The 2013 Rugby League World Cup Final between Australia and New Zealand at Old Trafford in Manchester. AFP PHOTO/FILES/PAUL ELLISPAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images
You may not know it, but a major world sports event starts today (Friday, September 18th): The 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Like the FIFA World Cup, the Rugby playoffs are held every four years. The locale for this year’s month long series of matches, which runs through the finals game on October 31st, is London. (Japan has the honors for 2019.)
Happily, local fans of the sport don’t have to travel across the pond to get a taste.