There has been numerous complaints about eligibility rules for players of dual heritage or the grandfather rule calling it a farce even by Mr League Freak himself, yet so far we have seen the strongest and closest World Cup yet. International Eligibility Rule states a player may represent a country if it is their country…
Daniel Nichols continues his NRL clubs reviews. Today he looks back on the Gold Coast Titans season. Finished: 9th Predicted: 13th Fan Prediction: Top 8 Where It Went Wrong: If not for a horrible injury toll at the club, the Titans may have been playing finals footy in 2013. Superstar centre Jamal Idris was the…
Scotland has defeated Tonga 26-24 in what is easily the biggest upset of the World Cup so far. Tonga exploded out of the blocks and an easy try early in the match seemed to confirm what most people thought, that this game would be very one sided. However Tonga played some very lazy football in…
In an extremely surprising announcement, there will be an official 2013 Rugby League World Cup video game released on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The game will be released on November 21st and is available for pre orders NOW! This news has come out of the blue. I’ve not heard a single thing about this…
Channel 9 has submitted a request to the NRL to show the Sydney Roosters vs South Sydney Rabbitohs on March the 6th and the Brisbane Broncos vs the Canterbury Bulldogs on March the 7th according to a report today in the Sydney Daily Telegraph. The match ups will see the defending NRL premiers led by…
Sam Burgess is unlike most English players in that his goal was to head to Australia, play in the National Rugby League and test himself against the worlds best players every single week. When he joined the South Sydney Rabbitohs he had forged a reputation for himself at test level at a very young age…
Akuila Uate has scored a hat trick as Fiji ran away with a 32-14 in over Ireland in Rochdale. Fiji looked a class above Ireland and were physically dominant throughout the contest. Even as Fiji lost a player to the sin bin in the heavy rain, Ireland simply couldn’t work their way back into the…
Forget the score line, forget that one team won and the other lost. Forget the implications for the World Cup tournament….because none of it matters. New Zealand’s 42-24 win over Samoa was simply a fantastic game of Rugby League that had just about everything you could want in a sporting contest! New Zealand started the…
Sometimes even a player like Sonny Bill Williams gets it terribly wrong! Sonny Bill Williams is normally a man that can do no wrong but in New Zealands 42-24 win over Samoa in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup SBW had his very own LOL moment! After breaking the Samoan line and looking like he…
France has defeated Papua New Guinea 9-8 in a close match that PNG will feel they should have won. The French opened the scoring after getting good field position off the back of a penalty. The field position allowed them to catch PNG off guard a little as they scored the first try of the…
Italy has won its first ever game in a World Cup with an impressive 32-16 victory over Wales in Cardiff. Italy looked really sharp and played very well considering the ground was a mess by the time both teams walked out onto the field. Anthony Laffranchi played great up front, Josh Mantellato was always dangerous…
Australia Look Scrappy In Win Over England Australia have kicked on their World Cup campaign with a scrappy 28-20 win over England. England got off to a great start in the match as Australia played some lazy football. The Kangaroo’s were doing a lot of arm grabbing in defense while going wide looking for easy…
Hello, My name is The Glorious League Freak and I am about to take you on a magical mystery tour of international Rugby Leagues biggest tournament, the Rugby League World Cup. During the World Cup you will get to see many players you know and love, also Paul Gallen, playing for the nation of their…
Regular podcaster Daniel Pettigrew gives his World Cup preview. He looks at the teams involved, some of the key players and how he thinks the World Cup will play out! You can follow Daniel on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/roosterboy60 Feel free to send him questions or comments about the Podcast!
