List of rugby league tours

Rugby league tours are a series of matches in the sport of rugby league against multiple opponents from one geographic area.

Numerous tours have occurred throughout history and have been mostly carried out by the top three rugby league nations Australia (Kangaroos), Great Britain (Lions), and New Zealand (All Blacks/Kiwis).

Tours historically consisted of a number of non-test matches against club or composite teams and single-match tests against national sides, before a three-game test series against the national side of the tour's primary destination. These three-game test series were the primary event of the tours and would often be their own competition, the most famous being The Ashes. More modern tours have often skipped non-test matches to play only the "primary event".

While the phrase "traditional era" and "modern era" have no set definition in rugby league and can vary massively depending on the context. No tours of any kind occurred between 2007 (coincidentally 100 years after the first tour) and 2015, the largest time without a tour in peace time. As a result 2015 can be considered the start of the modern era for tours. It was at this time when the majority of tours only saw a three-game test series with a single nation.

Prior to 1954 and the first Rugby League World Cup, tours were the main form of international competition in the sport.

Lions tours

Great Britain era

See also: Great Britain national rugby league team

Kangaroo tours

Main article: Kangaroo Tour
See also: Australia national rugby league team

Kiwi tours

See also: New Zealand national rugby league team

Other tours

England Knights

Fiji

  • 1992 Bati tour of Queensland

France

Italy

  • 1950 Italy tour of Great Britain
  • 1954 Italy tour of Great Britain

New South Wales

  • 1912 New South Wales tour of New Zealand
  • 1913 New South Wales tour of New Zealand
  • 1922 New South Wales tour of New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

  • 1979 Kumuls tour of Great Britain and France
  • 1983 Kumuls tour of Australia and New Zealand
  • 1987 Kumuls tour of Great Britain and France
  • 1988 Kumuls tour of Australia and New Zealand
  • 1991 Kumuls tour of Great Britain and France
  • 1992 Kumuls tour of Australia and New Zealand

Queensland

Russia

  • 1992 CIS tour of South Africa

South Africa

United States

Samoa

Serbia

Tonga

Women's tours

Women's tours have operated very similar to men's tours, however many women's tours have seen a two-test series instead of the three-test series common with men's tours.

Australia

Great Britain

New Zealand

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "Southern hemisphere to host 2026 World Cup". BBC Sport. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  3. ^ "England Knights to tour Papua New Guinea". 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ https://www.rugby-league.com/article/62852/england-to-play-samoa-in-autumn-test-series-
  5. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/articles/cxww982v9xro.amp
  6. ^ "England to host Tonga in maiden Test series". BBC Sport. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  7. ^ "England to host Tonga in three-match Test series". National Rugby League. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
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