16 Days · 2 Cities · 3 Matches

The Journey

From Sydney Harbour to Surfers Paradise — here’s the route.

Three Canada Grizzlies bears in the tour jersey gather over a world map tracing the tour route: flights from Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto and Manchester to Sydney, on to the Gold Coast and Brisbane, and the return home, with Canadian and Australian city skylines behind
SYD
Sydney
Oct 30 – Nov 4
New South Wales
GC
Gold Coast
Nov 4 – Nov 16
Surfers Paradise
BNE
Brisbane
Nov 15
Day trip
LEG 1
SYDNEY

Sydney

October 30 – November 4, 2026

The squad arrives in Sydney on Friday, October 30. The first days are for settling in and finding the legs, with a World Cup triple header at CommBank Stadium in Parramatta on Sunday, November 1 (the women’s Australia v Wales, followed by the men’s Lebanon v France, then Tonga v Samoa) before Game Day 1 on Monday, November 2 at McCredie Park, home of the Guildford Owls Junior Rugby League Club — a triangular against Pasifika Warriors and Sydney Emus, with presentation and dinner at Guildford Leagues Club that evening. On Tuesday, November 3 the squad heads to The Big Dance at Royal Randwick. It’s run on the same day as the Melbourne Cup, the race that stops the nation, making it Sydney’s BIG PARTY on Cup Day!

LEG 2
GOLD COAST

Gold Coast

November 4 – November 16, 2026

From November 4 the squad is based at Surfers Paradise for twelve days. Game Day 2 is a triangular against QLD and NSW at Owen Park, Southport Tigers Junior Rugby League Club on Saturday, November 7. Game Day 3 is a triangular against Australia and the Great Britain Rebels at Tugun Seahawks Junior Rugby League Club on Friday, November 13. Both days finish with presentation and dinner at the host club.

LEG 3
BRISBANE

Brisbane

Sunday, November 15, 2026

A day trip north from the Gold Coast to Suncorp Stadium for the Rugby League World Cup Finals, with both the Women’s and Men’s finals on the same day. The squad returns to the coast that evening and departs on Monday, November 16.