It's not their job? The only reason the RFL is not the governing body of the game throughout the British Isles now is because it has decided not to be.

It was happy to make money off the Great Britain name for 50-odd years. And you can bet it'll be happy to cash in on it again in the future if it decides an Ashes series will save the RFL bank account yet again. If the RFL has decided it doesn't run the game in the Celtic nations and owes them nothing then GB is dead unless they are going to split any Ashes or Lions tour profits with them in the future.

Of course the question is, would any other country want the RFL running them when it is obviously a basket case?

PS: Why would you do this in the middle of the World Cup? FMD.

Indeed. If the RFL were to carry on as before, what other activities should they cut instead?

Bailing out SL clubs for a start.

As long as the money is spent on overseas crocks and not development of the game as a whole, I cannot see the problem.
SL clubs are firm believers in that.
Why anyone thinks that development should be funded at all is beyond me. It should be done free of charge, using facilities the RSPCA would ban from keeping animals in.
Don't forget that is easier to buy something than apply hard work and do it yourself and if it doesn't work blame someone else.