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This year's Rugby League World Cup in England has been postponed until 2022 after last month's withdrawals of defending champions Australia and New Zealand, tournament organisers said on Thursday.

Australia and New Zealand withdrew citing player welfare and safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Australian Rugby League Commission and New Zealand Rugby League had asked organisers to postpone the Oct. 23-Nov. 27 event until next year.

"Ultimately this decision has been detrimental to the plans and ambitions of many of the competing nations and potential replacement teams. Rugby Football League chairman Simon Johnson had earlier called Australia and New Zealand's withdrawals"a selfish, parochial and cowardly decision".

 

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