Internationals 2021 Rugby League World Cup

[Geoff Public]

2021 Rugby League World Cup

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Men's draw

Group A: England, Samoa, France, Greece

Group B: Australia, Fiji, Scotland, Italy

Group C: New Zealand, Lebanon, Jamaica, Ireland

Group D: Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Wales, Cook Islands

Women's draw

Group A: England, Papua New Guinea, Canada, Brazil

Group B: Australia, New Zealand, France, Cook Islands

Wheelchair draw

Group A: England, Australia, Spain, Norway

Group B: France, Wales, Scotland, USA

Rugby League World Cup 2021 draw: England drawn with Samoa, France and Greece

Hosts England will face Samoa, France and Greece in the group stage of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.

www.bbc.com

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

England first game up at St James Park , Newcastle. I’ll probably go to that, my former home town

 

[Poihakena]

England first game up at St James Park , Newcastle. I’ll probably go to that, my former home town

A couple of hours on the train from Edinburgh so i'll probably go too.

Really looking forward to this. Hopefully the Kiwis turn up. Will try and get to all their games.

 

[warriors55]

Our group looks the easiest by far.

 

[Worried2Death]

Our group looks the easiest by far.

Should cruise through the pools until the semi where we meet our WC nemesis, Scotland.

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Team training bases for RLWC2021 announced to celebrate 500 day countdown













With 500 days to go until the opening fixture of the Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) at St James’ Park in Newcastle, the today we have revealed the locations of the team bases for all competing nations across the men’s, women’s, and wheelchair tournaments.
The squads from the 21 unique nations and 32 teams will be based in different locations across the country. The hosts, England will be based in three locations, with the men’s team in Manchester, the women’s team in Leeds and the wheelchair team in the country’s capital, London. The men’s holders Australia will join England in Manchester, while the women’s champions, also Australia, will be based in York. France, the wheelchair RLWC holders, will be based in Sheffield.
The full list of host towns and cities, and the corresponding nations is as follows:
• Bolton – France (Men’s)
• Doncaster – Samoa (Men’s)
• Hull – Fiji (Men’s)
• Leeds – Jamaica, Ireland (Men’s) | England, Papua New Guinea, Brazil, Canada (Women’s)
• Liverpool and St Helens – Tonga, Italy (Men’s teams)
• London – England, Australia, Norway, Spain (Wheelchair)
• Manchester and Trafford – England, Australia (Men’s)
• Newcastle – Scotland (Men’s)
• Preston – Wales (Men’s)
• Sheffield – Greece (Men’s) | France, Wales, Scotland, USA (Wheelchair)
• Tees Valley – Cook Islands (Men’s)
• Warrington – Papua New Guinea (Men’s)
• Wigan/Leigh – Lebanon (Men’s)
• York – New Zealand (Men’s) | Australia, New Zealand, France, Cook Islands (Women’s)

https://rlwc2021.com/article/226/te...2021-announced-to-celebrate-500-day-countdown

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Fixture list and game venues confirmed

https://www.rlwc2021.com/schedule

 

[playdaball]

Let’s hope it happens and crowds can watch

 

[Stone]

Jamaica has a national rugby league team ??? ... praise be to Jah !!!

And get this ... their official nickname is the Reggae Warriors

Think this might have to be my new lower tier team to support ... if nothing else you'd think these cats should have some real wheels out wide

 

[Miket12]

Jamaica has a national rugby league team ??? ... praise be to Jah !!!

And get this ... their official nickname is the Reggae Warriors

Think this might have to be my new lower tier team to support ... if nothing else you'd think these cats should have some real wheels out wide

And an "interesting" smell coming from their changing rooms.

 

[AlexM]

Think I might start barracking for jamaica too

 

[Sky Waka]

Bradman Best qualifies for Wales through the heritage rule. Don't know how specifically.

The article I saw was unclear if he reached out to Wales, but someone let it be known.

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Bradman Best qualifies for Wales through the heritage rule. Don't know how specifically.

The article I saw was unclear if he reached out to Wales, but someone let it be known.

Maybe his wife went shopping in Wrexham one afternoon

 

[Sky Waka]

Umyla Hanley is an 18 year old fullback at Wigan and the son of Ellery Hanley who is of Jamaican descent. I think Umyla might qualify through the grand parent rule.

Don't ask me how to pronounce his name.

 

[Sky Waka]

English born Jamaican eligible 19 year old centre Dom Young links up with the Newcastle Knights for 2021 season.

 

[Defence]

I reckon they should do away with the grand parent rule- parent fair enough but grand parent seems a bit of a stretch imho.

 

[Sky Waka]

Taumalolo has committed to going to the WC.

And there are rumors of players possibly switching allegiances.

Tonga could be
Hopoate, Tupou, Staggs, Hurrell, Watene-Zelezniak, Lolohea, Hingano, Fonua-Blake, Havili, Taukeiaho, Olakau'atu, Fifita, Taumalolo, Roache, Kaufusi, Fotuaika & Paseka

Samoa
Tabuai-Fidow, Nofoaluma, Crichton, Mulitalo, To'o, Brown, Luai, Haas, Leuluai, Paulo, liu, Schuster, J Papalii, Levi, Fa'asuamaleaui, Taupau & Asofa-Solomona

Cook Islands
Holmes, S Marsters, E Marsters, Manu, Rapana, Takairangi, Dargan, Tamou, Katoa, Molo, Edwards, Niukore, Tapine, Glenn, Robati, Tetevano & Napa

 

[matiunz]

Taumalolo has committed to going to the WC.

And there are rumors of players possibly switching allegiances.

Tonga could be
Hopoate, Tupou, Staggs, Hurrell, Watene-Zelezniak, Lolohea, Hingano, Fonua-Blake, Havili, Taukeiaho, Olakau'atu, Fifita, Taumalolo, Roache, Kaufusi, Fotuaika & Paseka

Samoa
Tabuai-Fidow, Nofoaluma, Crichton, Mulitalo, To'o, Brown, Luai, Haas, Leuluai, Paulo, liu, Schuster, J Papalii, Levi, Fa'asuamaleaui, Taupau & Asofa-Solomona

Cook Islands
Holmes, S Marsters, E Marsters, Manu, Rapana, Takairangi, Dargan, Tamou, Katoa, Molo, Edwards, Niukore, Tapine, Glenn, Robati, Tetevano & Napa

NRL clubs need to release players for international duty, they’re the ones driving the Aus and NZ boycott as they don’t want the NRL compromised next year. Id be surprised to see any NRL frontline players involved

 

[Sky Waka]

NRL clubs need to release players for international duty, they’re the ones driving the Aus and NZ boycott as they don’t want the NRL compromised next year. Id be surprised to see any NRL frontline players involved

The clubs are so full of it. It's not unheard of for international players to join pre-season training in the new year.

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Players Union :

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/57980708.amp