A world cup will do little to be honest to developing RL around the world

getting nations which can regularly compete with australia is difficult

the only real way is guess what - introducing clubs from new nations into SL or the NRL or taking their juniors

so say a 2nd NZ side, PNG and a Pacific islands team in the nrl

more french teams, scotland and ireland in SL.

this will develop int. RL.

It boils down to one word: profile

The profile of RL in the British media is so low compared to other sports it borders on non-existent. And before you ask, no I don't know how to raise it, unless the RFL find a huge pot of cash buried in the grounds of Red Hall and spend it all on marketing