#Matty Russell

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…

After a one-year delay, the 2021 Rugby League World Cup finally gets underway this weekend with all eyes on the heavyweight contest between England and Samoa which gets the tournament off and running in Newcastle on Saturday. But that's not the only fascinating contest, with plenty more to keep an eye on between now and Wednesday. ENGLAND v SAMOA…

Water is wet, the sky is blue, and Australia are favourites to defend their Rugby League World Cup title. The Kangaroos have become so dominant in this competition it's not even funny. They've won eight of the last nine editions, with a sole final defeat to New Zealand on home soil in 2008 denying them a clean sweep of wins in the last…