Australia will share the 2026 Rugby League World Cup internet hosting rights with Papua New Guinea.
The Worldwide Rugby League (IRL) confirmed on Wednesday night time Australia would take over as hosts of the occasion, after France withdrew final yr.
The ARL Fee has opted to host some matches in PNG, as a part of the league’s continuous enlargement into the nation.
“We are going to host matches throughout Australia and in Papua New Guinea to showcase the sport’s finest gamers to encourage the subsequent technology, and cement Rugby League because the No.1 sport within the Pacific,” ARL Fee chairman Peter V’landys mentioned.
“”The partnership between the 2 international locations offers a novel alternative to mix Australia’s expertise in delivering world class and commercially viable occasions, whereas constructing capability and functionality in PNG, the place the fervour for the sport is unrivalled and the potential for the sport is untapped.”
The USA and Canada had been to have hosted the World Cup in 2025, earlier than these plans had been aborted in 2018 over monetary issues.
France then took over the internet hosting rights, earlier than they too pulled out final Could after they had been unable to satisfy standards set out by the French authorities.
In Australia, the IRL has discovered a steady host with NRL stadia.
Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium has hosted the final two Rugby League World Cup finals performed in Australia, with venues but to be confirmed for 2026.
The PNG Kumuls wait on a strive choice on the 2017 Rugby League World Cup quarter-finals. (Picture by Quinn Rooney/Getty Photos)
“We now have all been impressed by the ARLC’s ventures into Las Vegas, led by Peter and Andrew (Abdo), and have little question that they’ll elevate the Rugby League World Cup to a brand new stage,” IRL chairman Troy Grant mentioned.
“Rugby league has by no means been stronger in Australia and the Pacific, with sold-out stadiums, file tv scores and far pleasure about Pacific enlargement.
“The 2026 World Cup in Australia, with matches to be performed in Papua New Guinea, will see the rise of the sport within the Pacific attain higher heights and guarantee Rugby League is the No.1 sport within the area.”
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Australia most not too long ago co-hosted the World Cup in 2017, with matches additionally performed in New Zealand and PNG.
The 2026 event will embody the lads’s, ladies’s and wheelchair occasions, with a discount from 16 groups to 10 within the males’s.
The event’s timing means it’s more likely to happen 16 months earlier than PNG enter the NRL because the league’s nineteenth group in 2028.
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