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 -
Brasil divulga logotipo, mascote para a Copa do Mundo de 2021 da Rugby XIIIApril 26, 2020READ MORE -
Brasil unveils logo, mascot for 2021 Rugby League World CupApril 26, 2020READ MORE
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Brasil, Chile Rugby League dealt big blows by COVID-19March 17, 2020READ MORE -
How Sunshine Coast is helping Brasil to next World CupMarch 9, 2020READ MORE -
Pillars of Peru Rugby League standing strong in the face of BrasilFebruary 21, 2020READ MORE -
Brazilian hooker Rodrigo Rezende both a barrister and barristaFebruary 18, 2020READ MORE -
"Nothing prepares you for that": Brazilian Rugby League coach's tragedyFebruary 16, 2020READ MORE -
"I fell in love": Brasil's Margrith Weiss and the Rugby League World Cup drawJanuary 14, 2020READ MORE -
Former Bronco, Crusher is new Latin Heat Rugby League presidentJanuary 14, 2020READ MORE -
Latinas ready to spice up League worldDecember 27, 2019READ MORE -
Colombia Rugby League breaks drought with emphatic winNovember 9, 2019READ MORE -
Peru goes tit-for-tat, toe-to-toe with Uruguay in debut league winSeptember 15, 2019READ MORE -
Maatouk delivers right hook to reigning Nines champsSeptember 7, 2019READ MORE -
Team lists and details for Saturday's GYG Latino NinesSeptember 6, 2019READ MORE -
Bare Brazilians may "strategically place" socks for League eventSeptember 6, 2019READ MORE -
'The Love God' to represent Brasil in rugby leagueSeptember 4, 2019READ MORE -
Latin American Rugby League Pioneer Switches CampsSeptember 4, 2019READ MORE -
From orphanage to captain of his countryNovember 2, 2018READ MORE -
The passions driving enigmatic Chile Rugby League skipperNovember 1, 2018READ MORE -
Brasil sets sights on World Cup - in rugby league!November 1, 2018READ MORE -
Chile a fortnight away from Rugby League World Cup qualifierOctober 25, 2018READ MORE -
Fiery clash creates Rugby League historyOctober 22, 2018READ MORE -
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 -
Deberes Posicionales del Rugby XIII (Rugby League/NRL)April 22, 2018READ MORE -
Is This The Most Unselfish Country in Rugby League?March 19, 2018READ MORE -
QLD beats NSW in sensational Latino Origin thrillerMarch 5, 2018READ MORE
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Inside Report on Latin American Rugby League Championship
By Andrew Charles, match official and NSW Latino coach. I am a Rugby League journeyman. Not by design, it has just happened that way. Rugby League has taken me to some exotic places such as Fiji, Thailand, Philippines, Japan and Hong Kong – oh and New Zealand of course. So, when an opportunity arose...
Where There’s a Will…
WILLIAM Gomez’s father left school in Ecuador in Year Six. He started working as a mechanic when he was 12, performed national military service, then moved to the other side of the world by the time he was 20. Set to play for the GYG Latin Heat Rugby League Development Squad against ASEAN at the...
Chile v Thailand in Rise of the Underdogs
THEY’RE the countries with the largest domestic rugby league footprints in Latin America and Asia – and now Chile and Thailand are set to meet each other in western Sydney on the eve of the NRL grand final. With ambitions to climb inside the top 30 of the Rugby League international Federation rankings, the two...
Inside Story: Leading Colombia to a First Rugby League Victory
By Nicolas Perico Daza Colombian Rugby XIII halfback COLOMBIA’S FIRST STEPS It thought it was a prank when my Colombian Rugby League friends Juan David Espinal and Sebastian Maya first told me there would be a Latin American Championship in November 2017 in Chile, with many country teams invited. Perhaps, they said, you...
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...
Squads Announced For Rugby League Revolucion
HOW will Peru and Uruguay fare in their 13-a-side rugby league debuts? How will Chile go with a new-look side? Will El Salvador’s league team become the pride of their tiny nation? Fans will find out the answers to those questions and more when the GYG International Rugby League Revolucion comes to Liverpool All Saints in...
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...
Seb cheats death, leads Colombia to league destiny
A 30-year-old who has cheated death since Easter and may still face deportation is a key identity in the remarkable story of Colombia’s ascendancy to International Rugby League observer status. Sebastian Maya Jimenez has experienced a year unlike no other, but amidst an extreme pressure cooker situation in 2019 has helped Colombia become the latest...
‘Vato Loco’ ready to step up
HE WAS once the youngest player involved with getting Latin Americans into rugby league, but now Inala teenager Chris Castro is ready to take his place as an enforcer for his people. Just 14 when he was among the first half-dozen players to support the Latin Heat concept, exposing the sport to people of South...
From the Wilds of Brazil to Women’s Rugby League
On Gil Marconi’s family farm in Brazil there are leopards, armadillos and capybaras. In December it took her six flights to return from her isolated hometown close to the Paraguayan and Argentinian borders to her newfound abode in Brisbane. Indeed, it’s a world away both physically and figuratively for the West Brisbane Pink Panthers rookie....
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...
State of Origin With a Twist
MULTICULTURAL West End in Brisbane will host a rugby league match which puts an exotic twist on the classic State of Origin contest. Four days before Suncorp Stadium hosts Game One of this year’s Origin series, historic Davies Park will be the venue for an unprecedented clash between the Latino communities of Queensland and New...
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