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Never seen this before. Whatever happened to Canadian rugby league? USA v Canada 1996

Hot on the heels of David Cameron, Boris Becker and, er, Jedward, come these latest celebrity endorsements all the way from the US of A. Who says the World Club Challenge is not an event of global significance?

In the immortal words of millionaire Australian league tragic John Singleton: “Anyone who doesn’t watch rugby league is not a real person. He’s a cow’s hoof, an ethnic or comes from Melbourne.” Charming, eh? And for anyone blessed with an ounce of objectivity, quite obviously stark staring bonkers. What is it about sport that brings [...]

You have got to admire David Niu. Not only is he a man who somehow manages to have a surname that’s difficult to spell despite it consisting of only three letters, he has battled on for years to establish rugby league in the United States. There is an excellent feature in this month’s Rugby League [...]