WHAT started as a throwaway comment on Queensland’s rural Darling Downs has started to spread around the world. In a...
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Latin American Rugby League Pioneer Switches Camps
FORMER Latin Heat and Chile Rugby League captain Jonathan Espinoza has confirmed he will switch allegiances to represent debutants Nicaragua...

From orphanage to captain of his country
A boy who was given up for adoption in Bogota 38 years ago has told of his immense pride at...

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...

Brasil sets sights on World Cup – in rugby league!
One of the world’s biggest nations has fully awoken to rugby league, with men and women’s rugby league booming in...

Chile a fortnight away from Rugby League World Cup qualifier
The story of Chile’s historic appearance at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup qualifiers is one of surprise after surprise....

Fiery clash creates Rugby League history
Rugby league’s fittest Latino, Alvaro Alarcon, ripped off a moonboot to lead El Salvador to a 48-10 victory over Colombia...

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...

Latin America confirms Emerging Nations squad, offers jerseys for $45
The official squad for Latin America’s participation at the 2018 Emerging Nations Rugby League World Championship in western Sydney has...

Dr Pickles tickles all the right places for Latin Heat Rugby League
The uniform of the first Latin American team to appear at a global Rugby League tournament has been finalised, following...