England women’s head coach Stuart Barrow has urged improvements in the domestic game if the national team are to compete with players who hail from the NRLW.
England have crashed out of the Women’s Rugby League World Cup after a 24-6 defeat to Samoa in Wollongong. Stuart Barrow's side needed victory to secure a top-two finish in Group A and qualify for a third consecutive World Cup semi-final, only to see their campaign ended by a …
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Today, November 4 2026, marks 20 years since England/Great Britain last defeated Australia in a Men’s Test match. Sydney hosted the fourth round of that year’s Tri-Nations series, as Great Britain, as they were then, faced Australia and New Zealand in a seven-week-long series …
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Some of Brian McDermott’s players will arrive home a week after their early exit from the tournament By No Helmets Required England players would have been well advised to ignore the advert outside their North Bay hotel in Wollongong over the weekend: “Everything that truly ma…
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The RFL have convened a panel of former players to address the deep-rooted issues for the sport internationally after a worst-ever Rugby League World Cup performance. Both the men’s and women’s sides have crashed out of the Rugby League World Cup in the group stages, marking t…
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Former England star Tommy Makinson has launched a passionate defence of the national team’s players and coaches after their likely World Cup exit: insisting they are being ‘let down massively’ by those above them. Barring a major miracle and a 46-point Tonga win over Samoa on …
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As Mikey Lewis darted over for a late try in a desperate - and almost certainly fruitless - points chase against Papua New Guinea, the obituaries were already being written for England's Men's Rugby League World Cup campaign. Much earlier on Friday, England's women had lacked …
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