Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga has referred to as for a four-year worldwide schedule to be launched in between World Cups.
Australia received their third straight World Cup final Sunday in a event which captured the creativeness of the Pacific Islands after Samoa made the ultimate.
Meninga emphasised the sport ought to capitalise on the surge recognition as it would create higher depth for future World Cups.
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“People want to play for their country. That’s what they want to do,” Meninga stated on SENQ 693 Breakfast.
“Let’s hope the game realises how important the international game is for rugby league.
“Hopefully, they’ll find a schedule for us and we can move forward with making our sport a global sport.
“We can’t let this chance go by and we’ve got to have a four-year schedule from World Cup to World Cup.
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“You can then start to build everything around that.”
Meninga’s choice adjustments had been questioned all through the World Cup however the coach hit again on the critics after but once more lifting the trophy.
“We had a plan right from the beginning,” Meninga stated.
“We knew all the players (in the squad) were going to play and that player combinations might be affected by that.
“Our spine played five or six games together so all the opinions and analysts got that wrong.”
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