Australia’s and New Zealand’s World Cup myopia threatens crisis for rugby league | Aaron Bower

Decision to pull out reflects administrators’ shortsighted prioritisation of the NRL but hope could lie in a revolt by playersFor anyone with even a brief knowledge of rugby league’s recent history, the only surprise about the news that Australia and New Zealand have backed out of this autumn’s World Cup is that none of this is even a surprise any more. Related: Australia and New Zealand labelled ‘selfish’ after pulling out of Rugby League World CupContinue reading.