International Rugby League – The Ashes and the Pacific Championships

 

 

 

The NRL and NRLW seasons are over with the Brisbane Broncos ruling the roost in both competitions. Now it’s time to move on to the international series. Here’s an introduction to what’s coming up over the next four weeks.

 

International Rugby League

The Pacific Championships follow the NRL season with matches from 18th October through to the final in Sydney on November 9. All Pacific nations, with the exception of Australia in the men’s competition, will be involved this year after Samoa missed last year’s tournament due to its series against England. To make sure you can get all the dates into your diaries now, here are the full draws for the tournament.

 

See the men’s draw here.

Now check out the squads to represent the various competing nations:

the Kiwis;

Toa Samoa;

Tonga;

Cook Islands;

PNG Kumuls and Fiji.

 

See the women’s draw here.

Now check out the squads to represent the various competing nations:

Jillaroos;

Kiwi Ferns;

Fetu Samoa;

Cook Islands Moana;

Tonga.

The PNG Orchids squad was not available at the time of writing.

 

The Ashes

And just in case you haven’t written down the Ashes dates, here are the details:

England v Kangaroos

First Test – Saturday 25 October, Wembley Stadium, London
Second Test – Saturday 1 November, Everton Stadium, Liverpool
Third Test – Saturday 8 November, Headingley Stadium, Leeds

All matches will kick off at 2:30pm local time (1:30am Sunday AEDT).

 

Earlier this week, the ARL named the Kangaroos squad to play the Ashes series. Click here to see the full squad.

 

Over the coming weeks we’ll preview each round featuring the who, where and when of what’s coming up.

 

 

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