The 2017 international rugby league season started when Hungary played Uruguay in the Western Sydney suburb of Liverpool.
The season will also include the 2017 Rugby League World Cup which will be held in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea during October, November and December.
[1] No international matches were played.
Man of the Match: Matt Gillett (Australia) Touch judges: Chris Butler (Australia) Brett Suttor (Australia) Video referees: Luke Patten (Australia) Bernard Sutton (Australia) Man of the Match: Stargroth Amean (Papua New Guinea) Touch judges: Nick Beashel (Australia) Michael Wise (Australia) Video referees: Bryan Norrie (Australia) Bernard Sutton (Australia) Man of the Match: William Hopoate (Tonga) Touch judges: Tim Roby (England) Belinda Sleeman (Australia) Video referees: Steve Chiddy (Australia) Luke Patten (Australia) Man of the Match: Elliott Whitehead (England) Touch judges: Ricky MacFarlane (Australia) Jeff Younis (Australia) Video referees: Ben Galea (Australia) Jared Maxwell (Australia) Touch judges: Jordan Chidiac (Australia) Robert Morey (Australia) Touch judges: Sami Assaf (Lebanon) Nadeem Moughnieh (Lebanon) Notes: No international matches were played.
Note: This match featured 20 players per side (13 on-field and 7 on the interchange bench) and was played as a curtain-raiser to a men's Prime Minister's XIII match.