiwi Ferns, winning 54-4 with Jessica Sergis, Isabelle Kelly and Kennedy Cherrington each scoring two tries
New Zealand overpower England to reach Women’s World Cup final
Kiwi Ferns’ Mele Hufanga began her side’s comeback and propelled them to a 20-6 victory over England to set up a final with Australia on Saturday
Australia 16-14 New Zealand: Rugby League World Cup semi-final – as it happened
Australia into Rugby League World Cup final after epic battle with New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand all set for mouthwatering World Cup semi-final
October 2022
Men’s Rugby League World Cup: group-by-group preview
From the serial champions Australia to debutant minnows Jamaica, which nations can go all the way in England?
June 2022
Warning shots as New Zealand defeat Tonga in Pacific Tests
New Zealand’s men’s team defeated Tonga 26-6 at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland as the Kiwi Ferns beat Tonga 50-12 in the women’s Test
February 2022
‘He gifted us a map’: game to farewell Olsen Filipaina, first star of NRL’s Pacific revolution
In the monocultural world of ’80s rugby league, the ‘galloping garbo’ blazed a trail for the 46% of NRL players of Pasifika-Maori descent
November 2021
Australia and New Zealand commit to playing at Rugby League World Cup
Australia and New Zealand have signed legally-binding participation agreements to compete in next year’s Rugby League World Cup
August 2021
Rugby League World Cup delay raises Super League and England posers
An extension to the Super League season and last-minute England matches are being considered as it appears inevitable the Rugby League World Cup will be postponed to 2022
July 2021
Top players likely to switch allegiance to compete in Rugby League World Cup
Australia and New Zealand face backlash after Rugby League World Cup withdrawal
Sportblog
International rugby league on life support due to self-interest of Australian clubs
Nick Tedeschi in Sydney
Sportblog
Australia’s and New Zealand’s World Cup myopia threatens crisis for rugby league
Aaron Bower
March 2021
Sonny Bill Williams retires from rugby and hints at return to boxing
The dual-code New Zealand international says he is ‘keen to get back in the ring’ after ending his rugby career
May 2020
‘Ten feet tall and bulletproof’: how Olsen Filipaina impressed the great Wally Lewis
In an extract from his new book, Patrick Skene chronicles how the Kiwi rugby league pioneer left an indelible impression in the 1980s
November 2019
Future of Great Britain Lions in grave doubt after disastrous tour
After the largely English Great Britain squad’s dismal tour doubts have been raised about whether the coach, Wayne Bennett, should be replaced in his England role for the 2021 home World Cup
