Focus on packing out the lower bowl and club Wembley then just sell as much as we can from there. I think it will be a great crowd.

They are; only seats available at present. I remember in 2011, they started to open extra sections as the demand increased so guess the same will happen with the upper tiers if and when they need to be opened up.

We got stuck behind a camera gantry at the back of the bottom tier, but only a handful of seats suffer from this issue, sadly the camera's didn't obscure my view of that dire Hull performance

6 of us decided to have a go at PNG vs France, no interest in the game but thought it be good day out. Think as RL supporters we should really look to getting to as many games as possible. Be great if we could make at least every England game a sell out, come on people start buying some tickets and do your bit for the sport we love.

I've convinced 4 of my university mates to come with me to the Wembley Semi's. They're from Nottingham, Kenilworth, London and Aylesbury. I feel like everyone has to do this sort of thing and do their best to market the games to friends and family. The number of people saying it will fail made me buy mine and my mates tickets this early. If everyone who moaned went along then we'd probably fill it.

Got a group of 40 of us, both current students and old boys from Oxford going along to Wembley, can't wait!

Everyone who buys a Season Ticket at Salford before October 19th will be able to buy a ticket for the England v Italy, England Knights v Samoa and RLWC2013 game between Scotland and USA for a combined price of only £10. Three international matches for £10. Should give the Scotland v USA game a bit of a boost.

We would have liked to have gone the games in Cardiff but there is no accommodation at a reasonable value.

Think Cardiff was a poor choice for the opening games maybe a bit too ambitious. I had booked hotels for the Friday and Saturday but in the end at a cost of 200 bar I've decided to cancel the Saturday night and drive home after the games. Is they many coach trips running to the long distance games ?

I also have decided to attend as many games as possible to try and do my bit for the competition. The game over here is on its and feel some sort of responsibility to help raise the profile by attending. Be good if everyone did this even attending the games nearby to your home.

Have you thought of staying outside Cardiff? I'm sure there are plenty of cheap rooms in places like Bristol and Swansea that are only about 45 minutes away on the train.

We stayed in Bristol for the last Magic Weekend. Good do, nice place for a wander on the Sunday.

I believe the Cardiff tourist board have paid the organisers/RFL/etc to take the opening ceremony to the city.



Totally agree with this. Hoping to take a coach load to Old Trafford and as many as possible to the games at Headingley.

I got a double room at the Sky Plaza at Cardiff Airport for £32. Try Newport, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Llantwit Major, Llantrisant, Barry, Penarth etc as loads of places have accommodation cheaper than Cardiff City Centre. All (bar Llantwit Major) are 20-25 mins away on the train. I used to live in the area and the trains are good.

Waiting for the squad to be announced before committing. Anyone know when this is scheduled for?

Looking at Cardiff Wembley & Old Trafford.

Do you mind me asking why this is? Not 'trolling' I just don't see why the squad would impact. England is England.

I think for this tournament to be respected it needs to be well attended, if the public see full houses everywhere we are sure to see good crowds later on in the tournament.

Sally bolton said 40% of the target has being met with around 40% of the tickets sold being to people outside the mainlands. This suggests to me once again the RL public are not backing the sport. Which is a shame because surely the one common factor we have as supporters is to see our great sport reach dizzy heights ?

As you can see by some of the moans on the Hull board, some people throw the toys out of the lean if the big games aren't in their backyard, but also moan that international RL isn't big enough.

Blind loyalty doesn't come into the equation for me. I want to know that if I'm going to spend a lot of money on the World Cup that I'll see the very best squad picked to achieve something more than the usual disappointment.

As with the shirt, why not an announcement date for the squad to drum up some interest?

Sounds like your excuse is ready to go come the squad announcement. The best England squad is down to personal opinion, and the only opinion that really matters is Steve McNamara's.

Out of curiosity, what would your ideal starting England 17 be?

Anyone know if the 50% off voucher codes are still knocking about? Need to sort tickets for the games at Leigh and Salford along with the final...

Why would England not select their strongest squad for the tournament?

The '100days' code was still working last week. Not sure if it still is.

For anyone going from Manc-London for the Wembley semi finals, the advance train tickets are on sale now. Could get £25 return last night going there and back on the day of the game.

Because the coach alienated the best HB into playing for another country

Very true. And if Brough gets anywhere near MoS it will show McNamarra up for what he is, a terrible judge of player.

Got train tickets this evening going Saturday morning back Saturday evening for £25 return from Wigan.

Train back is at 7:20pm from Euston so may have to get a move on after the second semi but chances are it will be Australia thrashing somebody so I won't mind missing the last 10 mins.