Here is a list of games and brief comments for the first six months of the year.
February, all played in Australia:
Hungary 50 - 4 Uruguay
Thailand 32 - 12 El Salvador
Malta 44 - 26 Philippines
Hungary 44-10 Thailand (unofficial?)
Summary: As all these nations are new to the game, it was hard to predict results but there were no surprises. Hungary are working hard to improve themselves and the results are positive for them.
May, all played in Australia:
Australia 30 -12 New Zealand
England 30 -10 Samoa
Tonga 26 - 24 Fiji
PNG 32 - 22 Cook Islands
Lebanon 24 - 4 Malta
Australia 16 - 4 New Zealand (women's match)
Summary: Samoa fired surprisingly few shots, while Fiji has slipped slightly. The Cook Is put up a gallant fight against a better opponent. Australia women have now clearly established a superiority over NZ. The other two games were as expected.
June, Beirut, Saluzzo (Italy) & Oslo:
Lebanon 6-4 Italy
Italy 94-4 Spain
Norway 38-18 Sweden
Summary: Lebanon are a nation with some history in the game. Despite issues, they have kept on playing and had a good win. Italy are newer to the code but improving quickly. Spain are very new to it and hopefully learned something from the hammering they got. Norway and Sweden have been playing RL for some years now although I sense that Norway are more progressive in promoting the game and lifting standards. Therefore it was no surprise that they won, but the score showed that Sweden were no push over. It was the first match in the Nordic Tri-Series that also features Denmark.
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