RFL Launches 2021 RLWC Bid

The RFL has revealed that it is bidding to host the Rugby League World Cup in 2021, just eight years after it was last staged on these shores in 2013. The governing body has announced that the government has committed £15 million to support the bid to host the 2021 competition and a further £10 million to help rugby league infrastructure in the North of England. The 2013 Rugby League World Cup featured matches in Wales, France and Ireland as well as England but the 2021 bid is for England and a total of 12 stadiums across the country will be used if selected. They will be chosen from a shortli…