The World Club Challenge appears likely to proceed after the Sydney Roosters knocked over the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Grand Final on Sunday evening.
The match, which is always up in the air over whether it will proceed, or which country it will take place in, is always tougher to organise in a year following a Rugby League World Cup.
Many players - and the Roosters are as impacted as any club in the NRL - will not be back on deck for pre-season training until the turn of the New Year after their World Cup commitments, which will run to mid-November for the finalists.
The Roosters are likely to provide at least half a dozen players to the tournament, but potentially more.
Love Rugby League however are reporting that negotiations between the NRL, Super League, and the two competing clubs - the Roosters and Wakefield Trinity - will kick-off soon, with the match likely to take place and be played in England during February, likely a week before the NRL season kicks off in Las Vegas.
It's understood Robinson is actually a fan of the concept, and wants to use the trip to England as a team bonding experience to round out what will be a truncated pre-season for the NRL premiers.
It was tipped that if the Knights made the game, they would likely want to play the World Club Challenge in Australia, but with the Roosters winning, life has been breathed back into the concept for 2027.
The Roosters are not scheduled to play an international game at the start of 2027, having played in Las Vegas during the first year of the concept.
Global Round - Peter V'Landys' long talked about project - is set to launch in 2028, with the Roosters keen to play a game in Japan or elsewhere in Asia, but without that commitment for 2027, the tri-colours will likely kick start their campaign in England before flying back and looking to defend the Provan-Summons trophy with what will be a vastly different outfit.
Mark Nawaqanitawase and Angus Crichton will head to rugby union, while Daly Cherry-Evans is joining Hull FC for the final year of his career in the English Super League.
