Well for one RL is alive and kicking in Hull, England v Fiji (a group match) attracted a SELL OUT 25,114
England v Ireland at the John Smith stadium attracted 24k a SELL OUT, England v France at DW 22k.

That said I agree to an extent but having the 3rd test at a big stadium plus the first two at regional stadiums like the KC and say Langtree Park would be the best way to go IMO.

Wembley, Etihad and Elland Rd?

<Extremely Loud GUFFAW>

Hudds, Wigan and Leigh SV would struggle to sell out unless tickets were Sally Bolton cheap.

SL era Moonies do talk a lot of tripe.

Got to admit a few weeks ago I thought we should play it safe and go for Hudds, Wigan & Hull as venues, especially as the games will clash with the RU world cup.

but after a great 4Nations series and a superb game today I have totally changed my tune and think we should go big! Play at Wembley & the Etihad or Old Trafford. Sell the bottom tiers first, Groupon it, employ the people who did the World Cup promo, sell tickets via the clubs (with the clubs getting a cut as an incentive) bill it as revenge for the Semi final heartbreak in 2013!

Anfield (market the kop for the wall of white)
Elland road
KC
Etihad.

Any 3 from those 4 for me.

The problem with this bit is that as Test matches are generally played on a Saturday - most RL registered players will have a game for their winter amateur teams. I've always thought it's silly to have them mid-afternoon on a Saturday when a large proportion of the fans will be busy with their local clubs.

One of RL's biggest failings is that it doesn't promote it's games at the biggest and best rugby league stadiums.

Time to invest in a new stadium where the revenue streams go back to the game.

for big events like magic, cc final and grand final im pretty sure no amatuer games take place, the same will probably happen here.

Rugby league is too underfunded to be able to afford a top quality stadium. Until it can quadruple its annual revenue, the concept is a non-starter. But quadrupling its revenue when there is no London team and only one French team in Super League is a pipe dream.

If that day should ever come that the RFL has quadrupled its revenue, the stadium should be a 70,000 seater where the Grand Final and both semi finals are staged, along with Challenge Cup semi-finals, and non-Wembley internationals (including the World Club Challenge series). It should be located approximately half way between Wigan and Leeds, within walking distance of a train station. Any suggestions where that might be?

Diggle, Delph or Littleborough.

Probably Littleborough as it's got a railway station.

It's a bit of a walk from Diggle or Delph to Marsden.

Cloud cuckoo land perhaps?

Is there much vacant land near Littleborough, within a 10-20 minute walk from the station (i.e. up to one mile away), where a 60-70,000 seater stadium could be built?

It would only make economic sense if it could have other uses, apart from rugby league, like pop concerts. People from Wigan, St. Helens, Warrington, Salford, Bradford and Leeds, as well as other parts of Yorkshire (especially Hull) would like to see Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, Sir Michael Jagger and his band, Eagles, U2, Sting, Billy Joel, Fleetwood Mac, and Foo Fighters, as well as Adele, at a great venue when these artists go on tour. The RFL stadium could provide that venue, just as ANZ Stadium does in Sydney.

Odsal cough, do the RFL still own it?