Group 1 Wigan, leigh and wire
Group 2 st helens,widnes and wrexham
Group 3 huddersfield, headlingley (if north/stand are rebuilt) and darlington

Semi - final double header villa park
final - old trafford

lets miss out the city with the most rugby league fans shall we? hull!

nothing like lancashire bias there

To show the game in it's best light the venues should be !!!!

Limoux or Pia

Swinton

Oldham

Keighley

Hunslet

Whitehaven

Then for the semi's Leigh and Doncaster

Final at Rochdale.

The gounds will all look full with enthusiastic interested people with 1000's nay 10s of 1000's baying at the turnstiles to be let in!!!!

Whoops sorry was in a trance there.

Let's take it to dull no atmosphere stadia where having fun as a spectator is banned by jobsworths.

Joking aside some of the games will not even fill some of the stadia mentioned unless!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE BIG MEDIA MARKETING MACHINE STARTS NOW and keeps hammering at the door of the media constantly.

For the naysayers saying theres all this "sport" being played first, so what, just keep plugging away promoting our game, the technology is there so use it!!!

Great idea! Can't fault that at al.... Woaaaah!!! [iKeighley!?[/i

Replace Hunslet with Batley and I think you're spot on

It all depends on the actual draw but I hope they play the games at proper Rugby League venues.

Saints (new stadium), Warrington, Leigh, Wrexham, Twickenham Stoop, Widnes, Catalans, Huddersfield, Hull & Wigan's home grounds provide more than enough decent venues in the heartlands.

Probably a bit Lancashire biased their but at the present time on this side of the pennines the clubs are way ahead of the Yorkshire clubs for modern stadia.

Kick Off times are key as well. I hope they play the games in the afternoon rather than the evening. And if they play midweek then kick off at 7:30pm rather than 8pm. Bit more friendly for train travellers.

I'll be honest international rugby has lost it's appeal for me in recent years. I prefer three match test series than four/tri nations tournaments every year (bit repetitive in my view) but a world cup is something different to look forward to. One of the best international matches I've attended recently was Tonga v Samoa at Headingley the other year so I've no doubt it'll be a successful tournament if they run it properly. That means not taking games to Gateshead, Gloucester, Reading, Llanelli, Belfast, Glasgow, Dublin and Watford like the 2000 effort.

True, but that was back in the day when Larkholme Lane was a pretty decent little ground and their side was really quality and attracting good crowds before the RFL decided they were not glamerous enough.

It's up there with the last few days of the Barley Mow these days!

Yeah... it was a leg pull with regard to Leaguefan's true love.
Always awkward when you have to explain a joke.

Don't dismiss the mighty Cougars

There are PLANS!!!!!

Aiming for Super League for 2014 according to the new chairman.

Comes across as a really good honest bloke who's in it for all the right reasons and is really approachable from a fan's point of view but this idea is a little bit

For a World Cup we should really be looking for Olympic Stadium and Wembley as opener and closer imo. However this is Rugby League, and for whatever reason we aren't there yet, unless there is a big shift in how the UK views the sport, if at all.

I thought the World Cup was being held in England and Wales only. An obvious problem with Huddersfield, Hull and Wigan could be the football teams that share the grounds.
The RFL could do a lot worse than have a double header at somewhere like City of Manchester (obviously depending on Manchester City) to open the tournament. To ensure good crowds the fixture list and venues need to be confirmed as early as possible and tickets should be on sale at every club game, professional and amateur for at least a year before kick off.

A few people have suggested Leigh as a venue for games. I know it's a modern stadium and of a good size for group matches but I think the lack of a rail link would make it too inaccessible for a World Cup game. Fans that will have travelled over here to watch games could find it a struggle to get there.