HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\nHere\u2019s a look at all of the broadcast information you\u2019ll need between now and Sunday\u2026<\/p>\n
*Please note: All times stated are kick-off times and are stated in BST (British Summer Time)\/Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)<\/p>\n
Friday, October 23<\/p>\n
7.45am: Women\u2019s (Group A) \u2013 Samoa v Wales \u2013 Premier Sports 2\/Premier Player<\/p>\n
10.05am: Men\u2019s (Pool B\/C) \u2013 Tonga v Lebanon \u2013 Premier Sports 2\/Premier Player<\/p>\n
A double-header at the CommBank Stadium kicks things off on Friday morning, and the women\u2019s tournament is up first as Samoa square off against Wales. Both of these go in search of their first win having been beaten last weekend.<\/p>\n
Then, fresh off their victory over England, Tonga\u2019s men face Lebanon \u2013 who were well beaten by Papua New Guinea last time out.<\/p>\n
Saturday, October 24<\/p>\n
3.15am: Women\u2019s (Group B) \u2013 Fiji v Papua New Guinea \u2013 Premier Sports 2\/Premier Player<\/p>\n
5.25am: Men\u2019s (Pool B\/C) \u2013 Papua New Guinea v Samoa \u2013 Premier Sports 2\/Premier Player<\/p>\n
7.35am: Men\u2019s (Pool B\/C) \u2013 England v France \u2013 Premier Sports 1\/Premier Player<\/p>\n
10.05am: Women\u2019s (Group A) \u2013 Australia v England \u2013 Premier Sports 1\/Premier Player<\/p>\n
Port Moresby is home to Saturday\u2019s first double-header, with the PNG Orchids taking on Fiji in the women\u2019s competition before the Kumuls face Samoa in the men\u2019s.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s wall-to-wall action again because there\u2019s another double-header after that, and both games involve England in Perth for the second weekend running.<\/p>\n
Brian McDermott\u2019s men must win as they face France, and to stand any chance of qualifying, it looks like they\u2019ll need to win handsomely.<\/p>\n
Once that game concludes, Stuart Barrow\u2019s women take centre stage \u2013 going up against the Jillaroos, who are the reigning world champions and won this pair\u2019s last clash 90-4 in Las Vegas back in March 2025.<\/p>\n
Sunday, October 25<\/p>\n
2.50am: Women\u2019s (Group B) \u2013 New Zealand v France \u2013 Premier Sports 2\/Premier Player<\/p>\n
5.05am: Men\u2019s (Pool A) \u2013 New Zealand v Cook Islands \u2013 Premier Sports 2\/Premier Player<\/p>\n
9.05am: Men\u2019s (Pool A) \u2013 Australia v Fiji \u2013 Premier Sports 2\/Premier Player<\/p>\n
Here in the UK, the clocks go back an hour on Sunday morning \u2013 so you\u2019ll be able to get a bit more beauty sleep before an early rise to catch all three games.<\/p>\n
Wrapping the women\u2019s weekend up, the Kiwi Ferns are in action against France. Then, as the second part of another double-header in Christchurch, New Zealand\u2019s men clash with the Cook Islands.<\/p>\n
The Kangaroos conclude the weekend\u2019s games when they face Fiji, with that game kicking off at 9.05am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Rugby League World Cup continues at a pace Down Under this weekend in both the men\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-810276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}