French Rugby League World Cup organisers pull out of hosting the 2025 World Cup, saying financial pressures from the country's government are too great.
abc.net.au/news/france-pulls-out-as-next-rugby-league-world-cup-host/102349868International Rugby League has expressed its dismay after France surrendered its hosting rights for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup.
French organisers said they could not fully meet financial guarantees for the risk of loss demanded by the French government, and relinquished the staging rights.Grant said the IRL board would meet in July to consider options for the 2025 World Cup. England hosted the previous World Cup in October-November of 2022. It combined the men's, women's and wheelchair competitions successfully, but was delayed for a year by the pandemic.
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