Decision to pull out reflects administrators’ shortsighted prioritisation of the NRL but hope could lie in a revolt by players
For anyone with even a brief knowledge of rugby league’s recent history, the only surprise about the news that Australia and New Zealand have backed out of this autumn’s World Cup is that none of this is even a surprise any more.
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