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Australia and New Zealand are set to be invited to take their places in the World Cup at the end of the 2022 season after tournament organisers agreed to postpone it for 12 months. The World Cup board met on Wednesday night and reluctantly decided postponement was the best option after the ARLC and NZRL withdrew the Kangaroos, Jillaroos, Kiwis and Kiwi Ferns due to concerns over the safety of players travelling to England this year. NRL clubs backed the decision of the ARLC and called for the tournament to be postponed to ensure the top players were on display at the World Cup, which was set ...

National Rugby League clubs give thumbs down to World Cup July 30, 2021 GMT SYDNEY (AP) — Rugby league’s World Cup received more bad news Friday when all 16 National Rugby League clubs approved a decision by Australia and New Zealand officials to withdraw from the tournament. In a lengthy statement issued by all clubs, the teams cited COVID-19-related safety and welfare concerns for their players as their chief issues with the tournament scheduled to start in October in England from going ahead. The clubs again called for the competition to be postponed until 2022, hopeful that conditions...

FShareTTweetQSMSWWhatsAppBEmailJTumblrLLinkedIn21 hours ago Organisers of the Rugby League World Cup confirmed the tournament will go ahead in England despite concerns in Australia about sending a Kangaroos team abroad to compete. The men's, women's and wheelchair World Cups will be played alongside each other across England in October and November this year. To ensure the men's tournament goes ahead, World Cup organisers are considering chartering planes and alternative quarantine facility for athletes based in Australia upon their return home. The staging of the tournament has been a source...

TICKETS are now on sale for the 2021 rugby league world cup, with matches due to take place in the North-East later this year. England is hosting the tournament, which will include matches at the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough, St James's Park and Kingston Park in Newcastle and York's Community Stadium. Tickets start from as low as £2.21 and 80 per cent are priced below £50. Teesside is hosting a match between Tonga and Cook Islands, who will be staying and training in Darlington during the tournament, on Sunday, November 7. The opening ceremony and first match between England...