Captains of the men’s teams (from L-R) Fiji’s Kurt Donoghoe, France’s Benjamin Garcia, England’s Ben Currie, Samoa’s Junior Paulo, Australia’s Sam Walker, New Zealand’s James Fisher-Harris, Tonga’s Addin Fonua-Blake,Papua New Guinea’s Jack de Belin, Lebanon’s Jason Saab, and Cook Islands’s KL Iro pose for a photo during the captains’ run at the Rugby League World Cup launch at Allianz Stadium in Sydney on 10 October 2026.
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