Re: Swinton Home : Tue Jun 29, 2021 2:45 am
Even for rugby league fans it is a really ill-thought through conspiracy theory to suggest the RLWC organisers would want to postpone the tournament - the costs alone would be enormous. They'd have to retain all their staff for another year, there's all the costs of planning and events they'e already shelled out for, the re-branding, they might even have to find new venues. It would cripple the RLWC and, ultimately, the RFL.What this is all about, as usual, is the NRL clubs not wanting their own seasons to be disrupted - in this case by players returning in late November (which they already hate) and then having to go into quarantine, having a post-season rest, then returning to their clubs in January having missed most of their pre-season. They couldn't give a stuff about international RL - hence the cancellation of the mid-season Pacific fixtures - nor anything outside of their own backyard. Even helping fund junior development in New Zealand is beyond the pale, despite being very keen to sign players from there. They just want to use this as an excuse to cancel the RLWC.