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Australasian rugby league football competition
The National Rugby League is a professional rugby league competition in Oceania which is currently contested by 16 teams based in Australia, and 1 team based in New Zealand. Expansion teams based in Western Australia and Papua New Guinea are set to enter the competition in 2027 and 2028 respectively.
More on Wikipedia ↗Veteran prop Spencer Leniu headlines a power-packed Samoa Rugby League World Cup squad named Tuesday as they look to recreate their historic run to the 2022 final.Samoa, who lost in the 2002 World Cup decider 30-10 to powerhouse Australia, open their account against France in Sydney on October 16.
Raiders stars will be on show during the Rugby League World Cup.
The 2026 Rugby League World Cup starts in less than ten days, with Australia facing New Zealand in a blockbuster opening game, and the squads across the entire men’s competition have been named. England named their squad on the Monday after the Super League and NRL Grand Finals, with Brian McDermott’s 23-man squad…