Quote: gutterfax "Detrimental? No!
Mental? Yes!
ENGLAND v New Zealand in a RLWC semi-final with tickets as cheap as a tenner...so a fiver a game... left 25,000 empty seats......Australia v Australia b in the other semi-final was less than half full by the 2nd half.
State of Origin at Wembley? Let the ARL pay for it, the ARL promote it, the ARL sell it and the ARL reap the profits (if any)....it would mean nothing to UK or European Rugby League in terms of legacy!'"
I thought the vague proposal is that it would be purely an NRL venture? If they want to have a bash, let them. I do think they'd get a good crowd though.
