Archive | February 2023
February 22, 2023  

Draws made for men’s and women’s rugby league Euros

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DATE: 22 February, 2023

DRAWS MADE FOR MEN’S AND WOMEN’S EUROS

The draws have been made for the men’s European A Championship and the first-ever Europeans women’s Rugby League World Cup 2025 qualifiers.

England, Scotland, Ireland and Serbia will meet in Group A of the men’s competition, with France, Wales, Italy and Spain facing each other in Group B. The winners of each group will meet in the final on the weekend of 11th November, with France the likely destination.

The two highest nations in each group outside of England and France, who have already qualified for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup, will join them with the other nations going into the 2024 Qualifying competition.

In the first-ever European women’s World Cup Qualifiers, Group A will see Wales, Greece, Turkey and the Netherlands come together, while in Group B, Ireland, Serbia, Italy and Malta will it battle out for a place in France 2025.

The top two nations in each group will play in France in 2025 in a straight shoot out.

The draws were made by Julia Lee (chair of the IRL’s Women & Girls Advisory Group) and former GB Lionesses Joanna Carr-Will, Lisa McIntosh and Michelle Hargreaves. “This feels like an historic occasion,” said McIntosh. “Who would have thought you would have nations like Malta and Turkey playing women’s rugby league in a World Cup qualifier when we started almost 30 years ago. It’s another landmark moment in and for the women’s game.”

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February 21, 2023  

Draws to be made for Euro men’s and women’s competitions

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DATE: 21 February, 2023

DRAWS TO BE MADE FOR EURO MEN’S AND WOMEN’S COMPETITIONS

The draws will be made for both the European Championships A (men) and the first-ever European Rugby League World Cup 2025 Qualifiers (women) tomorrow (Wednesday) in Huddersfield.

The draw for the women’s competition will be made by Julia Lee (chair of the IRL’s Women & Girls Advisory Group) and Joanna Carr-Will (former Great Britain Lioness and heritage number 1).

The men’s will be made by Lisa McIntosh (former Great Britain Lioness and the first black woman to captain a GB team in any sport and one of the first women to be inducted into the RFL’s Hall Of Fame) and Michelle Hargreaves nee Janczuk (former Great Britain Lioness who toured New Zealand with the side in 1998).

The nations competing are:

European Championships A (men)

England

France

Ireland

Italy

Scotland

Serbia

Spain

Wales

European Rugby League World Cup 2025 Qualifiers (women)

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Malta

Netherlands

Serbia

Turkey

Wales

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February 2, 2023  

Rugby league played in new region in Cameroon

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DATE: 2 February, 2023

RUGBY LEAGUE PLAYED IN NEW REGION IN CAMEROON

Rugby league has been played for the first time in the Douala region of Cameroon. Four men’s teams, Bulls RL, Panda RL, Gorilla RL, Guepard RL, and four women’s sides, Raiders RL, Panda RL, Rock RL and Gorilla RL each contested a 9s tournament in front of over 200 fans.

Bulls took the men’s crown, defeating Gorilla 18-0 in their final, with Raiders also getting the better of Gorilla, 20-8, in the women’s decider.

Cameron national head coach, Khalil Njoya, commented: “The tournament was a great success, it was the first of its kind in the region and everyone involved loved what they saw. Although January is a tough month as everyone is just getting back to fitness after the holidays, we were able to make the Douala 9s a success and this allowed us to see what we will have to work on for the future. Next year we have the women’s MEA cup and the girls being this good so early on is telling us a lot.”

Phil Caplan

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