Cabramatta International Nines

Cabramatta International Nines
Current season or competition: 2015 Cabramatta International Nines
Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	2003
Inaugural season	2003^[1]
Number of teams	30
Country	International (RLIF)
Current Champions	Papua New Guinea national rugby league team (2015)
Broadcast partner	Fox Sports (AU) Sky Sports (NZ)

Cabramatta International Nines is a rugby league nines tournament held annually in Cabramatta, New South Wales, Australia it was first held in 2003.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Clubs and Teams

Some of the Clubs and Teams to compete in the Cabramatta International Nines^[7]

Rules

There are a number of rule variations that are implemented to ensure the games are faster and to ensure fewer delays and stoppages.

The major Rule changes that differ from regular NRL games are:

Two nine-minute halves with a two-minute half time period.
Nine players a side with five unlimited interchange players (six interchanges in 2014).
Scrums are only formed after a double knock on, with attacking teams electing which side to feed the ball.
No video referee, with one on-field referee, two touch judges and two in-goal judges.
Five minute golden try period in qualifying rounds with the match deemed a draw if there is no score, while unlimited golden try for the finals.
A tap restart takes place after a 40/20.
Five points for a try scored in the bonus zone under the posts, with two point drop kick conversion attempts.
The scoring team will have a dropkick off to restart play.
Three minute sin bins (Five in 2014).
Five tackles in a set.

Results

2011

on the 5 of February The International 9's tournament is played at New Era Stadium, Cabramatta. Plate Grand Final: Macarthur Brothers 28 def Japan 12. Trophy Grand Final: Mounties 22 def Bankstown 10. Cup Grand Final: Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers 6 def Fiji 4.^[9]

2016

The 2016 edition of the tournament was cancelled due to severe thunderstorm over the New Era Stadium the venue of the games. 3 games of the round robin round was played before the cancellation.^[10]

References

External links

Cabramatta International Nines on Facebook

Rugby league in New South Wales

Federations	New South Wales Rugby League Country Rugby League New South Wales Women's Rugby League

Representative competitions	City vs Country Origin Women's City vs Country Origin

Representative teams	New South Wales Blues City Origin Team Country Origin Team NSW residents New South Wales women's

NRL clubs	Canberra Raiders Canterbury Bulldogs Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Roosters Wests Tigers

Competitions	NSWRL: Intrust Super Premiership NSW Ron Massey Cup Sydney Shield SG Ball Harold Matthews Cup CRL: Canberra Central Coast Illawarra Newcastle Northern Rivers Sunraysia-Riverlands Region 1: 2 3 Region 2: 4 19 21 Region 3: 9 20 Region 4: 10 11 14 Region 5: 6 7 16 Women's: Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League Tarsha Gale Nines Tertiary: NSW Tertiary Student Rugby League

Discontinued competitions	Jersey Flegg Cup NSWRL premiership Amco Cup

Rugby league in Australia

National Federation	Australian Rugby League Commission

National teams	Kangaroos Jillaroos Prime Minister's XIII Indigenous Junior Kangaroos Schoolboys

State Federations	New South Wales NSW Country Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

Other Federations	University Masters Police Women

Events	All Stars Auckland Nines City vs Country State of Origin World Club Challenge

Competitions	National Rugby League National Youth Competition State Championship Affiliated States Championship Schoolboy Cup

Honours	Clive Churchill Medal Dally M Medal Hall of Fame The Immortals

Media	Big League Rugby League Week The Footy Show Friday Night Football NRL video games

Lists	Clubs Stadiums Premiers Wooden spooners

Rugby league in Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

Rugby League International Federation

Full members	Australia Cook Islands England Fiji France Ireland Jamaica Lebanon New Zealand Papua New Guinea Russia Samoa Scotland Serbia South Africa Tonga Ukraine Wales

Affiliate nations	Belgium Canada Czech Republic Denmark Germany Ghana Greece Hungary Italy Japan Latvia Malta Morocco Netherlands Norway Spain Sweden United Arab Emirates United States

Unaffiliated nations	American Samoa Argentina Austria Bosnia Burundi Catalonia Chile Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Georgia Moldova New Caledonia Niue Norfolk Island Peru Philippines Portugal Solomon Islands Thailand Tokelau Uruguay Vanuatu West Indies

International competitions	Men's World Cup Women's World Cup Tertiary Student Rugby League World Cup Four Nations Anzac Test The Ashes Asian Cup Baskerville Shield European Cup European Shield European Bowl Mediterranean Cup Pacific Cup Saint Patrick's Day Test Slavic Cup Peter Leitch QSM Challenge Trophy Atlantic Cup Colonial Cup Nordic Cup Milan Kosanovic Cup Balkans Cup Cabramatta International Nines Latino Rugby League Sevens

Awards and rankings	Hall of Fame Golden Boot RLIF Awards World Rankings

Teams list	Men's Women's

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