{"id":90494,"date":"2025-11-28T06:14:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/r360-rugby-league-postpones-debut-to-2028-due-to-favorable-environment\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T06:14:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:14:57","slug":"r360-rugby-league-postpones-debut-to-2028-due-to-favorable-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/r360-rugby-league-postpones-debut-to-2028-due-to-favorable-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"R360: Rugby League Postpones Debut to 2028 Due to &#8220;Favorable Environment&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">R360 Postpones Launch Until 2028<\/h2>\n\n\nThe expected R360 rugby league, which promised a revolution in the sport, has postponed its launch until the year 2028.\n\nInitially scheduled to begin next year, the emerging league has justified this postponement for various reasons, including &#8220;greater commercial certainty and a significantly more favorable environment for players and fans&#8221;.\n\nHowever, the league has also confirmed the signing of players from each top-tier rugby nation.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The decision to move our launch to 2028 is strategic and time-based.<\/p><cite>Mike Tindall, former England center and promoter of the new league<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nTindall stated, in a statement, that &#8220;launching under compressed timelines would not meet the standards we set for R360, nor would it generate the long-term commercial impact that the sport deserves.&#8221;\n\n&#8220;From day one, our commitment to the players has been unwavering. Many of the world&#8217;s best female and male players continue to express great interest in joining R360. We want them to thrive, not be subjected to unnecessary pressure,&#8221; he added.\n\nThe league has added that its ambition is to &#8220;complement&#8221; the international rugby calendar, following the inaugural tour of the Women&#8217;s Lions and the 2027 Rugby World Cup.\n\nFinally, Martin Gilbert, a Scottish financier, has been confirmed as chairman of the R360 project.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R360 Postpones Launch Until 2028 The expected R360 rugby league, which promised a revolution in the sport, has postponed its launch until the year 2028. Initially scheduled to begin next year, the emerging league has justified this postponement for various reasons, including &#8220;greater commercial certainty and a significantly more favorable environment for players and fans&#8221;. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[517,621,6489,203],"class_list":{"0":"post-90494","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-delay","9":"tag-league","10":"tag-r360","11":"tag-rugby"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}