RLWC2021 DRAW DETAILS CONFIRMED

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RLWC2021 DRAW DETAILS CONFIRMED

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DRAW FOR ALL THREE TOURNAMENTS SET FOR 16 JANUARY 2020
With exactly two years to go until the Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) finals weekend, organisers have today announced that the draw for the men’s, women’s and wheelchair tournaments will take place on 16 January 2020.

RLWC2021 has also revealed information about each draw, including seedings and pots. Once conducted, the draws will reveal the opening fixture for each tournament, which will include England and take place at St James’ Park (men’s), Emerald Headingley Stadium (women’s) and the Copper Box Arena (wheelchair). The remaining fixtures will be announced at a later date.

The men’s draw will split the teams into three pots. One team from each pot will make up four respective groups.

• Pot 1 - All quarter-finalists from 2017 qualified automatically for 2021 - Fiji, Lebanon, Papua New Guinea and Samoa
• Pot 2 – France, Jamaica, Scotland and Wales
• Pot 3 – Cook Islands, Greece, Ireland and Italy

England shall be pre allocated into Group A as hosts, world champions Australia into Group B, New Zealand into Group C and Tonga into Group D.

RLWC2021 and International Rugby League (IRL) have agreed that each group should represent the rugby league playing world and, as such, will contain at least one nation from the Pacific region and at least one nation under the jurisdiction of the Rugby League European Federation. Therefore, Lebanon will not be included in the draw for Group A (England’s group) and will be reintroduced after either Fiji, Papua New Guinea or Samoa is selected. The rest of the draw will then be conducted without any other changes.

The women’s draw will split the teams into three pots, with England (hosts) and Australia (reigning champions) already pre-allocated into Group A and B respectively. One team from each of these three pots will make up two respective groups.

The seedings for the draw are based on IRL world rankings.

• Pot 1 – New Zealand and Papua New Guinea
• Pot 2 - Canada and France
• Pot 3 - Cook Islands and Brazil

The wheelchair draw follows the same format as the women’s, splitting the teams into three pots, with England (hosts) and France (reigning champions) already pre-allocated into Group A and B respectively. One team from each of these three pots will make up two respective groups.

• Pot 1 - Australia and Wales
• Pot 2 - Scotland and Spain
• Pot 3 - Norway and USA

Jon Dutton, Chief Executive at RLWC2021 commented: “We believe this is the first ever public draw for the tournament and with the 32 teams across the three tournaments all in place, we are delighted to be able to share details for the draw in the New Year.

“We are confident the draw will continue our aspiration to deliver a digital first tournament, whilst celebrating the vibrant diversity of the nations that we will welcome to the tournament in 2021. The aim is to connect with people around the world and create a global sense of excitement.”

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Re: RLWC2021 DRAW DETAILS CONFIRMED

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To be fair there can’t really be a “group of death” can there. Saying that, our international teams was quite shocking recently. A 2006 Wigan side without Vaealiki could have beaten GB!
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Re: RLWC2021 DRAW DETAILS CONFIRMED

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Why bother, Just give the Aussies the cup and have done with it, Can't believe the fat controller sacrificed GB for this crap
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