Sneak peek of Rugby League World Cup teams

France is hosting the Rugby League World Cup in 2025. Laurent Frayssinous has selected a squad with 21 players from the Super League. Samisoni Langi will play for France against England and Samoa. Langa will reunite with his former Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson. Theo Fages, who captained France at the 2017 World cup, has been ruled out.

Greece will make their debut at the Rugby League World Cup in 2022. Samoa will have the largest representation of NRL grand finalists in this World cup. Samoa's squad includes six Penrith Panthers and two Parramatta Eels players. Greece's team is made up of South Sydney Rabbitohs duo Lachlan Ilias and Peter Mamouzelos. Australia's Samoa team has a squad made of six NRL players and a few Super League players, including Tyrone May.

Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are the current Rugby League World Cup participants. The Fijian side made the semifinals of the 2017 tournament. Api Koroisau, Viliame Kikau and Maika Sivo have been named in the Fiji squad for the upcoming World cup. Bravehearts coach Nathan Graham announced his 24-player squad. Euan Aitkin is one of four Australian players in Scotland’s World Cups squad following the omission of Rabbitohs centre Campbell Graham.

Aussies are the reigning champions and are favourites to retain the Paul Barriere Trophy. Australia's squad is a somewhat inexperienced one with 13 uncapped players. Italy will play at their third straight Rugby League World Cup after advancing through qualification for the tournament yet again. Nathan Brown is the most experienced player in the Azzurri side. He played for New South Wales in State of Origin in 2020.

Luke Keary, Josh Cook, Henry O'Kane, James Hasson, Jaimin Jolliffe and George King are in the Ireland squad for the Rugby League World Cup. Ashton Golding, Michael Lawrence and Kieran Rush are the only Super League players included in Jamaica's 24-man squad. Lebanon's team is the Cedars. They are playing in their first Rugby league World cup. They beat Canada and the United States to qualify for this month's tournament. It is also the first time a Caribbean nation has qualified for a Rugby World Cups.

Cook Islands have five Super League players in their World Cup squad. Papua New Guinea have a squad with experienced players. Wales have three sets of brothers in the 24-man squad for the upcoming World cup. The Dragons have 16 players, including James Olds and Ollie Old. Elliot Kear will captain Wales. The Kumuls have an experienced squad, with players from NRL, NRL and English Championship. Alex Johnston, Justin Olam and Xavier Coates are the main players for PapuaNew Guinea. They are also the team's leading tryscorer. Rhyse Martin, Lachlan Lam, Nene Macdonald, Watson Boas and Wellington Albert are other players who play for them.