After two weeks of wild weather, soggy grounds and lopsided score lines, the 2008 Universities Rugby League World Cup culminated in a blaze of entertainment at Langlands Park, Stones Corner on Saturday. Sunshine bathed Langlands Park for the final day’s festivities, with a large crowd of 1200 on hand to cheer on the eight participating nations. ...

After two weeks of wild weather, soggy grounds and lopsided score lines, the 2008 Universities Rugby League World Cup will finish in a blaze of entertainment at Langlands Park, Stones Corner tomorrow from 10am.Perfect weather is predicted for the tournament’s final day, with Australia and England set to battle it out for the seventh Universities ...

Papua New Guinea’s performance in the World Cup could have a bearing on whether a PNG team plays in future NRL competitions. A document provided by Gold Coast CEO Michael Searle urges Sydney clubs struggling to stay afloat to consider a joint venture with PNG.Searle said that there are just under 3,000 Australian companies operating in PNG and ...

Brisbane’s wild winter weather again wreaked havoc with the Universities Rugby League World Cup at Griffith University’s Nathan campus tonight, with drizzling rain again thwarting any chance of an entertaining football spectacle. Australia firmed into World Cup favouritism courtesy of their hard fought 26-10 victory over a ...

The pool matches of the Universities Rugby League World Cup have come to a close with the semi-finals to be played at Griffith University on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. It’s must win time for all teams with the Finals to be played on Saturday July 19 at Langlands Park, Stones Corner. Tuesday 15th July – Griffith University, Nathan Campus Plate ...

Today’s Pool A matches panned out as planned with a well rehearsed Australian unit dismantling the spirited Greeks 54-0. The win came on the back of a star performance from Co-captain Drew Dalton who finished the match with a personal tally of 14 points. Greece looked dangerous in the opening encounters with prop forward ...

Sunshine bathed Griffith University’s Nathan campus for the second day of the Universities World Cup on Wednesday, which was a welcome relief for tournament organisers after the opening day’s torrential rain.  With Tuesday’s Round 2 matches held over to Wednesday due to Brisbane’s recent poor weather, a larger crowd of 600 were ...

Rugby League Ireland are hoping to replicate in the Rugby League World Cup Finals later this year what two of their long standing players achieved at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool last weekend when Salford Reds lifted the Northern Rail Cup after beating Doncaster 60-0 in the Final.Stuart Littler, the Captain of the Irish World Cup qualifying team, ...

IMPORTANT INFORMATION   Regarding Round 2 of the Universities Rugby League World Cup.   Due to bad weather, Tuesday (8th July) night’s games of the URLWC have been rescheduled to Wednesday (9th July). Wednesday night’s games will remain as planned.   Revised Draw:   Round 2 - Wednesday 9th July – ...

Give Pearce Half A Go.Former NSW five-eighth Trent Barrett has called on the Blues to stop comparing every “new” Origin halfback to Andrew Johns in his latest exclusive column for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. He also talks about England’s clinical thrashing of France recently.Trent may be thousands of kilometres away playing Super League in ...