BY STAFF WRITERS

The Rugby League World Cup is about much more than the superstars of the NRL or those in the Super League representing countries like England and France. Tournaments like these should be celebrated for every player that gets a chance to live out their dreams.

We are only days away from the World Cup opening where England host Samoa in Newcastle.

We’ve gone through each nation’s squads and picked out some players representing local clubs from right around the globe.

TOULOUSE OLYMPIQUE (FRANCE)

Player / Nation: Dominique Peyroux (Cook Islands), Lambert Belmas (France), Tony Gigot (France), Paul Marcon (France), Anthony Marion (France), Arthur Mourgue (France), Eloi Pelissier (France), Justin Sangaré (France), Maxime Stefani (France), Matty Russell (Scotland).

LIGNANO SHARKS (ITALY)

Ippolito Occhialini (Italy), Alex Rojatto (Italy).

RHODES KNIGHTS (GREECE)

Nikolaos Bosmos (Greece), Kosta Katsidonis (Greece).

DUHANEY PARK RED SHARKS (JAMAICA)

Chevaughn Bailey (Jamaica), Khamisi McKain (Jamaica), Andrew Simpson (Jamaica), Marvin Thompson (Jamaica), Renaldo Wade (Jamaica).

VALLEY DIEHARDS (AUSTRALIA)

James Olds (Wales).

CORNWALL RLFC (ENGLAND)

Aaron Jones-Bishop (Jamaica).

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT (LEBANON)

Toufic El-Hajj (Lebanon).

CATANIA BULLS (ITALY)

Giordano Arena (Italy).

MITTAGONG LIONS (AUSTRALIA)

Sebastian Sell (Greece).

ALBI RL XIII (FRANCE)

Maxime Puech (France).

WORKINGTON TOWN RLFC (ENGLAND)

Joe Brown (Jamaica), Alex Young (Jamaica), Connor Davies (Wales).

ARIS EAGLES (GREECE)

Aris Dardamanis (Greece), Greg Koutsimporgiorgos (Greece), Ionnis Rousoglou (Greece).

WOLVES LEBANON (LEBANON)

Atef Hamdan (Lebanon).

RACING SAINT-GAUDENS BEARS (FRANCE)

Gieolo Celerino (Italy).

SUNBURY TIGERS (AUSTRALIA)

Terry Constantinou (Greece).

RC SALON XIII (FRANCE)

Simone Boscolo (Italy).

WEST WALES RAIDERS (WALES)

Joe Burke (Wales).