Quote ="roopy"www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/australian-cities-to-be-offered-2019-nines-world-cup-20171106-gzfwu1.html
Article says 40 nations met in Sydney this week and afterward a proposal to play a world 9s tournament in Australia after season 2019 was put together.
Also says this tournament can be moved to other countries after the first one.
In the article it also says this WC should make $7 million, or more (it is worded äs little as $7 million - which implies that is the minimum).
Fiji and Malta are teams that have been amazing at 7s in Australia for a decade or so. I think they will be hard to beat at 9s.'"
I have watched rugby league for 54 yrs but have never bean or seen a 9s comp