Main image by Sergio Montenegro/Darkside Studio HE SCORED a scampering try against players twice his size last week – and...
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Chile determined to claw their way back in rugby leagueApril 29, 2020READ MORE -
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Brasil, Chile Rugby League dealt big blows by COVID-19March 17, 2020READ MORE -
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"I fell in love": Brasil's Margrith Weiss and the Rugby League World Cup drawJanuary 14, 2020READ MORE -
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Peru goes tit-for-tat, toe-to-toe with Uruguay in debut league winSeptember 15, 2019READ MORE -
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Team lists and details for Saturday's GYG Latino NinesSeptember 6, 2019READ MORE -
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Latin American Rugby League Pioneer Switches CampsSeptember 4, 2019READ MORE -
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Cameron Smith, YouTube and the fresh-eyed South AmericanOctober 1, 2018READ MORE -
Latin America confirms Emerging Nations squad, offers jerseys for $45September 17, 2018READ MORE -
Dr Pickles tickles all the right places for Latin Heat Rugby LeagueSeptember 8, 2018READ MORE -
Friends of International Rugby League gather in Brisbane SaturdayMay 22, 2018READ MORE -
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What’s in a name? Weichafes or Caciques?
THEY’RE only two years old, but Chile’s national rugby league team is already opting for change of image ahead of Saturday’s game against Poland at Liverpool, western Sydney. Known initially by their nickname ‘Los Caciques’ (The Chiefs), the Chileans have become the ‘Weichafes’ (Warriors) in a move that has great significance. Why does it mean...
No love lost in passionate exchange before Latin American Rugby League Championship
One was a member of the security detail for Manny Pacquiao. The other is a Brazilian jiu jitsu instructor with links to the Brown Berets. And between them these former teammates have lit the fuse for the first Latin American Rugby League Championship, starting a war of words where no love has been lost. If...
The passions driving enigmatic Chile Rugby League skipper
Chile has named a 183cm, 120kg, fair-skinned, heavily-tattooed walking enigma to captain its history-making rugby league team in the upcoming Americas Cup. Indeed, nothing is how it first seems with Nicholas Doberer. To look at Doberer, you wouldn’t guess he is a goal-kicker, a playmaker, speaks Spanish and is a devoted family man. The 28-year-old...
Big boost from Brisbane City Council on Origin eve
BRISBANE City Council has thrown its weight behind Queensland’s burgeoning Latin American community, committing as Silver Sponsor to Saturday’s GYG Latino Origin rugby league event at West End. The sponsorship is one of the most significant exhibitions of support to date for the volunteer-run Latin American Rugby League (also known as Latin Heat), which first...
Rugby League World Cup results a ‘perfect storm’ for Latin American nations
RESULTS from the 2017 Rugby League World Cup have created a ‘perfect storm’ for a team from Latin America to make an unprecedented entry into the 2021 version of the tournament. As a historic first Latin American Rugby League Championships gets set to begin in Chile this Friday, November 17, the door to the game’s...
‘Rugby League diplomacy’: 100 balls destined for Brasil
One hundred brand new rugby league balls are on their way to Brasil to assist the country’s preparation for a debut appearance at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. The first-ever bulk purchase of balls with the official Brasil Rugby League logo has been made possible by migrant Marina Abreu Silva, whose company Tagarela Intercãmbios...
Friends of International Rugby League gather in Brisbane Saturday
Pivotal rugby league officials from as diverse a selection as the USA, Italy, the Philippines and Latin America will speak on Saturday evening at a special gathering of international rugby league pundits in Brisbane. Following the success of Tonga and Lebanon at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, all eyes are on the next crop...
How Burrito Could Lead to a World Cup
LATIN America looks likely to have a presence at Rugby League’s Emerging Nations World Cup, thanks largely to a major sponsorship by Guzman y Gomez which was renewed last week. While meat pies have long been synonymous with Rugby League, the exotic burrito has helped grow the game significantly since 2013 when GYG became the...
What the Scores Won’t Tell You
By Robert BurginInChile El Salvador Featured Hot news In Focus Latest News Latin Heat Match Report Peru Uruguay
THE FINAL scores don’t tell you Chile held Poland scoreless for 32 minutes. They don’t tell you El Salvador could have led 18-12 shortly before halftime. They don’t reveal how Uruguay earnt repeat set after repeat set in a willing first 20minutes. Nor will the scores have told you how many opposing players from Saturday’s...
Drums beat for pioneer Fernando to return to Rugby League
One of the most influential figures in encouraging Latin Americans to play rugby league will make a return to the sport for this weekend’s Colombian State of Origin game – 15,000km and four years on from when he last played. Bogota native Fernando Villegas was among just three players to attend the first training session...
Cameron Smith, YouTube and the fresh-eyed South American
It’s 6am on a Saturday morning and Argentinian Francisco ‘Pancho’ Gaspani is waking up on a mattress on the floor of a granny flat in Fairfield, in Sydney’s western suburbs. While other Latin American travellers of his age are just arriving home after a night out, or rising to surf on the Eastern Beaches, Gaspani...
Help developing nations get their hands on a Steeden
Latin America has a unique problem – its isolation from other Rugby League nations Combine this with the sport’s rapid growth and you have a region-wide equipment shortage for the 13-man game. Countries are in serious need of equipment such as Rugby League balls, tackle pads, uniforms and other team essentials (water bottles strapping etc). El Salvador Rugby...
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