Confirmed:
GB Lions tour
WC Qualifiers
Semi-confirmed:
9s World Cup
So my calendar would look like this:
June
- every nation plays 1 test (except Aus due to SOO)
- some key match ups: PNG v Fiji game 1 of 3, NZ v Tonga game 1 of tri series with Samoa, England v Scotland
July
- France v England, make this annual
Oct
- RLIF 9s WC played over 1 or 2 weekends.
- Aus v PNG and Fiji (PM XIII is rebranded as full test)
- NZ-Tonga-Samoa tri series games 2 and 3
- Aus v NZ games 1 and 2, of 3
- PNG v Fiji games 2 and 3
- couple more games for Lebanon, Tonga, Samoa, Cook Isl
- All nations participating in Qualifiers playing at least 1 warm up test. Key match-up England v France game 2 of 2.
Nov
-GB Lions tour : v Aus x3, v NZ, Fiji, Tonga (running into Dec)
-WC Qualifiers round 2/A (Europe, A-Pac, America, MEA)
-Aus v NZ game 3
-NZ tri series final
Dec
-WC Qualifiers round 3 /final playoffs