Rugby League World Cup

NRL referee opens up on vile abuse after World Cup semi

Cecchin, who disallowed a try that would have given Tonga an upset win, has told The Sydney Morning Herald he was in an Auckland bar when police rang to tell him they had contacted him and several family members that had been targeted.

He was advised not the leave the hotel and told he would be picked up and taken to the airport.

On his return to Australia, he was picked up by the Australian Federal Police.

He also flicked through his phone to discover more than a thousand "vile" attacks, the likes of which he had never encountered across his entire career.

Dazzling welcome for PNG Orchids

The words from Rugby League World Cup chief operating officer, Maria Sykes, rang true with the Oil Search PNG Orchids at the dazzling launch of the women's Rugby League World Cup in Sydney.

PNG’s first-ever women’s rugby league world cup team in history, the PNG Orchids, were given a spectacular welcome inside and outside the Opera House, thanks to major sponsors Oil Search and Switzer.

RLWC: Olam eases into the Ninth Try

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RLWC: Watson Boas runs out an Eight Try

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RLWC: Watson Boas runs out an Eight Try

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RLWC: Nene Macdonald gives Kumuls Seventh Try

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RLWC: Watson Boas on Key with Kumuls Sixth Try

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RLWC: Griffin secures a Fifth

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RLWC: Lam runs in a Fourth

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RLWC: Segeyaro delivers on Third

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