It\u2019s shaping up to be a brilliant year on the international front, with a multitude of events all over the world.<\/p>\n
Rugby league has often neglected the international game but that looks set to change this year and next, on the road to the Rugby League World Cup at the end of 2026.<\/p>\n
And with almost 100 international games across the men\u2019s, women\u2019s and wheelchair disciplines in 2025, there\u2019s plenty to be excited about.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s everything that\u2019s on the agenda and every single game \u2013 and we\u2019ll update this list all the way through the year!<\/p>\n
9 August \u2013 2pm GMT
Women\u2019s Test
Wales 0-62 England
The Gnoll, Neath<\/p>\n
October<\/p>\n
11 October 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
European Championship D
Norway v Czechia
Venue TBC<\/p>\n
18 October 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
European Championship B
Malta v Netherlands
Venue TBC<\/p>\n
18 October 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
European Championship C
Italy v Ukraine
Pasian di Prato Stadium, Udine<\/p>\n
18 October 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
European Championship D
Czechia v Germany
Venue TBC<\/p>\n
18 October 2025 \u2013 1pm PNGS
Pacific Bowl Women\u2019s Group Stage
Papua New Guinea v Cook Islands
PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby<\/p>\n
18 October 2025 \u2013 3pm PNGS
Pacific Bowl Men\u2019s Group Stage
Fiji v Cook Islands
PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby<\/p>\n
19 October 2025 \u2013 4pm NZD
Pacific Cup Women\u2019s Group Stage
New Zealand v Samoa
Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland<\/p>\n
19 October 2025 \u2013 6pm NZD
Pacific Cup Men\u2019s Group Stage
New Zealand v Samoa
Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland<\/p>\n
19 October 2025 \u2013 KO TV
Men\u2019s International
Japan v Niue
Hokkaido, Japan<\/p>\n
21 October 2025 \u2013 3:30pm EDT
Women\u2019s World Cup Qualifier: Semi-final
Ireland v Nigeria
Terry Fox Stadium, Brampton, Canada<\/p>\n
21 October 2025 \u2013 6pm EDT
Women\u2019s World Cup Qualifier: Semi-final
Canada v Fiji
Terry Fox Stadium, Brampton, Canada<\/p>\n
22 October 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
European Championship C
Greece v Ukraine
Pasian di Prato Stadium, Udine<\/p>\n
24 October 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
Wheelchair warm-up game
New South Wales v England
Sydney<\/p>\n
25 October 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
European Championship B
Netherlands v Serbia
Venue TBC<\/p>\n
25 October 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
European Championship C
Italy v Greece
Pasian di Prato Stadium, Udine<\/p>\n
25 October 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
European Championship D
Germany v Norway
Venue TBC<\/p>\n
25 October 2025 \u2013 1pm PNGS
Pacific Bowl Women\u2019s Group Stage
Tonga v Cook Islands
PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby<\/p>\n
25 October 2025 \u2013 3pm PNGS
Pacific Bowl Men\u2019s Group Stage
Papua New Guinea v Cook Islands
PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby<\/p>\n
25 October 2025 \u2013 2:30pm BST
Men\u2019s Ashes Game I
England v Australia
Wembley Stadium, London<\/p>\n
25 October 2025 \u2013 5pm CEDT
Men\u2019s World Cup Qualifier
France v Jamaica
Stadium Municipal d\u2019Albi<\/p>\n
26 October 2025 \u2013 3pm EDT
Women\u2019s World Cup Qualifier: Final
TBC v TBC
Terry Fox Stadium, Brampton, Canada<\/p>\n
26 October 2025 \u2013 1pm AEST
Pacific Cup Women\u2019s Group Stage
Australia v Samoa
Lang Park, Brisbane<\/p>\n
26 October 2025 \u2013 3pm AEST
Pacific Cup Men\u2019s Group Stage
Samoa v Tonga
Lang Park, Brisbane<\/p>\n
27 October 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
Wheelchair warm-up game
Queensland v England
Sunshine Coast<\/p>\n
30 October 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
Wheelchair Test Series Game I
Australia v England
Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre<\/p>\n
November<\/p>\n
1 November 2025 \u2013 2:30pm BST
Men\u2019s Ashes Game II
England v Australia
Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool<\/p>\n
1 November 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
European Championship B
Serbia v Malta
Venue TBC<\/p>\n
1 November 2025 \u2013 1pm PNGS
Pacific Bowl Women\u2019s Group Stage
Papua New Guinea v Tonga
PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby<\/p>\n
1 November 2025 \u2013 3pm PNGS
Pacific Bowl Men\u2019s Group Stage
Papua New Guinea v Fiji
PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby<\/p>\n
2 November 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
Wheelchair Test Series Game II
Australia v England
Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre<\/p>\n
2 November 2025 \u2013 4pm NZD
Pacific Cup Women\u2019s Group Stage
New Zealand v Australia
Eden Park, Auckland<\/p>\n
2 November 2025 \u2013 6pm NZD
Pacific Cup Men\u2019s Group Stage
New Zealand v Tonga
Eden Park, Auckland<\/p>\n
2 November 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
Men\u2019s representative game
Cumbria v Nigeria
Craven Park, Barrow<\/p>\n
8 November 2025 \u2013 2:30pm BST
Men\u2019s Ashes Game III
England v Australia
AMT Headingley Stadium, Leeds<\/p>\n
9 November 2025 \u2013 1:35pm AEDT
Pacific Cup Women\u2019s Final
TBC v TBC
Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney<\/p>\n
9 November 2025 \u2013 4:05pm AEDT
Pacific Cup Men\u2019s Final
TBC v TBC
Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney<\/p>\n
9 November 2025
Men\u2019s World Cup Qualifier
Cook Islands v South Africa
Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney<\/p>\n
23 November 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
Women\u2019s Test
Ghana v Nigeria
University of Ghana Rugby Stadium, Accra<\/p>\n
23 November 2025 \u2013 KO TBC
Men\u2019s Test
Ghana v Nigeria
University of Ghana Rugby Stadium, Accra<\/p>\n
December<\/p>\n
6 December 2025 \u2013 3:30pm EST
Women\u2019s Test
USA v Jamaica
Leto High School Stadium, Tampa, Florida<\/p>\n
6 December 2025 \u2013 6:30pm EST
Men\u2019s Test
USA v Jamaica
Leto High School Stadium, Tampa, Florida<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s shaping up to be a brilliant year on the international front, with a multitude of events all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-79195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}