Defence Forces World Cup 2008

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It has now been confirmed that the 2008 Defence Force World Cup will take place in Australia between 03 ? 16 Nov 2008. The competition is part of the celebrations of 100 years of Rugby League in Australia. It is part of the Festival of World cups that include the Student, Ladies, and Police World Cup competitions as well as the Rugby League World Cup.

The Combined Services Rugby League Association,(CSRLA) will be sending a representative side to compete in the Defence World Cup.
The team will compete as Great Britain Armed Forces (GBAF) and will compete in the colours of the Great Britain RL team

Confirmed in the competition are Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea and Russia.
The teams will compete in 2 leagues of 3 teams as follows

POOL A
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
COOK ISLANDS

POOL B
GREAT BRITAIN
RUSSIA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA

GBAF will play their first game against Russia as a curtain raiser to the Eng v New Zealand World Cup pool game at the Energy Australia Stadium, Newcastle on Sat 8 Nov 2008. They will then play PNG to round off their group games. All other games other than the final will take place at the CUA Stadium Penrith.

The final of the competition will be the curtain raiser to the World Cup Semi Final at The Sydney Football Stadium on Sun 16 Nov.

The Squad will be selected from an initial train on Squad of 45 players, 15 from each Service. This will be reduced to 27 after the 2008 Bab**** Inter Service Championship in September. Coach for the tour will be Mr Ray Unsworth. He is an extremely well respected coach within the game and has coached the Combined Services before. He will be assisted by WO Wayne OKell MBE RN.

Tournament Schedule

Mon 3 Nov 14:00 Registration / Media Launch - Team Captain's/Managers Victoria Barracks, Paddington, Sydney

Tue 4 Nov 14:00 Team Managers Meeting Chairman's Lounge, CUA Stadium, Penrith

Tue 4 Nov 19:00 Welcome Dinner - All Teams Chairman's Lounge, CUA Stadium, Penrith

Wed 5 Nov 11:00 PNG v RUS CUA Stadium, Penrith

Wed 5 Nov 15:30 AUS v COK (World Cup Curtain Raiser) Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta

Sat 8 Nov 17:30 GBR v RUS (World Cup Curtain Raiser) Energy Aust Stadium, Newcastle

Sun 9 Nov 15:00 AUS v NZL (World Cup Curtain Raiser) CUA Stadium, Penrith

Mon 10 Nov 19:00 Team Officials Function Victoria Barracks, Paddington, Sydney

Tue 11 Nov 14:00 GBR v PNG CUA Stadium, Penrith

Tue 11 Nov 16:00 NZL v COK CUA Stadium, Penrith

Wed 12 Nov 16:00 World Cup Function - All Teams RAAF Glenbrook

Thu 13 Nov 14:00 Minor Semi-Final - 3rd Pool A v 3rd Pool B CUA Stadium, Penrith

Thu 13 Nov 16:00 Major Semi-Final - 1st Pool B v 2nd Pool A CUA Stadium, Penrith

Thu 13 Nov 18:00 Major Semi-Final - 1st Pool A v 2nd Pool B CUA Stadium, Penrith

Sat 15 Nov 14:00 Play-off - 5th v 6th CUA Stadium, Penrith

Sat 15 Nov 16:00 Play-off - 3rd v 4th CUA Stadium, Penrith

Sun 16 Nov 16:15 Defence Forces Final (World Cup Curtain Raiser) Sydney Football Stadium

Mon 17 Nov 12:30 Presentation Function - All Teams Chairman's Lounge, CUA Stadium, Penrith
Should be tasty !!

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way to step out of the west!!!