Middlesex 9s

Middlesex 9s (also known as the Mx9s) is a rugby league nines tournament that is hosted by the London Skolars rugby league club at their New River Stadium in North London, and held in August.

The Middlesex 9s was a concept formulated between the Federation of Middlesex Sports and the London Skolars based along similar lines as the rugby union sevens tournament; the Middlesex 7s.

The tournament brings together teams from abroad, amateur, student and the armed forces. The aims are to aid the development of rugby league. It is unusual in allowing rugby union clubs to take part in a rugby league competition.

The 2006 competition was expanded to involve mainly international teams from the developing nations, and held in conjunction with the Challenge Cup final after its relocation back to London. This event included the largest number of international rugby league teams to be in the UK since the last World Cup.

The 2007 tournament featured national amateur teams from eight nations plus a European Federation select side, GB Students, a London origin team and the Army.

Winners
Mx9s Cup
Year Winner
2003 Royal Army Engineers
2004 London Skolars
2005 Royal Army Engineers
2006 BARLA Great Britain
2007 France B
Mx9s plate
Year Winner
2007 GB Students
Mx9s bowl
Year Winner
2007 Scotland
Mx9s community trophy
Year Winner
2007 Farnborough Falcons

See also

References


    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.