By 2021 The Broncos will be back in the championship and we can remove London from the RL landscape, perfect for the northern parochial's.

Appreciate the Sport England grant but France need to play some games there where they will get much bigger crowds.

The plan might be to give Middlesborough the rd group game, which will hopefully give time to sell tickets following a successful opening game that people love at SJP

Not a pop at you but we should be aiming to attract people who would pay £50 a match & more. Do we expect to watch worlds best League players to knock each other to pieces for less than a round of drinks down the pub?

I agree with this but the RFL have made a rod for their own back with pricing. They in the past allow themselves to try and win the race to the bottom so in essence many now expect to get tickets for cheap.

Once you devalue the product its then difficult to get it back up. The RFL need to be strong here and promote and market this at the world cup where you watch the elite so you pay for the privilege.

Last night there was a programme about a lad called Max with severe epilepsy and his parents' (who are apparently the 'posh' couple from Gogglebox) investigation into whether cannaboid oil may help reduce sizures. Max is obsessed with all sports but seemed to particularly like RL as during the programme he wore a Leeds Rhinos shirt, at least two Bradford Bulls shirts, a HuddesrfieldGiants one and a Catalans Dragons one (that I noticed). RFL / World Cup organiers should invite him and his family to matches (good PR and a nice thing to do) - Arsenal one at least as they appear to live in Kent.

The one negative about this mornings' annoucement show was to see Sadiq Khan on it. Enough to put me off going to the Emirates!

Think the choice of venues are excellent and it sounds like the WC is going to be a slick organisation. On there only being 1 game in London, I don't think it's a bad strategy. Having one game and selling out the Emirates will be better than having 5 games and not getting many people there. Starting at Newcastle is brilliant. A lot of tickets to sell, but it looks like this tournament is well planned and certainly has a lot of ambition with games at Old Trafford, St. James Park, Annfield, Emirates, Middlesbrough FC. It feels like an event.

Should be getting schools and amateur clubs to organise trips now.

Get the cheap tickets sold as quickly as possible to groups.

Will add both bums on seats and atmosphere.

Basic supply and demand means people are happy to pay higher prices if there is a danger they will miss out.

Wow listen to you, as if you can talk that much sense on an RL forum !!!!


goood shout that mate

after watching Helen present the stadium announcement she came over very well and could no doubt have a part to play in present programs through the tournament, great venues shame Wigan didn't get any games and at least you cant call us NIMBY's

Quote: snowie "after watching Helen present the stadium announcement she came over very well and could no doubt have a part to play in present programs through the tournament, great venues shame Wigan didn't get any games and at least you cant call us NIMBY's'" Wigan’s council leader isn’t happy and says Wigan should’ve gotten a game. I suppose it depends on how much effort they put into getting one, did they just expect one because of their name? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/47043946

Quote: snowie "after watching Helen present the stadium announcement she came over very well and could no doubt have a part to play in present programs through the tournament, great venues shame Wigan didn't get any games and at least you cant call us NIMBY's'" Wigan’s council leader isn’t happy and says Wigan should’ve gotten a game. I suppose it depends on how much effort they put into getting one, did they just expect one because of their name? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/47043946

Breakdown of what each venue is hosting

Old Trafford - Men’s and Women’s finals as a double header
Elland Road - One Men’s SF
Emirates Stadium - One Men’s SF

Bolton - One England group game and one QF
Liverpool - One QF and England Women’s opening group game and opening ceremony for Women’s tournament
Hudds - One Men’s QF
Hull - One Men’s QF and one Men’s group game

Sheffield - One England group match
Coventry - One Men’s group match
Middlesbrough - At least one mens group match
Newcastle - opening England game and opening ceremony of Mens tournament

Warrington/Saints/Doncaster/Leigh/Workington - 3 mens group games each

Headingley - 3 mens group games and 2 women’s matches
York - One group game and both SF’s of the women’s tournament

Aimed big with England Women having their opener at Anfield

England’s group games are at Newcastle, Bolton and Sheffield

Wigan apparently wanted a QF but they’ve gone to Hull, Hudds, Liverpool and Bolton. Good spread from East to West, Wigan essentially have lost out to Bolton it seems who I believe do have a slightly bigger attendance and are clearly getting into RL with having the CC SF double headers both last year and this year.

There's a delicious Irony in there somewhere...I can only hope you knew that whilst typing and that you're not a racist prik