The positions available for the nine-a-side exhibition event, due to take place on February 23 and 24, are those of head coach, assistant coach and commercial manager.

The target for the latter will be to raise £10,000 ($13,000/€11,000) in kit sponsorship with the reward being an eight-day trip to Australia.

The Championship is officially endorsed by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) but is not funded by it.

All costs of the tournament are being met by each participating nation and the Rugby League International Federation, which is contributing AUD$150,000 (£88,000/$118,000/€99,000) for 2018.

Each nation is expected to cover costs of kit, insurance, flights, pre-tournament training, lunches, additional costs and pay an AUD$3,500 (£2,000/$2,800/€2,300) participation fee.

The tournament organisers will cover six nights’ accommodation, breakfast and evening meals and costs of staging the competition.

Wales were the bronze medallists when the 2014 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship featured alongside the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow that same year.

The country is one of eight set to compete in the 2018 men’s competition along with the likes of defending champions Papua New Guinea and hosts and 2014 silver medallists Australia.

England, Fiji, Samoa, Scotland and Tonga complete the line-up.

"We were one of 17 nations to express interest to compete in these games and we’re delighted that, after winning the bronze in 2014, our application has been accepted again," WRL chief executive Chris Thair said.

"But the hard work starts now as we’ve coaches to recruit, a squad to select, plus every nation has to pay for their own route to the Championships."

Wales’ team will be made up of under-23 players outside of first-team squads from the Super League, the Northern hemisphere’s top-level professional club competition.

They will all be expected to fundraise to assist the costs of competing in the tournament.

Details of the vacancies that can be applied for until October 1 are accessible here. 

The CGF agreed that rugby league should feature as an exhibition sport in the Commonwealth Championships for three cycles - 2014, 2018 and 2022.

Following those events, rugby league will be reassessed as a potential medal sport.

The 2018 Commonwealth Championship women's competition will feature six nations, comprising hosts Australia, Canada, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.

The most notable absentees from a tournament, which will take place shortly before the Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, are New Zealand.

They did not compete in Glasgow because of the cost, it is claimed.

It is not clear why they are not competing in Australia.