Different chairman now and the new 'well old' one has said he wants international rugby back at the kc. Also McNamara in an interview stated he would like to play games there, so sounds promising

PNG to play in Port Moresby?

The first thing they need to sort is the format. Stick with the same as in 2010 for me.

The group games can be played as double headers with the group B/C game acting as the curtain raiser to group A. That would effectively give you:

Samoa v Tonga
England v NZ

Ireland v Wales
Aus v France/PNG

Make the tickets to the early games as cheap as possible and as accessible as possible. Also, don't play a game like PNG v America at a ground like Wigan. Play it at Widnes/Leigh etc. Decent ground and not too big. Get into schools early and give away tickets. Advertise the thing to people outside the RL community instead of telling guys like us when games we're already going too are (this is the biggest c0ck up with the magic weekend).

It isn't a conservative government; it's a coalition government.


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