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Rugby league let down by another administrative shambles
A brilliant sport, the joys of which are so often ignored by the mainstream press, is once again blighted by off-field antics – this time over its international showpiece. JAMES NALTON reports
Sporting calendar hit by regional instability with tournaments in the Gulf abandoned
IT’S very rare that rugby league makes the back pages of the mainstream media’s newspapers, and when it does it’s usually a negative story.
That was the case again today when the news of Australia and New Zealand pulling out of this year’s Rugby League World Cup in England received blanket back-page coverage.
As reported in the Star, Australia and New Zealand say they made this decision due to how badly the Covid-19 pandemic has been handled in Britain.
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