As we move quickly towards the conclusion of the group stage at the 2026 edition of the Rugby League World Cup, there is plenty of exciting surrounding a number of crucial match ups between England and Papa New Guinea, New Zealand vs Fiji and Tonga vs Samoa, but it’s hard not to lament what could have been.
Ask a stranger on the street in the UK how they think the Rugby League World Cup is going and the response, more often than not, will be along the lines of ‘I didn’t even know it was going on’.
