Scotland was blown away by the might of Tonga’s compelling first outing, conceding 38 points in the first half as they were simply unable to cope with the constant vigour of the Mate Ma’a players. The 9,216 fans were treated to a powerful pre-game war cry from Tonga, which followed an emotional rendition of [...]

The Rugby League World Rankings have been updated prior to the kick-off of the 15th World Cup in Melbourne on Friday.   Two of the participants, Lebanon – up three places to 18th and Italy – who rise two to 12th – are amongst the main movers since May; along with the Netherlands, Hungary [...]

Scotland will keep their stars out of the firing line when they play their only Rugby League World Cup warm-up match tomorrow morning, UK time. The Bravehearts face New South Wales Country Under-23s at Ballina, close to their training camp at Lennox Head and Maclean, the ‘Scottish town of Australia’.   Callum Phillips is [...]

Scotland have named seven uncapped players in their World Cup squad including brothers Kane and Andrew Bentley of Toulouse Olympique. They are joined by a clutch of Super League stars including Warrington three-quarter Matthew Russell, Wigan winger Lewis Tierney, St Helens prop Luke Douglas, and Scotland’s most-capped player, Danny Brough of Huddersfield. They are [...]

Scotland have been struck a blow with the news that NRL star Peter Wallace is out of the upcoming World Cup through injury. The Penrith Panthers hooker or half-back appeared in the NRL play-offs with three broken ribs and a broken hand, injuries which must now be treated and the time required for recuperation [...]

Twenty two years after representing his country at rugby league, dual code Scotland star Alan Tait has finally been awarded his cap. Kelso-born Tait was a rugby league superstar with Leeds when he was able to represent his nation in the 13-man code, Scotland entering the Emerging Nations World Cup in 1995. Having turned [...]

Toronto Wolfpack half-back Ryan Brierley thinks Scotland can make a major impact on the Rugby League World Cup this autumn, and just hopes playing in the third tier of British rugby league will not stop him making the Bravehearts squad. Brierley made the surprise move from Super League Huddersfield Giants, where he partnered his [...]

Scotland have added two young players from Australia’s NRL to their provisional Rugby League World Cup squad. James Bell of New Zealand Warriors and South Sydney Rabbitohs’ winger Campbell Graham both made their NRL debuts last week and have been drafted into the Bravehearts player pool for the tournament down under in October. "We [...]

Scotland have announced their provisional squad ahead of the Rugby League World Cup 2017 down under this autumn. Head coach Steve McCormack has stuck with his tried and trusted Bravehearts who took Scotland to the quarter-finals in 2013, won the 2014 European Championship and drew with then world-number one nation New Zealand last November. [...]

Scotland Rugby League have righted a 22-year-old wrong, presenting Scotland caps to former internationalists who were not awarded a cap on their debuts in the 1990s. Seven of the forty-odd players in that category had their caps presented by head coach Steve McCormack in front of the current players hoping to be in his [...]