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Women RL XIII: First ever international women’s rugby league test match on Balkan was played on Saturday, May 18th 2019 in Istanbul. Turkey hosted the Italian National Team on the stadium Beylerbeyi and in one interesting game came to the triumph of 18-14. For both teams this was the first official match in women’s competitions […]
A record is going to be set up in Istanbul with over 40 delegates, representing 23 national Federations who are going to be part of the RLEF Congress which is going to be held this weekend (May 18th/19th) in Istanbul (Turkey) who is hosting the annual get-together for the first time. RLEF general manager Chris […]
Rugby league has been played in Belarus for the first time, following a four team 9s tournament held in Rechista. The home side faced Kyiv and Rivne from the Ukraine and a side from Moscow. Tournament organisers Ilia Turik and Nikolai Zarezako were participants on a coaching course in Kyiv in January this year and, […]
The Rugby League Club FIS from the town of Vitez in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been working for a month now with elementary school students within the DAP project supported by the Australian Embassy in Vienna. Students learn about the rules of the Rugby League through playing and socializing. Currently, the program is being held […]
Four matches have been played in the opening round of the 2019 Balkan Super League: Dorcol Belgrade 🇷🇸 6 – 52 Aris Eagles Athens 🇬🇷 Locomotive Sofia 🇧🇬 10 – 40 Radnicki Nis 🇷🇸 Ragbi Klub FIS Vitez 🇧🇦 6 – 46 K.R. Tirana 🇦🇱 Radnicki Novi 🇷🇸 28 – 26 Red Kangaroo Belgrade 🇷🇸 […]
Belgrade city derby between Radnicki New Belgrade and Red Kangaroos kicked off on Friday eventful 1. round of Balkan Super League’s third season. Close win by Radnicki (28:26) was a great introduction for action packed Sunday that featured three matches, headlined by double header in Sofia. Regional championship set a new record for this season […]
Less than a month before the start of the third Balkan Super League season. It seems that this competition in 2019 will be bigger and better than ever before. For the first time 14 clubs from 8 different countries are divided into two quality divisions. In both divisions group stage of Season will kick-off on […]
A full suite of internationally recognized and aligned coaching and match official qualifications moved closer to reality following detailed discussions between the Asia Pacific Rugby League Confederation and the Rugby League European Federation held in New South Wales, Australia. The coach education leadership of APRLC and the RLEF have concluded over 50 hours of detailed […]
This weekend will see the start of the student campaign in Lebanon. The 2019 Lebanese Youth Championship will kick off with an expanded nine teams involved. Officially known as the Scholastic Rugby League, it will again take place in two areas. The northern tournament includes the U18 teams from holders Tripoli RLFC and El Mina […]
Rugby league’s most geographically spread club competition, the Balkan Super League, will be further expanded when it kicks off in April 2019. The third year of the tournament will see it encompassing 14 clubs spread over two divisions for the first time, with eight nations involved following the inclusion of first Italian side Lignano Sharks. […]