News Summary:
On June 24, 2026, European Rugby League announced the match officials squad for the upcoming European Under 19s Championship at CREPS Font Romeu, with International Rugby League supporting a "match officials booster" technical education project during the tournament. Two days prior, on June 22, the organization initiated recruitment for three roles within its Classifications framework: Chair of the Classifications Advisory Group, Chief Classifier, and Head of Classifications. This follows the June 12 finding that five directors of the Serbian Rugby League Federation—Radoslav Novaković, Nenad Zujic, Admir Hadžić, Marija Maslaković, and Lazar Živković—were guilty of misconduct after an IRL Board of Directors' complaint, with their appeal dismissed on June 11, regarding attempts to bring IRL secretary general Danny Kazandjian into disrepute. Earlier in June, on the 3rd, International Rugby League admitted Portugal Rugby League as its 56th national federation, approving it as an Observer Member following a vote by Full Member nations. Previously, on March 25, Fiji Bati faced potential exclusion from the 2026 Rugby League World Cup due to the Fiji National Rugby League's failure to submit its Annual Membership Audit for 2023, 2024, and 2025.
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