Rugby League

England has been confirmed as the host of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, while the 2025 edition of the national team tournament is set to be held in the US and Canada after the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) said it would recommend to Congress a joint staging of the event by the two North American countries.

The English Super League has confirmed that rugby league’s World Club Series will be reduced from six to four teams for its 2017 edition, with Brisbane Broncos stepping in to replace Australian National Rugby League (NRL) counterpart Melbourne Storm.

The Rugby Football League, which governs the sport in England, has named Roger Draper as its new chief commercial officer and executive director of the Super League club competition, while Mark Foster and Tony Sutton have also taken on senior management roles within the organisation.

The organising committee for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup national team tournament has agreed partnerships with media firm Match Media and creative agency Clemenger BBDO Sydney.

The organising committee for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2017) has claimed a first by announcing that the Women's Rugby League World Cup will be held concurrently with the men’s tournament.

Andrew Hill has been appointed as the new chief executive of the organising committee for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup national team tournament, which will be co-hosted by Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

The United States has today (Tuesday) entered a bid for the hosting rights to the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.

Nigel Wood, chief executive of the Rugby Football League (RFL), the sport’s governing body in England, has said that the World Club Series could be revamped as early as next year, with plans to stage matches in Australia for the first time.

Organisers of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup have stressed the importance of growing the profile of the sport across all areas of Australia and the Oceania region after the full schedule for the national team tournament was unveiled today (Tuesday).

Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) has confirmed that Perth will host a State of Origin series game for the first time in 2019.

Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) has ratified stiff sanctions handed out to the Parramatta Eels in relation to a salary cap scandal, stating it needed to take a “strong stand” to preserve the integrity of the competition.

The Rugby Football League (RFL) has today (Thursday) confirmed that England will bid to host the 2021 Rugby League World Cup national team tournament.

Australian National Rugby League (NRL) team Wests Tigers has moved to secure its long-term future by entering into a new ownership agreement worth A$8.5m (€5.5m/$6.1m) with the Wests and Balmain entities.

The national governing bodies of rugby league in Canada, Jamaica and the United States have joined together to launch a new event as part of a wider effort to support the global development of the sport.

Australia’s National Rugby League has issued the Parramatta Eels with a points deduction and a number of other sanctions after the club was found guilty of breaching salary cap rules.

The Rugby Football League has struck a deal to introduce a team based in Toronto, Canada, into the sport’s third tier in England.