It is not a problem, they can delay the start of the NRL season or stand down players involved (they would for origin) .

Time to put the foot down on them 2 nations

The nrl is a minnow comp in the grand scheme of things played with 30,000 empty seats at Sydney football ground usually

I bet the world Cup final 2017 TV figures dwarf any origin match

The world Cup puts rugby league around the world the origin certainly doesn't

Next years world Cup will be a farce and of course millions of people won't be happy with the PL and other big football comps having to stop cause of the farce in qatar

I don’t think we can call the NRL a disgrace when we allow teams over here to embarrass the league without consequence.

It is time to get nasty, tell the NRL that we require all England, Ireland, Scotland & Welsh qualified players released .If they refuse fine the ARL also encourage Fiji, Tonga, PNG & Samoa to do the same as their governing body’s are missing out on a potentially much needed cash handouts.
Can anyone here imagine the stink if England refused to play in the ashes series this winter.
They could have had all their players vaccinated by now ( my son a resident of Sydney has managed to get both his no problem) just stinks of parochial self interest. I hope if they manage to arrange some sort of end of season we can all show our support & fill whatever ground to the roof just to spite the winging cowards.

One where the government should step in and try get their counterparts down under to help move things along. Not holding my breath with this lot though

Not a bloody chance mate.
If this was Football or maybe even Union, there could be a chance of some intervention but, for Rugby League ?
I'm not even sure that Bojo & Co even know that the sport exists.

Theres an easy solution to that! Just bring it back one week next year, so it ends the weekend before the football starts. Huge chance to piggy back on the football hysteria and build up that way.....promote it as back to back world cups....you'd get lots of casual football fans involved. YOu'd also get a few of them reflecting upon their choices after watching a great RL event so close to what will (bar the odd game) be a football borefest!

If we can't promote a WC on these shores immediately before the soccer WC we never can....
get your England flags up 4 weeks early and support us in back to back world cups!!
Want to watch England but can't get to Qatar....RL world cup etc
There's so many ways we could utlise the football Wc by going immediately before it!

This the same prime minister who has put 25 million into the staging of this World Cup? I would think a lot of the MPs around the areas affected by this cancellation might just be starting to kick up a fuss.

Is the Olympics being ridiculed because athletes are having to pull out due to testing positive for COVID?

The only way forward is to continue with the plan to run the tournament. Australia and New Zealand told the organisers 4 minutes before they went public with the announcement that they were pulling out - they hold them in contempt. Treat them with the same respect.

Do you really believe that ?
The biggest problem for the W/C being cancelled will be any further debt incurred by our sport, which is already on life support.