great little piece If we can expand the game down to the SW it will be wonders for the player talent in years to come. Here the video on website www.skysports.com/video/inline/0 ... 49,00.html I do think we should take a Super League game there first and see if the crowds come out. If the crowds do then we can think about a world cup match. The RFL should follow NRL's lead and take club games to expanding areas. one game a season is enough, let the locals see a game live.

great little piece If we can expand the game down to the SW it will be wonders for the player talent in years to come. Here the video on website www.skysports.com/video/inline/0 ... 49,00.html I do think we should take a Super League game there first and see if the crowds come out. If the crowds do then we can think about a world cup match. The RFL should follow NRL's lead and take club games to expanding areas. one game a season is enough, let the locals see a game live.

Great to hear things going well in Bristol. When I worked there last year I was talking to locals in the pub and they love watching rugby league and find it more entertaining than union.

Well, one thing we've learned is that we can't rush the development like we tried to in Wales.
Let the amature game develop before letting them come up with a club which can apply for the championship and let them prove their worth there before we chuck them in at the deep end.
Lets make sure that the superleague clubs are aware of the increasing player pool down.

Brian Carney was very defensive about taking international games around the country as they did last time. I agree for the most part - we have some very nice new Rugby League stadiums in the north that deserve internationals. However, I would have thought we could spare 1 fixture (only 1, mind) in a whole tournement to try somewhere new? I'm not saying that should be Bristol/Glos, but whilst we should concentrate on the heartlands, we shouldn't forget about expansion completely.

It's not as though we'd be giving a fixture to say St James Park and praying the people of Newcastle go and watch it, we'd be giving the fixture to a place that clearly wants to see International RL and have put forward a very good bid.

A quick look through the organisations that are backing their bid shows how much the city wants it. Good look to them.

It feels like we have been guilty in the past of saying "We all love RL, surely everybody else will." and just sticking fixtures whereever. If people are tendering for games, have a look at the application at least. Its seems promsing for RL anyways.