rupert bear, have you thought that Sheffield or Doncaster might get a Semi-Final or Third Place Play-Off?

If not, I find it sad that there won't be a game played in South Yorkshire, but did your representatives put in the required time and effort to be successful with their bid? Seems like they didn't, and that is disappointing.

I know your gander is up, but really, try to at least maintain satellite comms with this planet until you eventually calm down


I haven't seen the application specs or requirements, but I'd be willing to bet that whether rupert bear knows where your ground is wasn't amongst them. Your question reveals that you haven't even bothered to read what the RFL said, since they already answered your question, and since you're writing in English, it's "Ireland" to you.

So what benefit will the game of Rugby league in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland gain from holding a World Cup game in the Republic of Ireland?

What benefits do you think it will bring? I can suggest one is that you'll learn where Limerick is

You tell me.

Shame for Sheffield and Doncaster

Let's have all the games at the same ground then so fans don't have to travel.

Wait, that would mean it would cost people in the heartlands lots of money to pay for more tickets.

So maybe playing a game in a different area will target NEW people instead of draining the wallets of the same people over and over again, this making more money for the game.

*These are some of the thoughts that should have gone through your head at some point. It's called looking at an argument from both sides. Rather than sticking with your one track mind and coming up with the most ridiculous arguments to be against it (rising fuel! Really?!), think about the argument from the other side as well, weigh up the pros and cons, and then work out if it's worth putting in the Internet. In this case, you just look very stupid!

Because a major rugby league event will be happening there.

Probably because anybody who could go to the keepmoat to watch a game is in easy reach of the large amounts of games being played in West Yorkshire and Hull. Where as Limerick for example isnt within easy reach of any of the other games played. So everybody who attends the game in Limerick has no other opportunity to watch a game within easy reach, whereas everybody who would attend a game in South Yorkshire also has numerous other opportunities to watch a game with easy reach.

Leeds is only ten miles further from Doncaster than Sheffield is. You can get to leeds on the train from doncaster in about 40mins, compared to about 30mins to sheffield. Is all this actually because you cant travel an extra ten minutes on the train? You are actually complaining that the entire nation of Ireland got a game and that means you need to spend an extra 10minutes on a train?

But just imagine how much fuel that would cost!

Did the game anywhere in the UK get much of a boost from that particular World Cup? For once I have faith in the RFL to learn from past mistakes.

Did areas have to put in a bid for games in that particular World Cup? Or did the RFL (old regime) just dump games at grounds and expect things to happen?

Poor argument.