# 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship

The 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship was a rugby league nines tournament organised by the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) and played in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia in February 2018. The event, featured eight men's teams, six women's teams and three physical disability teams, was one of the exhibition sports for the 2018 Commonwealth Games and was in support of the bid for rugby league nines to be a full medal event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The tournament was dominated by Australia, who won all three competitions.

## Competing nations and pools

The 2014 tournament limited the men's competition to under-18 players. For this competition the upper age was increased to make the tournament an under-23 competition.
Men's U23 :
| Team | Coach |
| Pool A ||
| Australia | Adrian Lam |
| Fiji | |
| Scotland | Nathan Graham |
| Wales | Shane Eccles |
| Pool B ||
| England | Alan Coleman |
| Papua New Guinea | Colin Geno |
| Samoa | Tony Puletua & Lino Salafai |
| Tonga | Willie Manu |
Women's :
| Team | Coach |
| Pool A ||
| Australia | Brad Donald |
| Fiji | |
| Samoa | Frank Fuimaono |
| Pool B ||
| Canada | Mike Castle |
| Cook Islands | Teivao Tamariki |
| Tonga | Andrew Emelio |
Physical disability :
| Team | Coach |
| Australia | Shaun Spence |
| New Zealand | Raymond Greaves |
| Commonwealth All Stars | Luke Muttdon |

## Fixtures

All the games were played at Dolphin Stadium, home of Queensland rugby league side, Redcliffe Dolphins, on 23 and 24 February. All the pool games in the men's and women's teams were played on 23 February with the play-offs and medal matches played on 24 February. In the physical disability tournament four match were played on the first day with two more and the gold medal match played on the second day.
All times are Queensland local time, UTC+10:00.

## Women's tournament
### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 4 | +46 | 4 |
| Samoa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 2 |
| Fiji | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 48 | −42 | 0 |

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Tonga | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 4 |
| Cook Islands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| Canada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 0 |

### Semi-finals and play-offs
## Men's U23 tournament
### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 4 | +88 | 6 |
| Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 4 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 2 |
| Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 68 | −64 | 0 |

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Tonga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 6 |
| Samoa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 4 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 2 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 0 |

### Semi-finals and play-offs
## Physical disabilities tournament
### Pool stage

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | Pts |
| Australia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 7 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
| Commonwealth All Stars | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 1 |

### Play-off

Australia were declared the gold medalists due to having a better pool result.

## Leading try-scorers

* Men's U23: Addison Demetriou (7)
* Women's: Nakia Davis-Welsh, Kiritapu Demant, Shontelle Stowers (4)
* Physical disability: Mitchell Gleeson (2)