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Match Officials have been confirmed for World Cup qualifier between Cook Islands and South Africa taking place this Friday night at Ringrose Park. The match will kick-off at 7pm local time.

1960 RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP OVERVIEW

Host Nation - Great Britain

Number of Teams - 4

Highest Crowd - 32,773 Bradford, England

Average Crowd - 18,366

Total Crowd - 110,200

Date: 10/10/13

THE USA Tomahawks have been forced to make a late change to their RLWC playing squad, after scans revealed Luke Hume had suffered a fractured leg.

Updated: 10/10/13

The Chairman of the PNGRFL Don Fox today announced the final 23-man squad to represent the PNG Kumuls at this year’s World Cup in the UK.

By Rich Cowley, Updated: 24/10/17

Teams: Papua New Guinea v Wales

Venue: Port Moresby National Football Stadium, Papua New Guinea

Date: 28th October 2017

Kick-off time: 3pm (Local Time)

By Brian Lowe, Date: 18/10/17

Unlike their NFL counterparts, players who will be representing the United States at Rugby League World Cup 2017 will not protest during the playing of the American national anthem.

Date: 1/11/18

Scotland head coaches Chris Chester and John Duffy, and Wales supremo John Kear, have named their 19-man squads for the must-win European Championship clash at Gala tomorrow (Friday, kick off 7.30pm)

By John Davidson, (RLP RLWC Correspondent) Date: 8/11/13

Scotland are still alive in the World Cup after engineering a tremendous second-half recovery to beat the USA 22-8.

Date: 3/8/14

The route 14 nations will take to compete in the 17th Rugby League World Cup, to be held in Australia and New Zealand in October and November 2017, has been revealed.

Seven nations, who were all quarter finalists in the 2013 tournament – Australia, New Zealand, England, Fiji, France, Samoa and Scotland have all received an automatic place.

By John Davidson, (RLP RLWC Correspondent) Date: 10/11/13

The Italians can secure a quarter-final match up with world champions New Zealand if they can dispose of Tonga at Halifax.