Rugby League World Cup: Seven players to watch
The 16th Rugby League World Cup gets underway tomorrow as hosts England face Samoa at St James' Park in Newcastle and defending champions Australia tackle Fiji.
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Munster fan Craig Casey 'as frustrated as anyone else'
After both good results and bad, there aren't many places where a Munster Rugby player can blend into the crowd around the province.
Rugby-France plot Red Roses upset at Whangarei
(Reuters) - France coach Thomas Darracq admits his team have a mountain to climb if they are to end England's 26-match unbeaten run on Saturday but believes they do have the ability to spring a women's Rugby World Cup upset in Whangarei.
Rugby-Bridge calls time on All Blacks career with Montpellier move
(Reuters) - All Blacks outside back George Bridge has given up on his international career and signed a three-year deal to play for French champions Montpellier.
Welsby will shine at Rugby League World Cup, claims captain Tomkins
England captain Sam Tomkins has tipped Jack Welsby to show he belongs on the international stage at the Rugby League World Cup after a stellar season for St Helens. Welsby, 21, starred mainly at half-back for Saints as they won a record-breaking fourth consecutive Super League title with a 24-12 triumph over Leeds Rhinos in last month's Grand Final.
King brothers ready to fulfil Ireland dream at Rugby League World Cup
He is not the only new King in town but Ireland captain George thanked the luck of the Irish for being reunited with his brother Toby in their Rugby League World Cup squad. The King brothers from Huddersfield are fiercely proud of their Irish heritage on their mother's side with Hull KR prop George, 27, racking up 10 caps and representing his country at the 2017 World Cup.
The neighbourhoods across Greater Manchester which ARE hosting council-organised firework displays - and which have cancelled
Thousands of would-be visitors to Heaton Park and Platt Fields have been left gutted after council bosses axed Bonfire Night displays. After two years rocked by the coronavirus pandemic, many Mancunians had been eager to return to one of the city's treasured firework displays in 2022.
Cramlington Rockets launch new era with Rugby League World Cup funding
The pandemic forced the Rugby League World Cup 2021 to be postponed for a year but that change of date has helped launch an exciting new era at Cramlington Rockets. Without the delay, the passionate North East club would not have been in a position to secure the £175,000 of funding from RLWC2021's CreatedBy programme, in partnership with the Rugby Football League, Sport England and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), which is being used to revitalise the Eastfield Community Pavilion.