Other Rugby League Internationals

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The following is the Japan team, it has been translated from its original Japanese.
http://ameblo.jp/japanrugbyleague/entry ... 87826.html
Representation from Japan
   FB ①: Susumu Endo, RWTB ②: Kazuyoshi Miura, rCTB ③: Nick Macrae , LCTB ④: Ryo Fujii,
   RWTB ⑤: Susumu Araki, FE ⑥: Matt STRIDE , HB ⑦: Nino Fumio, left PR : Atsushi Doi,
   HO ⑨ Yamamoto Isaku-sei, right PR ⑩: Lacie Gelling , left 2ROW ⑪: Kazuya Matsunaga,
   Right 2ROW ⑫: utsuno Yuta, LO ⑬: Konishi Zhou

   Reserve: ⑭ Shinichiro Nakayama, ⑮ Norihiko Takahashi, ⑯ Ishizuka Yoshiyuki, ⑰ Oliver Grundy ,
         ⑲ Akihiro Mizutani, ( 21) Mardo GRAY
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Two other internationals later on in the year that I have seen confirmation of:
Denmark v Sweden August 16, 2014
Thailand v Norway in Bangkok on October 12, 2014 *

* Note this is not the Thailand Stars. Incredibly Thailand, Italy and until recently USA have two competing governing bodies. I can't believe there can be two competing governing bodies in nations that are in the development stage.
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yeah, thailand have been arguing re this for a year or so that i know about, my friend is thai so i always take note when i see they've played somewhere
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The following matches have been confirmed:
Aus v NZ on Friday 2 May at Allianz
Fiji v Samoa on Saturday 3 May at Penrith
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Mattpoet I got a bit bored and watched the Latin Heat v Philippines match on line again. Below are the scorers as per my watching of the game, not the official scorers. I still haven't been able to find a list of scorers anywhere. I am confident I have about 85 or 90% of the scorers correct:

Philippines Tries: Dennis Gordon 5, Will Dreves 4, Blaze Gonzales 3, Jeremiah Alimpulos 2, Steven Tolo 2, Carlo Alinboyong, James Webb, Glen Power, Jason Dreves & Scott Sandaga. Goals: Will Dreves 15/21

Although the commentators called Sheedy for a try it definitely wasn't him. He had a number of try assists.
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Thanks Scooter, I appreciate the information you provide on this subject
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The RLEF has announced changes to the branding of its three competitions:
European Cup is now European Championship
European Shield is now European Championship B
European Bowl is now European Championship C

The draw for European Championship B Phase 1 (it runs over two years) has been released:
Serbia v Ukraine 17 May at Belgrade
Ukraine v Russia 24 May at Kharkov
Russia V Serbia 21 June at Naro Fominsk
Ukraine V Italy 5 July at Kharkov
Italy V Russia 26 July at Gemona
Serbia V Italy 20 September at Belgrade

European Championship C (don't know exact locations or dates)
Malta v Greece in Malta
Czech Republic v Malta in Czech Republic
Greece v Czech Republic in Greece

Malta are also trying to organise an international at the end of the season possibly against Scotland.
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Canada Wolverines have also announced the following fixtures v 2014:
v Royal Air Force at Lamport Stadium, Toronto June 21
v England Lionhearts at Lamport Stadium, Toronto July 5
v Jamaica at Lamport Stadium, Toronto July 19
v USA Tomahawks at Lamport Stadium, Toronto August 9
v USA Tomahawks at TBA, USA September 6
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Italy are playing Kenya in Kenya on March 21. It will be first international in Africa.
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Italy's team to play Kenya: Concetto D’Aquila, Camel El Gassaoue, Federico Re, Alfio Finocchiaro, Attilio Bonnici, Gabrio Maionchi, Matteo Fiaschi, Gianluca Genua, Simone Bianco, Alessandro Ippoliti, Cristiano Lavini, Carlo Donadio, Matteo Lombardi, Giacomo Franzoni, Fabrizio Massafra, David Zonta and Riccardo Staccone.

*N.B.: This is a team from Italy's "unofficial" federation.
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Spain is set to play their first international against Belgium in Brussels on May 24. Both federations are just waiting on the approval of the RLEF.
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Vanuatu are set to play the Solomon Islands in Mackay in October again this year. Hopefully Juzzy will make his debut for Vanuatu and Danger for the Solomon Islands.
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they may but, i think juzzy may have his sights set on a kangaroos jersey instead
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It looks like Spain will kick off their international history with two matches v Belgium in Brussels on 24 May and in Valencia on 8 June. Good to see rugby league expanding.
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2014 Nordic Cup Confirmed Fixtures:
Norway v Denmark on June 28 in Flekkefjord
Denmark v Sweden on August 16 in Copenhagen
Sweden v Norway on August 28 in Lund.
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