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Organisers take ‘very difficult decision’ to postpone RLWC to 2022

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This year's Rugby League World Cup in England has been postponed to 2022, following the earlier withdrawal of the Australia and New Zealand teams.

Organisers announced this morning that they had taken the “extremely difficult decision” after a meeting of the RLWC2021 board, including representation from the UK government and the International Rugby League board.

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