Rugby League: Kangaroos off to Wellington

By PETER JESSUP

The Kangaroos have agreed to give up their home-ground advantage and to play the Kiwis at Wellington for the second year running.

It was the Kangaroos turn to host the annual transtasman test but they must have been feeling guilty about sliding New Zealand out of an agreed July date to fit in Great Britain.

The return to the Cake Tin on October 12 will work out well for the Kiwis, who will depart two days later for nine games in the United Kingdom and France.

They will play the England league premiers on October 18, Hull on October 23, the Super League premiers on October 27, England A on October 30 and Wales at Cardiff on November 2. These games will be followed by three tests against Great Britain at Blackburn on November 10, Huddersfield a week later and Wigan on November 24.

There is one test against France on November 30, at a venue yet to be decided.