Quote: EHW "seems to be very little strategic or operational value in taking any game to Coventry. There is no latent support for RL in the West Midlands, there is no history of RL in the area, there is no ANZAC community to sell tickets to, there are no major RL clubs that will see the benefit of any bounce in support for RL (and no real ambitions for a top level presence in the area), there is no national media or commercial base in Coventry to benefit from, and it is the home of a major Union club - where we will effectively giving "rugby" a free marketing boost.
The vast majority of people who goes to the game there will be travelling a significant distance to get there, and any interested locals who do decide to go along for the experience and enjoy it, will probably decide to go to another "rugby" event at the Ricoh and go and take up watching Wasps.
London is an obvious target, as is Newcastle with the Magic Weekend seemingly settled there now. Everything else should be in the heartlands.'"
Agree with that.
London is a must, it's the only time we get any decent coverage. Other than that I think either Newcastle (to help Thunder and on top of the Magic Weekend) or Manchester (on top of Grand Final and help Salford) or heartlands.