International Rugby League News

A little over a year from now the 2021 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC) is scheduled to be held and everything being equal, depending on how the world handles COVID-19 between now and then, it should come...

Teenager Eliot Peposhi, whose father Arbian played for Albania against the GB Student Pioneers in Tirana last year, has signed professional forms for St Helens - becoming the first from his nation to earn such a contract.

The first rugby league training session has been held in Honduras, in the town of La Esperanza.  It is a particularly poignant moment for Chris Reid, founder of the Confederación Centroamericana de Rugby League.

Photo Credit: Carolyn Ritchie All four Americas nations that took part in the Rugby League European Confederation (RLEF) annual congress meeting are in lockstep over the need for the creation of a new...

International rugby league is returning to New Zealand soil as the World Nines Champion Kiwi Ferns are set to take on Pacific rivals Fetū Samoa come Saturday 7 November at Mt Smart Stadium.A packed afternoon of women’s...

If you were to walk down any of the streets in South Africa’s main cities of Johannesburg, Durban, or Cape Town, and ask the citizens of the Republic what their country’s rugby league team nickname is, you...

“Moving forward together” was the keynote from the Rugby League European Federation annual congress and ACM, held virtually on Saturday. Over 30 countries gathered online, among them Rugby Football League CEO Ralph Rimmer. The...

Photo Credit: Samoa Rugby League While the global pandemic has put a big dampener on rugby league activities in many parts of the world, that is not the case in Samoa.

Russian rugby league has faced challenge after challenge in its battle for survival, but a committed band of individuals have refused to give up and are dreaming big. Unrecognised officially and facing opposition from rival rugby union,...

Wales Rugby League CEO Gareth Kear has taken the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 rugby league season in Wales with immediate effect. This decision was taken after consulting all of the community rugby...