The next Rugby League World Cup, which was originally scheduled to take place in France in 2025, has been postponed by a year to 2026. The decision came after France withdrew from hosting the event due to concerns about potential financial losses. The International Rugby League (IRL) has now pushed the tournament back and is exploring the possibility of holding it in the southern hemisphere instead.
Australia and New Zealand are the frontrunners to take over as hosts for the postponed World Cup. Both countries have a strong rugby league tradition and have previously shown interest in hosting the tournament. New Zealand had offered to host the cup in 2025, but the IRL preferred to wait until 2026 to ensure the event’s success.
Additionally, the women’s Rugby League World Cup will become a standalone tournament from 2028 onwards, meaning it will be held at a different time than the men’s tournament.
The decision to postpone the World Cup and potentially change the host country is aimed at securing the best possible outcome for the tournament, ensuring it can be successful and continue to grow the sport of rugby league on the global stage. Further details on the new host and the tournament’s exact schedule will be announced by the IRL in due course.
very interesting
I loved reading it because, I never knew that maybe chocolate might be gone in the future!
save the chocolate…
I enjoyed this reading because
it show what climate changes does!!
they might have to move most chocolate into a colder place, since the climate clock is getting low
so temperature might get higher.
i love chocolate
I’m allergic to dairy, but this makes me sad for my best friends all around NZ (don’t think it’s weird because I actually do). And my chocolate loving cousin, her name is Dana (I’m from South Korea and she told me how to spell her name in Korean but its not pronounced like Dana).
I know that there are chocolate lovers around the world so, poor them or if you like chocolate poor you (even though I’m allergic to dairy, or to make it easy dairy products: cheese, milk, butter etc).