2008 Rugby League World Cup is all Set to Rock Australia
The Rugby League World Cup is among the world’s most high end and premium sports. Holding its position as one of the most competitive games since its inception in 1954, the Rugby League World Cup draws fans from all over the world to witness some of the best rugby players battle it out for the title of the champion.
All set to draw fans from everywhere to Australia is the 2008 Rugby League World Cup which us scheduled to kick-off in October.
The Rugby League World Cup is an international competition contested by the men’s national rugby league teams of the member nations of the Rugby League International Federation, the sport’s global governing body. The first tournament was held in France in 1954. The championship has been awarded at various intervals since and is used to determine the best playing nation in the world.
In the twelve tournaments held to date, only two nations have ever won the competition. Australia is by far the most successful World Cup team, having won the tournament nine times. Great Britain is the other nation to have claimed the cup, claiming it on three separate occasions.
Since 2000, the RLIF has also organized the Women’s Rugby League World Cup held on two occasions to date.
Some Rugby League World Cup trivia
- The Rugby League World Cup was an initiative of the French, who had been campaigning for a Rugby League World Cup since 1935.
- Australia, France and New Zealand are the only nations who have appeared at every Rugby League World Cup from 1954 to 2000.
- The top point scorer for each tournament is recognized with an official award by the Rugby League International Federation.
- The initial Rugby World Cup was contested by four Test nations - Australia, Great Britain, France and New Zealand.
2008 Rugby League World Cup
The 2008 Rugby League World Cup will be the 13th playing of the event. It is scheduled to take place between 25 October and 22 November in Australia. This will be the fourth time that the tournament will be hosted by Australia, the first being in 1957. The thirteenth Cup was originally scheduled to be held in 2004, however, the lack of international success by the Great Britain and New Zealand teams after the 2000 World Cup and the rise of the Tri-Nations tournament, meant that it was delayed for a further four years.
Ten teams will compete in the 2008 Rugby World Cup. It has also been announced that the following tournament will be held in Great Britain in 2013.
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