Turkey

Serbia’s women defeated Turkey 24-16 in the final game of European Championship B South at the BASK stadium in Belgrade. The Turkish women on their first away trip led twice, loose forward Nazife Taskin giving them an...

The final match in the women’s Euro B South competition takes place tomorrow, Saturday, when Serbia host Turkey at the at the FC BASK Arena in Beograd (kick off 3 pm local time). The...

Lycans Black from Lebanon, and host nation Turkey’s La Bebos women emerged as the champions from the sixth Istanbul Beach Rugby League tournament, held at the Kalamis Sport Complex. It was the Lycans’ fourth successive title, beating...

Twelve clubs, split into three groups, representing five nations - Serbia, Turkey, Montenegro, Albania and Bulgaria - will take part in the 2022 Balkan Super League, which is set to kick off on the weekend of the...

The latest IRB world rankings came out on December 10th and show the top four countries, in order, New Zealand, England, Tonga and Australia. The IRL states on its website that world rankings are...

Following the release of the new men’s, women’s and wheelchair world rankings by the IRL, there has been some significant movement for some European nations. In the men’s, Serbia – who played the most Test fixtures in...

School rugby league programmes have started in Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Turkey as the sport continues to expand its footprint across the Balkan region. Montenegro Rugby League is working with U12s, 13s and...

A hat trick of tries from outstanding centre Joran Schoenmaker - the second a sensational solo effort - saw Netherlands claim the Euro D Championship, with a 36-10 win over Czechia at the Huseyin Akar Tesisler Stadium...

The Euro D Championship kicks off at the Huseyin Akar Tesisler Stadium in Bodrum, Turkey tomorrow (Thursday) with added incentive for the four nations participating. Czech Republic face Malta in the opening game of a double-header (kick...

In a bold new initiative, European Rugby League (ERL) has sanctioned the launch of the first official European Beach Rugby League Championships for men and women, which will be held in Turkey in the summer of 2022.