USA & Pacific Islands to host 2030 Rugby League World Cup

The 2030 edition of the Rugby League World Cup will be held in the USA and the Pacific Islands.

The five host cities are yet to be confirmed, but the men's and women's tournaments will run concurrently, as they are with this year's ongoing tournament which is being held in Australia.

World governing body International Rugby League (IRL) said the aim was to expand the sport's reach to new countries.

"This is a strategy to maximise the interest of broadcasters, government partners and fans in the current World Cup, which has regularly broken records for crowds and the number of television viewers," IRL chairman Tony Grant said at the board's annual general meeting (AGM) in Sydney.