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Will the RL World Cup go ahead without Southern Hemisphere countries and still be a world cup

Pretty Penny

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One of the major stumbling blocks around a two-week quarantine when the Australian players return home is whether the quarantine time is counted as two weeks of the players mandatory eight weeks annual leave, or if the NRL clubs accept the fortnight in quarantine is on "club time"

The latter would mean meaning the players will then subsequently be on holiday for eight weeks after that, resulting in a truncated pre-season with the 2022 NRL campaign due to get underway in the middle of March.

To ensure the men's World Cup goes ahead as planned, the World Cup organisers are considering chartering planes and are looking at arranging an alternative quarantine facility for athletes based in Australia upon their return down under.

McDermott was quick to praise tournament chief executive Jon Dutton and the organising committee for the work they have done in overcoming the challenges faced to ensure it goes ahead.

"Jon Dutton and his team have done a remarkable job, there's all kinds of things they're having to do," McDermott said.

"The big sticking point I believe is what happens when they return to the southern hemisphere after the tournament has finished, and I am hearing they're on about hiring a holiday resort to do the second part of their quarantine."
 

clarency

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Half the participating national teams wouldn't be able to field a team if Australia remains locked down.
 

Perth Red

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In theory, at this time there is no reason the other southern hemisphere countries can’t go. And potentially with much much stronger squads if they can co Vince Australian and nz eligible players to switch to them for this cup! The nrl CANNOT stop players attending the World Cup for countries that have signed up to play.
 

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