Australia appoints World Cup chief

[Total Rugby League]

One of Australia’s leading sporting administrators, Michael Brown, has been appointed CEO of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. His job will be to help plan and deliver a successful

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[Farmduck]

If he was the boss of the Asian Cup then he's a pretty good choice. They averaged crowds of nearly 20K - staggering when you consider some of the games: Uzbekistan v Nth Korea, Qatar v Bahrain, etc.

 

They also had TV deals right across Asia which could be fantastic for a RLWC. If this guy gets some of his old media negotiators back together they might be able to take RL to a massive new audience.

[Futtocks]

The last RWC in Oz was good (on the pitch at least), but I think everyone could see there was room for improvement.

 

This appointment shows that the Australians are taking it much more seriously next time around. Really good and encouraging news.

[The Future is League]

The last 2 world cups have been good.

The 2017 world cup will be better and bigger  than both of them.