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STAGING THE 2025 World Cup in France will be good for rugby league, Sean Long – who is assistant-coach with Leeds Rhinos and the French national team – says.

The tournament in three years’ time was this week awarded to France, who stepped in after financial problems ended the prospect of it being held in North America.

France hosted rugby league’s first World Cup, in 1954, but the forthcoming event will be the first time it has been held there since 1972.

2025 World Cup in France will be great for the game says Leeds Rhinos’ Sean Long