Friday, 6 November 2026

Rugby League World Cup 2026 - Women's Semifinal Network Diagrams

Sorry for the delay on posting the equivalent diagram for the Women's Rugby League World Cup 2026. Unlabelled network diagram of the players and countries in the semifinal of the women's rugby league world cup. The large red circles are the countries, the smaller black circles are the teams and players. There are three teams in a sort of triangle-ish, with the fourth team sticking out making a larger triangle. Labelled network diagram of the players and countries in the semifinal of the women's rugby league world cup. The large red circles are the countries, the smaller black circles are the teams and players. There are three teams in a sort of triangle-ish, with the fourth team sticking out making a larger triangle. The smaller triangle is has Samoa and Australia in the bottom corners left and right, then New Zealand at the apex. Fiji are the sticking out team. The larger triangle has New Zealand in the middle. 

The interesting thing is how much less symmetrical the women's semi-final diagram is. There's a definite New Zealand, Samoa and Australia triangle with Fiji sticking out. This does not bode well for the Fijian women's team, but on this blog, hope springs eternal. 

New Zealand are the national team closest to the centre, with Brisbane Broncos being the club team closest. 

There are 6 clusters in the community view, the 4 national teams, then one cluster that includes Cronulla Sutherland Sharks and West Tigers which seems to exist because they link multiple national teams, then the St George Illawarra cluster, because St George Illawarra players link Samoa and Fiji, but only Samoa and Fiji. Same diagram, labelled with community colours. Orange community in the bottom left corner, blue in the right, middle community is pink. There is a sub-community in a sort of grey around the middle, then a green community linking the orange community to the olive green one at the top. Same diagram, labelled with community colours. Orange community in the bottom left corner (Samoa), blue (Australia) in the right, middle community is pink (New Zealand). There is a sub-community in a sort of grey around the middle (Cronulla Sutherland Sharks and Wests Tigers), then a green community (St George Illawarra) linking the orange community to the olive green one at the top (Fiji).
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