National Rugby League clubs give thumbs down to World Cup
July 30, 2021 GMT
SYDNEY (AP) Rugby league’s World Cup received more bad news Friday when all 16 National Rugby League clubs approved a decision by Australia and New Zealand officials to withdraw from the tournament.
In a lengthy statement issued by all clubs, the teams cited COVID-19-related safety and welfare concerns for their players as their chief issues with the tournament scheduled to start in October in England from going ahead.
The clubs again called for the competition to be postponed until 2022, hopeful that conditions and quarantine arrangements will have improved by then.
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