Quote: DGM "The WC is 5 years away yet, so a good 3 years at least before venues will be announced. With the bid team saying the majority of games will be in the heartlands, I imagine the KCOM will be one of those chosen. Probably a QF and high-profile group game.
2018 the 4 Nations is scheduled for Aus.
2019 is apparently going to be a GB Tour.
2020 the 4 Nations is back over here.
There doesn't seem to be much opportunity until 2019 at the least (depending on what they do). Our game is crying out for mid-season International tests. Looking at that there'll be no competitive International RL played in this country for three years 2016-2019, which is very poor.'"
They should do a 6 nations style tournament mid season, England only picking their UK based players would level the playing field a bit and getting France, Ireland, Italy & Wales playing regular games is the only way they will improve. But of course the SL clubs wont be up for it.