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The August 2023 announcement of the Pacific Rugby League Championships, by the NRL and Australian Government, indicated that Fiji and Australia would co-host the tournament in 2024. [3] [4] In May 2024, Fiji National Rugby League chief executive Don Natabe announced that Fiji were expected to host five national teams in a month-long Rugby ...
The Rugby League Pacific Championship is a rugby league tournament for national teams in Oceania. Its inaugural tournament was in 2019 as the "Oceania Cup". The tournament replaced the Anzac Test Series (1997–2017), which solely featured Australia and New Zealand as a single match annual test.
Where a player's 2024 club is outside the Super League, NRL or NRLW it is shaded in the table. Matches - Tally of games played in club competitions T1 — Tier 1 club competitions. For men: Super League and National Rugby League; For women: National Rugby League Women's Premiership. This is the tier 1 competition for women in Australia.
A two-match tour to France by Lebanon was announced in early September 2024 with two tests to be played in Pamiers and Albi. [12] The test series was cancelled five days later. The French Rugby League Federation initially stated that the series had been cancelled due to the NRL not released any Lebanese players. [13]
Australia said it would commit A$7 million for a Pacific rugby league championship, in a "football diplomacy" move seen as boosting Australia's soft power amid competition for influence with China.
2024 Super League season results; 2026 Women's Rugby League World Cup qualification; I. International rugby league in 2024; P. 2024 Rugby League Pacific Championships;
The Pacific Rugby League Championships was announced August 2023, as part of a $7 million investment by the NRL and Australian Government to develop rugby league in the surrounding countries. The tournament serves a continuation of the Oceania Cup which had one edition in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic .
The first step was to reduce the Championship from 14 clubs to 13 at the end of the 2024 season. This was achieved by the bottom two clubs being relegated to League 1 but only the League 1 champions being promoted. The team finishing third-bottom in 2024 played the team winning the League 1 play-offs for the 13th spot in the 2025 Championship. [5]