16th July 2017, 22:33 | super_league
Set of Six: This week in Rugby League
RL celebrates Evan Hawksworth's life, Yorkshire Prose visits Sam Burgess, Vatuvei's farewell, Burgess twins meet England Universities, State of Origin game 3 and Wolfpack head to MayMac World Tour
Rugby League celebrates Evan Hawksworth’s life
From Betfred Super League to community Rugby League, teams celebrated Evan Hawksworth’s life with a minute’s applause.
Evan Hawksworth 🙏
— Betfred Super League (@SuperLeague) July 13, 2017
Thank you @WiganWarriorsRL and @wolvesrl for helping us celebrate Evan's life pic.twitter.com/vDo5sSK49C
Our boys with @OultonRaiders 8s a minute applause for Evan Hawksworth RIP. Proud of you all. pic.twitter.com/jXAQDo6pOl
— Siddal Whites (@siddalwhites) July 16, 2017
Support for Evan was also shown in other ways, and Wakefield’s Tinirau Arona dedicated their victory over Widnes to Evan and his family.
That Win was for you and your family Evan.
— Tinirau Arona (@t_arona) July 15, 2017
Rest peacefully young man pic.twitter.com/AHEHCMWxeE
Luke Gale was awarded Man of the Match in Castleford's victory over Salford and donated the prize money to the Evan Hawksworth Benevolent Fund.
Big thanks to @snozzer_gale for donating his @SkySportsRL MOTM award money to the Evan Hawksworth Benevolent Fund #RLFamily @StanleyU14s2017 pic.twitter.com/KEAfVtTt4o
— Castleford Tigers (@CTRLFC) July 15, 2017
Warriors say goodbye to Vatuvei
New Zealand Warriors gave Manu Vatuvei an epic send-off he won’t forget.
The Warriors, led by Issac Luke, performed their Haka for the winger who has moved to Salford Red Devils.
The beast scored at least 10 tries in 10 different seasons for the Warriors.
Salford head coach Ian Watson expects Vatuvei to arrive on Monday.
GOOSEBUMPS@ManuVatuvei is farewelled by his teammates with an emotional haka!#NRLWarriorsPanthers #NRL pic.twitter.com/rh5R1F0dhE
— NRL (@NRL) July 15, 2017
Yorkshire Prose visits Sam Burgess in Australia
Yorkshire Prose, also known as Ben Taylor, is captain of the UK Armed Forces Rugby League team.
The squad visited England captain Sam Burgess and the South Sydney Rabbitohs team whilst taking part in the Armed Forces World Cup.
Taylor then recited a short poem specially composed for the team, check it out below.
The United Kingdom Armed Forces team finished third in the World Cup, defeating New Zealand Defence Forces 36-18 in their final game of the tournament on Friday 14 July.
Congratulations to Si Wray, Ryan Matthews, Kev Brown and Jordan Andrade who all feature in the @RLWC2017 team of the tournament #UKAFRL pic.twitter.com/zwqfKX2bjH
— @UKArmedForcesRL (@ukafrugbyleague) July 16, 2017
Burgess twins spend time with England Universities team
Tom and George treated the England Universities team to a meal at Milones Restaurant.
The England internationals gave the Universities team some inspirational words and tips in the build-up to their fixture against Scotland Universities in the Student World Cup.
Thanks to @burgessgeorge and @Thomas_Burgess for spending time with the England Unis boys and treating us to dinner at Millones Restaurant. pic.twitter.com/mdskN8OYJY
— University RL (@UniversityRL) July 11, 2017
England Universities went on to defeat Scotland 30-20 and faced Australia Universities in the semi-finals.
The side were unable to overcome the hosts, falling 46-18 to reach the final-four of the Student World Cup.
Massive congratulations to England's @BStead07 and @AHall_20 on the selection for the Student RL World XIII! pic.twitter.com/FngK5x0UV9
— University RL (@UniversityRL) July 16, 2017
State of Origin Game III
The 2017 State of Origin series came to an end on Wednesday as Queensland Maroons secured a 2-1 series win with a 22-6 victory.
The Maroons made dramatic changes to their team after losing game I to come from behind and claim the series.
Valentine Holmes continued his impressive form with a hat-trick, and Maroons winger Dane Gagai became the first winger to win the Wally Lewis Medal.
At the end of the game, Cameron Smith brought injured Johnathan Thurston to the stage, take a look below.
Beautiful moment with @CamSmith9 and JT!#Origin#NRL pic.twitter.com/b9nSx19bUx
— NRL (@NRL) July 12, 2017
Wolfpack team enjoy May-Mac World Tour
As part of the Mayweather v McGregor world tour, the fight promotion headed to Toronto.
Toronto managed to secure tickets and the Wolfpack enjoyed a team day out enjoying two of the world’s biggest athletes prepare for their fight.
Check out Ryan Brierley’s video of Conor McGregor entering the stage ahead of the press conference.
Best event ive been to last night. #MayMacWorldTour with the boys. @TheNotoriousMMA @FloydMayweather pic.twitter.com/byaPT1reHk
— Ryan Brierley (@RyanBrierley) July 13, 2017
