A few years ago I joked with friends that we would stand a better chance of beating the Aussie at old fashioned rugby grounds. Tight pitches hostile crowd , and cold winter weather.

It started as a joke but the more I think of it I do think we're daft for virtually giving away home advantage in the forlorn hope of spreading the game to new pastures.

To some extent Scotland result adds weight to the theory.

I know we have to suit the needs of corporate sponsors but if the money from the gate is going out of the game what's the point. We should at least play the games at ground owned by RL clubs


Pity Watershedings isn't still going

Strange choice. Samoa, I imagine, would seriously fancy their chances if played at home.

As a RLWC warm up they should play a home international series (since England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland have all qualified) and take it around the country to generate interest in the game prior to the RLWC.

We can't even generate interest from a large number of club-orientated rugby league fans

Around the country? No
A series? No

The only thing that might be worth doing is a double header - England against whoever is the current strongest of the other three, and then the remaining two playing each other - played somewhere in the RL heartlands.

Totally agree. I have only been to one game at Elland Road and I vowed to never go there again. I'm 5" 1' and I was in agony. Those with me had to move to the concourse to watch as they are taller than me and couldn't stand it any longer. Horrific ground.