With the Rugby League World Cup closing in I have taken the time to check out my beloved home team and see exactly what state Irish Rugby League is in. I have been brought up with Rugby Union and after spending the last few years working in Rugby League in the UK, I have to…
Canterbury Bulldogs center Josh Morris could head back to the St George/Illawarra Dragons according to his manager. David Riolo has told the Sydney Morning Herald that Morris will entertain a move back to the Dragons at the end of his current contract which runs through to the end of the 2014 season. There are always…
Ok I am a strong believer in not trying to fix things that aren’t broken. But I’m now at the thinking process of why not throw in a few more things that would make our game just that little bit better. I have sat down and brainstormed a few Ideas that the NRL should look…
Daniel Nichols continues his NRL season reviews. Today it is the Penrith Panthers in the spotlight. Finished: 10th Prediction: 16th Fan Prediction: 12th What Went Wrong: Before the season started the Panthers sent superstar centre Michael Jennings to the Roosters, and even paid a majority of his wage to do so. Fans were understandably angry,…
Nothing should get a team fired more than a video thrown together by a PR department requesting people in the media spotlight talk about their chances of winning a sporting contest. Forget that most of them couldn’t give a stuff about the English Rugby League team, or that some of them were obviously filmed on…
Italy’s now famous 15-14 victory over England in a World Cup warm up match has made many question how the 2013 World Cup will end up playing out. It was a terrible moment for English Rugby League, possibly their most embarrassing loss of all time, but a fantastic moment for Italy. Johnny Orbell was at…
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to rename the Man of Steel award. Fans Graham Middleton, Paul Whitaker, Debs Fitzgerald and Alison Watson want the title of the accolade, which represents the best player in the Super League, to reflect its worthiness. They’ve called on the RFL and Super League to rename it the ‘Steve Prescott…
Kevin Sinfield Kevin Sinfield, King Kev, Sir Sinfield or simply Sinny, One of the most well known names in English Super League is set to make an appearance at his third world cup this weekend. Although the majority of England fans (and all fans from other nations) will be happy to see him out on…
Newcastle Knights reserve grader Ryan Stig is likely to find himself in hot water over a long winded twitter rant against homosexuality and gay marriage. Stigg, who has obviously reacted to news that the ACT has passed laws allowing gay marriage, posted a Tweet on his time line expressing his views about homosexuality and gay…
England have been hit by scandal just days out from their World Cup kickoff with forward Gareth Hock booted out of the team for “disciplinary reasons”. Brett Ferres has been brought into the squad as his replacement. Speculation is running wild about what has caused Hock to be kicked out of the England camp. I…
The Cronulla Sharks released their 2014 membership packages yesterday, and have stated they are looking to increase on their 10,000 members from 2013. Despite the ASADA cloud hanging over the club, and reports in mainstream news suggesting the club may have to relocate in the future, the club is in a good spot. They finished…
Claiming to be the best Rugby League playing nation in the world means very little if you don’t hold the World Cup in your possession. Australia heads into the 2013 Rugby League World Cup looking to win back a trophy they held for decades. The once dominant Kangaroo’s now have an unfortunate reputation for dominating…
World Champions New Zealand have defeated the Cook Islands 50-0 in a World Cup warm up match overnight. New Zealand looked very sharp early on and really dominated the Cook Islands, who were probably not as bad as the scoreline suggests. Issac Luke was a stand out for New Zealand who gave a glimpse of…
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that the South African Rugby Leagues fight to be recognised as a sport independent of Rugby Union could be over within weeks should the countries 2017 World Cup bid open the right doors to the right people. Rugby League in South Africa has been fighting a ridiculous battle recently…
The Sydney Daily Telegraph is reporting that NRL clubs are lining up to take a tilt at signing Australian Rugby Union player James O’Connor. O’Conner has become something of an outcast in Australian Rugby Union ranks in recent times with the ARU cutting its central funding to him due to off field issues and “Super…
In his continuing series of NRL club season reviews, Daniel Nichols looks at the New Zealand Warriors. Finished: 11th Predicted: 12th Fan Prediction: 5th-8th What Went Wrong: 2013 was a Jekyll and Hyde year for the New Zealand Warriors. The Warriors lost their first three games, including an embarrassing 40-10 loss to eventual wooden spooners…