And Perth to get next years WCC!? The rumours have been around for quite some time but when the World Cup executive met in the days leading up to the April 19 Test between Australia and New Zealand, the news finally leaked out – GB’s flag will most likely be hoisted after an eight-year break in 2015. It’s something RFL chief executive Nigel Wood wanted to keep quiet but RLIF chairman Scott Carter spoke openly about it in the lead-up to the meeting. A tour at the end of the 2015 season will comprise two Tests against each of the trans-Tasman rivals and mid-week matches against yet-to-be-determined opposition. Next year, the WCC will likely head to Perth as a two-team competition. stevemascord.com/2013/06/10/how- ... ive-years/

And Perth to get next years WCC!? The rumours have been around for quite some time but when the World Cup executive met in the days leading up to the April 19 Test between Australia and New Zealand, the news finally leaked out – GB’s flag will most likely be hoisted after an eight-year break in 2015. It’s something RFL chief executive Nigel Wood wanted to keep quiet but RLIF chairman Scott Carter spoke openly about it in the lead-up to the meeting. A tour at the end of the 2015 season will comprise two Tests against each of the trans-Tasman rivals and mid-week matches against yet-to-be-determined opposition. Next year, the WCC will likely head to Perth as a two-team competition. stevemascord.com/2013/06/10/how- ... ive-years/

Have I had a long day, or is that article terribly written? Brilliant news, however.

WELL I better start saving up it was 1992 since I was last their and I loved every minute

I'd prefer to do away with England et al altogether and have GB as the international team. That is the country, after all. The only reason I would keep the constituent nations in any form would be in some sort of SOO equivalent in which a hyped up 3/4 nations mini comp is tied to GB squad selection.

Terrible news. Hopefully this is a one-off.

My thought exectly GB should be the top side (except for world cup) & the individual Nations should be the qualifying route. I would only hope the NRL clubs dont sell us short by fieldling second teams as they did on the last proper tour then wonder why we struggled against the Aussie National squad.

they need England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland to 'bulk' the world cup up.

i'd be happy with a set up where we continue with England for World Cups and 4 Nations, but come together as GB for proper tours with games against club sides, Queensland/NSW etc as part of the tours.

So this is going to have to be something like an 8-9 week tour, presumably departing the week after the Grand Final and finishing a week or two before Xmas?

Players will come back, get a couple of weeks off then be straight into pre-season ready to go again the first week in Feb. Expect a massive drop-off in performance from players on the tour and an increased risk of injuries, unless the SL calendar for the following season is changed.

That would also mean playing in the Australian summer. I can see that going really well

would it make sense to tour during the season but before the playoff series begins?

the regular rounds are pretty meaningless afterall, as some posters would have us believe.

So something that has been needed for a while and Rugby League fans still moan




BRILLIANT

I think there is a place for both England and GB. England for 4 Nations & World Cup, GB for Ashes & Kiwi tours.

I'd like to see something along the lines of:
Year 1 - 5 Nations down under (Eng, Aus, NZ, PNG & other Southern Hemisphere team)
Year 2 - Aus v GB tour here
Year 3 - 5 Nations here (Eng, Aus, NZ, Wales & France)
Year 4 - World Cup
Year 5 - 5 Nations down under
Year 6 - GB v Aus tour down under
Year 7 - 5 Nations here
Year 8 - World Cup

Plus an annual mid-season Home Nations comp of Eng, Fra, Wales, Scotland & Ireland here, and a mid-season Comp down under of Aus, NZ, PNG, Fiji.

I know the domestic season would be affected, but clubs will just have to survive without a few of their top players for a couple of games a season.

In what way is it 'needed' other than to satiate dinosaurs who can't let go of the past?

GB to tour in October/November 2015......GENIUS






New Zealand as a nation will have one thing on their minds..................as will most of the GB public.






But that's OK.......the crowds in Sydney and Brisbane will more than make up for it

Why, is it the national sheep shearing cup in 2015?

I'm confused too

i can see the Fifa Under 20's world cup, and some cricket thing

I can not understand some people on this site, why moan at something we have needed for a long time, get real lets get it on last time I went to oz. it was ace to watch and the same when it was over hear even if we did get beat

Best RL news for many years.
Lets hope that our starting 13 aren't all playing their club rugby down under by 2015 though !!!!!

Start our season in September, end it in May, have GB tour down under in our summer and let the tourists come here October and November. Schedule 3 tests and let them play the top 8 SL clubs and a NL combination side as well.

Winter RL is better anyway.

2 tests, but we'll need 3 for the ashes right?

the Kick & Clap World cup runs from September 18th to October 31st, so while our Playoffs/Grand Final is on. Still time to time to fit a GB tour in during November, and SKY will probably want something to bring the viewers back after all the attention is on ITV's home World Cup.

Bout fookin time GB was brought back, Red Hall finally seein sense!!!

Bulking up the World Cup is an awful reason to maintain a segmented and weakened national side. Why not bulk it up by making Australia play as NSW and Qld? It has as much validity.

No it doesn't. NSW and Qld were never independent nations and haven't been recognised as such by a major sporting body. England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland were and have been.