Rugby League

Sabeto Roosters-Ravoravo Rabbitohs top table match scheduled for the weekend

The Sabeto Roosters will face the Ravoravo Rabbitohs in the top of the table match in the Vodafone Cup Western State Maroons competition at Prince Charles Park in Nadi on Saturday. The Rabbitohs are the...

21st October

FNRL targets women’s tourney in new season

The Fiji National Rugby League plans to set up the women’s competition next year. This is after the introduction of the women’s competition in the 2020 Pherrus State of Origin proved to be a success. The concept of the competition will be similar to the National Rugby League Women’s Premiership in Australia. FNRL acting chief...

19th October

Maroons coach cautions players ahead of Fiji origin decider

The players in the Western State Maroons rugby league squad are not guaranteed their positions for the Pherrus State of Origin decider at Churchill Park in Lautoka on November 21. This is despite making a comeback to draw the series 1-all at Prince Charles Park in Nadi on Friday. The side ended with 12 players...

NSW Blues Origin squad: Walker, Cook, Murray, Wighton, Cotric added

SYDNEY, 19 OCTOBER 2020 (NRL) – Cody Walker is a step closer to a Blues recall after he was one of five players announced as additions to the NSW squad for next month’s State of Origin series. Walker and Rabbitohs teammates Damien Cook and Cameron Murray, along with Canberra duo Jack Wighton and Nick Cotric,...

18th October

New Zealand Warriors’ squad will be split between countries to begin pre-season

Kiama, the picturesque coastal town known for its blowhole, is about to get some high-profile rugby league blow-ins. The New Zealand Warriors plan to split their pre-season across two countries with one group based in Auckland and the other – 2165km away – on the New South Wales’ South Coast. Incoming Warriors coach Nathan Brown...

17th October

Melbourne Storm book NRL grand final berth by blowing away the Canberra Raiders

The guessing game over Cameron Smith’s future looks set to continue for at least another week after Melbourne overpowered Canberra 30-10 to become the first team to book a 2020 NRL grand final berth. The evergreen Smith, 37, was chaired off Suncorp Stadium by teammates on Friday night after the preliminary final victory in what...

16th October

Dakuitoga rates Tigarea highly

Vula Dakuitoga has put his hope on Eastern State Blues dummy half Jason Tigarea to stir his side to another victory today. The Vanua State of Origin clash between the Blues and the West Maroons at Churchill Park in Lautoka this weekend. Vula commended the Rotuman lad for his braveness to be one of the...

Hosts set for Vanua State of Origin 2

The stage is set for the second Vanua State of Origin rugby league match at Prince Charles Park in Nadi on Friday. According to the acting chief executive Officer of the Fiji National Rugby League, Don Natabe, the match is expected to be a fiery encounter. “It’s an important part of the progress that we...

Maroons optimistic

The Western State Maroons rugby league team is optimistic of a positive result against the Eastern State Blues in the second Pherrus 2020 Vanua State of Origin rugby league series at Prince Charles Park, Nadi today. The Design Engineering Ltd-sponsored team is laced with the cream of rugby league talents from the ten clubs participating...