2025 RLWC

The draw has been made and fixtures announced for the 2023 men’s Euro B championship, which will also feature as the next phase of qualifying for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup in France.

The defining question when the Rugby League World Cup returns to France for the first time in over 50 years for the 2025 edition could surround the host nation. France is in a period...

Interim chair of the European Rugby League (ERL) board, Graeme Thompson, has warmly welcomed the awarding of the 2025 Rugby League World Cup to France, following on from this year’s event in England. France, who through Paul...

The Rugby Football League today congratulates the Federation Francaise de Rugby a XIII following confirmation that France is to stage the 17th Rugby League World Cup in 2025.  The announcement was made in Paris today as Jean Castex,...

The Euro D Championship kicks off at the Huseyin Akar Tesisler Stadium in Bodrum, Turkey tomorrow (Thursday) with added incentive for the four nations participating. Czech Republic face Malta in the opening game of a double-header (kick...

The French Rugby League Federation has officially declared its intention to bid for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup, taking it back to the country that founded the tournament in 1954. It was last played in its...

Recently elected president of La Fédération Française de rugby à XIII, Luc Lascoste, has welcomed the announcement by Troy Grant, chair of International Rugby League (IRL), that efforts have begun to take the 2025 Rugby League World Cup tournament back to where...

By Brian Lowe,

The 2025 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC) reportedly is to go back out to tender.

RugbyLeaguePlanet understands that the decision was made at the International Rugby League (IRL) congress meeting in Sydney. It is unclear, however, as to precisely when the IRL will formally call for new submissions.

By Brian Lowe, Date: 7/3/17

“They would have been ready in 2021.” Those comments from Jason Moore, the principal of Moore Sports International (MSI), the Australia-based organization behind the bid for the United States and Canada to jointly host the 2025 Rugby League World Cup.

 

Date: 20/11/16

Following the recommendation of the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) Board to conditionally award the 2025 World Cup to North America, the RLIF Congress at its annual general meeting held in Liverpool, endorsed the recommendation.