The draws will be made for both the European Championships A (men) and the first-ever European Rugby League World Cup 2025 Qualifiers (women) tomorrow (Wednesday) in Huddersfield.

The draw for the women’s competition will be made by Julia Lee (chair of the IRL’s Women & Girls Advisory Group) and Joanna Carr-Will (former Great Britain Lioness and heritage number 1).

The men’s will be made by Lisa McIntosh (former Great Britain Lioness and the first black woman to captain a GB team in any sport and one of the first women to be inducted into the RFL’s Hall Of Fame) and Michelle Hargreaves nee Janczuk (former Great Britain Lioness who toured New Zealand with the side in 1998). 

The nations competing are:

European Championships A (men)

England
France
Ireland
Italy
Scotland
Serbia
Spain
Wales

European Rugby League World Cup 2025 Qualifiers (women)

Greece
Ireland
Italy
Malta
Netherlands
Serbia
Turkey
Wales