The NRL has named nine New Zealanders among its 46 Ambassadors for 2017. The Ambassadors will join NRL Clubs and the wider NRL community in supporting numerous community initiatives throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, all aimed at improving lives and educating communities on positive wellbeing. Amongst the record 46 Ambassadors are 10 female […]
Kiwi League Central’s 2016 NZ Awards
(Main photo: Bodene Thompson. Credit: photosport.nz). Award season is here! Well, for rugby league anyway. In the spirit of being part of that trend, here’s our 2016 NZ Awards. Biggest surprise of 2016 – Jordan Rapana It truly seemed Rapana’s rugby league ship had sailed. A promising debut season in 2008, followed by a two-year Mormon […]
Taumalolo crowned Players’ Champion
(Main photo: Taumalolo takes the ball forward for the Kiwis. Credit: photosport.nz). Kiwi international forward Jason Taumalolo has been crowned the RLPA 2016 Players’ Champion for 2016, as voted by his NRL peers. Off the back of a 2015 premiership-winning season with North Queensland, Otahuhu-junior Taumalolo accepted his award from Townsville where the Cowboys are preparing […]
Farewell to our retiring NRL Kiwis
This weekend marks the retirement of a handful of New Zealand players who have not only stood out for their club sides, but starred for the Kiwis on the international stage over the years. In particular three of them were members of one of the most-famous Kiwi campaigns in history, the 2008 Rugby League World […]
