American Civil War Wages On
By STEVE MASCORD YOU know how it was supposed to happen. The United States Tomahawks would shrug off criticism that they were just a bunch of Aussies who went to a bucks weekend in Vegas, capture the...
View ArticleFAR & WIDE: Number 49
By STEVE MASCORD FOR the first time, the Australian Prime Minister’s XIII will travel to Papua New Guinea post-season. The annual game will be played at Kopoko on October 12. A week later, the Kumuls...
View ArticleWorld Cup: UNITED STATES 32 COOK ISLANDS 20 at Memorial Ground, Bristol
By STEVE MASCORD AFTER 60 years of false dawns and half a decade of bitter civil war, American rugby league celebrated its finest hour in a midweek West Country rain squall at Bristol’s Memorial...
View ArticleRugby League’s American Civil War Ends; AMNRL Likely To Fold
By STEVE MASCORD THE battle for control of rugby league in America is over, with the establishment AMNRL telling the International Federation it will not be applying for full membership status. The...
View ArticleTHE JOY OF SIX: International Season Week One 2014
SANDOW SIN BIN WHEN we went to Parramatta with claims Chris Sandow had played in an aboriginal knockout and been sent off for a shoulder charge followed by an elbow, Eels CEO Scott Seward told us: “He...
View ArticleWorld Cup: UNITED STATES 24 WALES 16 at Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
AFTER securing a quarter-final tie against Australia, United States officials revealed that World Cup organisers had booked them on flights home before the pool stage of the tournament is even...
View ArticleFAR & WIDE: Number One 2015
By STEVE MASCORD TOP flight rugby league is kicking off early, and in unusual surrounds, this Sunday when Leeds play the United States Pioneers at the University of Northern Florida in Jacksonville....
View ArticleFAR & WIDE: October 2014
By STEVE MASCORD JACKSONVILLE Axemen owner Daryl “Spinner” Howland says a successful move to the NFL by Jarryd Hayne could be a massive boost for rugby league in the States. While there’s been plenty...
View ArticleFar & Wide: July 27 2015
By STEVE MASCORD OFFICIALS are hailing this year’s Ohana Cup at Honolulu’s Aloha Stadium as the best yet, with Samoa thrilling around 8000 fans in their 20-4 win over Tonga. The Hawaiian Rugby League...
View ArticleBONDI BEAT: October 2016
By STEVE MASCORD THE departure of Stephen Kearney as coach of our number one ranked nation, just weeks before the Four Nations, raises a host of intriguing questions. One must be the inescapable...
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