Rugby League World is a dedicated rugby league magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. The magazine is owned by League Publications Ltd who also publish the weekly newspaper Rugby Leaguer & League Express and the annual Gillette Rugby League Yearbook.
Rugby League World began life in May 1976 as Open Rugby, founded by Harry Edgar, who published and edited the title until July 1998 when it was sold to League Publications Ltd. Graham Clay then took over as editor, and oversaw the change of title to Rugby League World in March 1999.
A short-lived Australian edition was launched and ran for 7 issues, between March and September 2002.
In 2011 an Apple iPad and Android edition of the magazine was launched.
Although the magazine is aimed at the British market, its important coverage of French rugby league give to Rugby League World a paradoxal position: in 2018, it is the sole monthly paper magazine in Northern Hemisphere which covers regularly events and competitions organised on the French territory. The only other one being "Planete XIII", an institutional and official publication, created by FFR XIII, which is only available by subscription.
In 1985, Open Rugby created the Golden Boot Award, to be given annually to the best player of the year, as chosen by a ballot of international rugby league writers and broadcasters.
In 2002 Rugby League World Magazine sponsored the Great Britain team against Australia in the first Test Match played in Sydney for a decade, and has also sponsored the England team in the European Nations Cup.
