#London Broncos

Wigan Warriors are very rarely regarded as the underdogs. In the 1980s and 1990s, they were the powerhouse of rugby league. They won eight consecutive Challenge Cup Finals as they also dominated the league and the Premiership. This helped bring about Super League, a switch to summer rugby and indeed the introduction of a salary cap. However, in the…

Rugby League is coming to Anfield next weekend (May 25-26) The sport of the M62 corridor is coming to football's heartland with Dacia Magic Weekend set for Liverpool and a chance to have a beer in your seats at Anfield while watching what former England football international Stuart Pearce describes as "the country's best kept secret". But just to…

FRANCE Team alias: Les Bleus/ Les Tricolores/ The Chanticleers World Ranking: 9th Coach Laurent Frayssinous has predicted his team can defy the odds and do the country proud this month after France was announced last month as hosts for the next World Cup in 2025. With 21 of his 24-man squad drawn from the English Super League, including former…

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…

Schedule: Cook Islands (Leigh Sports Village, Leigh); Tonga (Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens); Papua New Guinea (Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster) World Cup Appearances: 5 (1975, 1995, 2000, 2013, 2017) Best Result: Semi-finals (1995, 2000) Head Coach: John Kear Title Odds: $1001 Now two decades on from one of the golden eras of Welsh rugby league,…

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…

Schedule: Wales (Leigh Sports Village, Leigh); Papua New Guinea (Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington); Tonga (Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough) World Cup Appearances: 2 (2000, 2013) Best Result: Group stage (2000, 2013) Head Coach: Tony Iro Title Odds: $501 The Cook Islands will make their return to the Rugby League World Cup after a nine-year…