Rugby League World Cup

[Nepia]

That sucks, hope they have a comp down here instead with NZ, Oz and the PI nations.

[mikey07]

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[mikey07]

@nepia Yeah was thinking that would definitely draw the crowds.

[Bovidae]

All those other Sydney, I mean international teams, like Lebanon will probably withdraw too.

[Machpants]

Google didn't help me but I am sure I read that something like 75% of all the players at the RLWC are NRL players. So, yeah, bit of a non event then!

EDIT: Do the NRL players have to be released like rugby? Certain window (which with quarantine could totally mean they couldn't make it anyway)?

[Bones]

@mikethesnow "too dangerous for the players"

Like fuck.

[sparky]

Odd decision given NZ cricketers have been to the UK and back with no ill effects.

[Bones]

@bovidae said in 2021 Rugby League World Cup:

All those other Sydney, I mean international teams, like Lebanon will probably withdraw too.

It's our year!

[Godder]

@sparky said in 2021 Rugby League World Cup:

Odd decision given NZ cricketers have been to the UK and back with no ill effects.

Part of it is having to maintain bubbles in the domestic season as well, just too hard on the players.

[sparky]

How about replacing the official Aus and Kiwi teams with squads of UK-based expats who have been double vaccinated? Time for some of us to get our boots out?

[Bones]

@sparky said in 2021 Rugby League World Cup:

How about replacing the official Aus and Kiwi teams with squads of UK-based expats who have been double vaccinated? Time for some of us to get our boots out?

Sorry, Lebanon has already called.

[sparky]

The reaction of Clare Balding, President of the RFL.

[Bones]

@sparky I'm guessing $$$£££

[MiketheSnow]

@bones said in 2021 Rugby League World Cup:

@sparky I'm guessing $$$£££

I’m guessing the administrators said ‘fucked if I’m looking after these mongrels in iso’

[sparky]

RFL chairman Simon Johnson is not happy:

Jul 22, 2021  /  01:26

RFL chairman: Aus, NZ withdrawal 'selfish and parochial'

Rugby Football League chairman Simon Johnson says Australia and New Zealand’s decision to withdraw from the Rugby League World Cup is ‘selfish and parochial’.

[sparky]

More from RFL boss Simon Johnson.

[Machpants]

@sparky said in 2021 Rugby League World Cup:

More from RFL boss Simon Johnson.

Same sort of fuckwit that is ok with old fashioned League tackles. Going from bubble to quarantine to bubble to quarantine to pretty much straight back into bubble for pre season is shit.

[sparky]

A spokesperson for Boris Johnson has said that he is surprised and disappointed with the decision of the Australia and New Zealand associations to pull out of the Rugby League World Cup.

[sparky]

One compromise being suggested is the Australia and New Zealand could play their group games in Scotland and Wales where Covid rates are already lower.

[sparky]

According to this piece, 75% of the players want to go the RL World Cup and have no concerns about Covid.

Jul 22, 2021

Landslide survey results show huge player support for Rugby League World Cup

The findings have emerged after Australia and New Zealand withdrew from the event.