Warrington Wolves • France Pull Out Of Hosting The 2025 World Cup
karetaker wrote:
French rugby union are a disgrace, it’s not like it’s a massive threat.
The mutual distrust goes back to WW2 when RL was banned and accused of Nazi appeasement as the game was played in the area of France which was controlled by the Vichy government which obeyed German occupancy. Resentment lives long across the channel but I didn't realise how much until I read Mike Rylance's book.
Maybe the cancellation of RLWC 2025 in France is nothing to do with RU but when a change of the governments Sports Minister immediately leads to the cancellation of the competition, it certainly smells to high heaven. Oh and this year's RUWC carries on unaffected.
Statistics: Posted by Matt King's kitten — Tue May 16, 2023 7:41 pm — Replies 13 — Views 729