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Hello and welcome to Friday's rugby league live news blog. The Rugby League World Cup resumes tonight as New Zealand take on Ireland in round three of the tournament. England play Greece on Saturday with Samoa taking on France for a place in the quarter-finals on Sunday. England head coach Shaun Wane has given nothing away in his 19-man-squad…

England face Samoa at St James' Park on Saturday in the opening game of the Rugby League World Cup. The tournament will begin this weekend a year after it was postponed due to the Covid pandemic. Shaun Wane's side were beaten in the final of the last World Cup in 2017 by Australia and will be aiming to go a step further this time around on home…

With the World Cup fast approaching, NRL.com takes a look at how each Group shapes up and who are the key men who have to stand up if their nation is to progress to the knockout stages... It is arguably the tournament's toughest group to pick a winner from, with host nation England set to battle it out with a star-studded Samoa side which includes…

The Rugby League World Cup kicks off on Saturday 15 October as England face Samoa at Newcastle's St James' Park. The biggest and hopefully best tournament in history, sixteen nations will compete across four groups, with Australia looking to make it three World Cup wins in a row. It's getting real now and with that in mind, here's the first of…

It's the 79th minute of the Grand Final and Jonny Lomax hits Blake Austin with a high shot. It's clumsy not malicious as his forearm bounces up from Austin's chest. But he is sent off. Lomax traipses off, the second red card of the game after Mikolaj Oledzki was sent packing minutes earlier for accidentally catching Tommy Makinson around the head…

The Rugby League Super League final takes place at Old Trafford on Saturday when St Helens takes on Leeds. Join us as we explore the game's betting options and who is the favourite to lift the trophy, which celebrates 25 years. St Helens and Leeds Rhinos are the two teams contesting the 2022 Betfred Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford on…

Some of the best game's of the season this year have come courtesy of these two and they'll battle it out again in what many people think is a dress rehearsal for the Grand Final. However, there is still the small matter of figuring out everyone's starting positions in the race to Old Trafford. This game will determine whether Wigan spend the last…