It’s barely six months since the last World Cup, and we’re already hitting crisis point in the next World Cup cycle.
The pandemic will of course take part of the blame for the current situation, especially the fact it knocked the 2021 edition back a year, but the reality is that two hosts have now tried and failed to put something together for 2025.
The 2025 World Cup won’t be in North America or France – but will it be held anywhere at all?
A Southern Hemisphere World Cup?
In hindsight, to hold two World Cups within three years (albeit should have been four) in the northern hemisphere in the current context of international rugby league was ambitious if not absurd.
Maybe the learnings from this process are that World Cups should alternate either side of the equator for the…
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