Rugby announcement expected
Officials are expected to confirm today that a new five and a half million pound stadium for Whitehaven Rugby League Club WILL go ahead. An announcement's also due on which world cup teams will play there in 2013.
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Whitehaven RL will host Scotland
Whitehaven Rugby league club will host Scotland in the 2013 world cup. The group games against Tonga and Italy will be in West Cumbria.
Read the full storyWorld cup teams announced
The teams that Whitehaven rugby league club will host in the 2013 World Cup have been announced.
Copeland will host Scotland in their group matches against Tonga and Italy. The schedule and dates are still to be announced. This is the first time that a world cup has come to west Cumbria.
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New stadium expected to get the go ahead
Officials are expected to confirm today that a new five and a half million pound stadium for Whitehaven Rugby League Club WILL go ahead. There had been fears the scheme would stall over a row about access. An announcement's also due on which world cup teams will play there in 2013.