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Why was rugby league banned in Greece? The European country's 'crazy' odyssey to World Cup 2022 explained

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Why was rugby league banned in Greece? The European country's 'crazy' odyssey to World Cup 2022 explained

Greece have eight domestic players in their World Cup squad. The team will play England in Sheffield on Saturday. The government recognised the GRLA as the rightful governing body of the sport in July. Greg Koutsimporgious, a software engineer from Brussels, started playing rugby league as a 21-year-old. Mitchell Zampetides, who works as plumber in Sydney, is looking forward to playing England. He is excited about Bramall Lane. Greece are in the World cup. They are putting Greece on the rugby League map. All players will donate the money from the tournament to grow the game in Greece.

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