It’s kicking of right about now (check out the twitter account for a link), not that you’d ever guess it because other than a little bit on the BBC news this morning the Rugby League World Cup seems to have gone right under the radar.  You’d think that having bypassed the 2004 world cup because of a worry about the viewing figures that they’d have made sure to overdo the hype machine this time around, doesn’t look like it though?

It’s a bloody shame because Rugby League is an excellent watch.  When you think of how much England get behind the national Rugby Union team with a little bit of publicity you could get the same for league. There are some problems with the competitiveness of the tournament and the organisers know it.  That’s why they’ve gone down the line of changing the group system so that the better teams stand a better chance of getting through to the later stages rather than having walkovers at the semi/final stage.

Anyhoo the first game is England versus Papa New Guinae, expect plenty of hard hitting violence.  This is the sort of thing Sky Sports should be covering, not fishing!

(ps don’t forget it’s the Anglo Welsh cup today as well, plenty of top draw Rugby action. As if you needed an excuse to sit on the sofa all day with beer! It’s pissing down out there).