I agree, one of the worst things about rugby league is its predictability, especially in the early parts of the game. There is so much more competition for the ball in RU.

I thought that the removal of the strike for the PTB as marker was one of the worst rules to be taken out of RL, or being able to PTB to yourself without a marker.

if the nothern tests are not near enough sell outs then I see that as a very poor effort by the fans in the heartlands!

Meanwhile, 1,300 at Wales-Scotland in Wrexham.

That's the reality of international RL outside the big three and where the major challenge lies for the RLIF.

May as well go back to GB if we are going to exclude rest of the home nations.

I think that might depend on terms of Sport England funding.

Agreed. There was a time when the European cup was getting 5 figure attendances but that isn't happening when they wont even put it on regularly. They are not having another one after this until 2018 'because of other tournaments in the between times'.

My idea for the European cup would be to put it on every 2 years in the years between the four nations and have the euros at the start of the year to ensure it doesn't clash with the world cup. Unionball don't postpone tournaments when they have more than 4 games scheduled a year and neither do football for that matter.