Been to a few RLWCs over the years and thorougly enjoyed experience of them all, irrelevent of being pretty sure of knowing who was going to be in the final.
Hope it does go ahead, got tickets for a few of the group games as well as semi and final, seen some cracking group games over the years so live in hope.
Its not just about who is going to win it.

So yeah reckon a few folk would be bothered.

I’m one of the bothered.
I’ve booked for the big games and am doing the opening weekend- England game in Toon, then Ireland v Jamaica in Leeds the following day.

Thats at least 2 of us that would be bothered if it did not go ahead.
Mention in the times today with first hint that olympics are being looked at again!

Not quite sure how you work that out. Of 15 League World Cups, Australia has won 11 with Great Britain 3 & NZ 1. Swap England for GB then tell me who else can or will win it in 2021 or 2025?

Of the 9 Union World Cups, NZ has won 3, South Africa 3, Australia 2 & England 1. You could add France, Ireland & Wales who might have a chance of winning. Union looks a lot more competitive to me but each to his own.

League fans might miss it but i doubt it will leave even a ripple in the minds of the British sporting public if it doesn't go ahead, especially if the European Championships go ahead.

RLWC profit 2017 A$7m
RUWC profit 2019 $57m (Honkeytonk correct me if i'm wrong)

Thetr seems to be an obsession hete with british sporting public and there opinion. Not too sure why, the people who will be bothered by the RLWC having issues are all the RL fans that are fans of the game. Will stadiums be full, no, and dont think they ever expect them to be. Does anyone expect the whole of the british sporting fan base to take interest in the WC no! Football fans follow foitball not rugby so majority dont care. Compaire it to the olympics how many uk sporting fans were genuinly bothered that it got postponed, provably very few.
But RL fans will care if RLWC gets affected

I'm an RL fan but not that bothered by the RLWC. The Olympics, on the other hand, I would miss a lot.

Whereas i am a RL fan and yes i would miss the RLWC but dont really care about the Olympics.
The SL and Champ season start could have another problem, Catalan and Toulouse might be prevented from playing.

Well first delay to the Super League season on the news, and suggesting that magic weekend could be in doubt.
Not looking to good at the minute for any UK RL anytime soon.

Thats where the problems start with the WC. If the season gets cut short too much, or too many unplayed games then the viability of the comp is in doubt.
Hey ho.
Reckon end of march is still being optomistic

In my view the WC is an opportunity to push the game to a wider audience. That is the only way you will be able to generate greater TV revenue & be able to develop the game further. So in that respect, whether you would miss the comp or not is irrelevant.

As much as i love my RL, i'm with jbuzza & more interested in the Olympics. If they go ahead the amount of media coverage RLWC would get would be minimal apart from perhaps some northern editions which is not where we need it.

No interest in the Olympics.

Total interest in the RLWC. Obviously,. That's why I'm on a rugby league site.

Season delayed a further 3 weeks- From RFL

Current proposal looks stupid: everyone plays each other once, nine loop fixtures, magic weekend, +Challenge Cup.

Personally dump magic and Cup and try (somehow) to fit in home and away fixtures!

Couldn't agree with you more brian, if a pig's ear can be made of the fixtures, you can rely on the RFL to do so.

At this rate we could end up as a winter game again.

Not on bbc or rfl website yet, what date have they announced

Latest Press Release;


The Betfred Championship and League 1 clubs considered a number of options for the 2021 season at a virtual meeting on Wednesday evening

The consensus reached was that the Betfred Championship season could and should be delayed by several weeks from the scheduled start of late February, in recognition of the current public health situation and the likely implications on the return of fans to elite sport.

For similar reasons, the Betfred League 1 clubs were supportive of a longer delay to the start of their season, which will now begin later in the spring.

That will also allow a staggered return to training following the pause advised by the RFL last week in response to the latest Lockdown, which will also take into account the needs of players to prepare thoroughly after such a long lay-off.

Betfred Championship clubs have been cleared to return from this weekend (Saturday January 16), but initially only for “Stage 1 plus” – which permits socially distanced (non-contact) training outdoors – with the intention of moving to “Stage 2”, with contact training permitted, from February 1.

Found tye press release was just trying to establish where WQ got 3 weeks from. Looks like they have not set a proposed date as yet

NB- Couple of bits and bobs here. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/ch ... s-delayed/ https://www.rugby-league.com/article/57 ... e---season

NB- Couple of bits and bobs here. https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/ch ... s-delayed/ https://www.rugby-league.com/article/57 ... e---season

Matt Shaw on Twitter

Exclusive: The Championship season is set to be delayed by three weeks and redesigned to become a 22-round competition, while League 1 clubs face not participating in the Challenge Cup and returning to the field in May.

Who is matt shaw?
All the official stuff just says several weeks

Matt Shaw is the Rugby League Back Chat presenter. He is a Journalist for League Express.

Cheers bosty. Intetesting that his info is different from the official press release.

Thats him, my error of omission NB!

No worries, just didnt not recognise the name thats all.