Well, I think the DW and Hull being best in SL are debatable, for me, the best games have been at Headingley, HJ, Yes DW, but also Huddersfields, Wales Australia, the best game (without a doubt) of Rugby League I've ever seen, was there, Wales England 1995 was there. NZ/Eng was there in the Tri Nations.

Wales -vs- England - Millennium Stadium
Australlia - vs - New Zealand - The Stoop

New Zealand -vs-Wales - Headingley
England - vs - Australlia - Galpharm

Wales -vs- Australlia - Racecourse Ground
New Zealand - vs - England - DW Stadium

Final - Twickenham/Elland Road

england v new zealand at kc has already been reported in our local rag

Wales v England at the Millennium stadium?

Are you quite mad?


This is what it would look like a few mins after kick off

Eng v Australia, COM, Anfield, OT
Wales v NZ, Wrexham

Australia v NZ, Stoop
Wales v England, Cardiff City

England v NZ, Hull
Wales v Australia, Wrexham

Warm up v France LSV

Invite PNG/Samoa/Fiji to play France in France and at HJ/Shay V each other

Millenium stadium is far too big the Cardiff city ground is 26,828 close the second tier and market it well and wales v england could get a decent crowd.

Reminds me of the Oz v PNG game Dutoni ...you troll.

if you want to get a decent crowd for the games Wales v NZ/Australia and the Anzac game, then play them in London.

I would say The Stoop for the Wales game(s) and a stadium that holds 20,000+ for the Anzacs.....Loftus Road springs to mind but people whine about the lack of leg-room........
If you play the Wales v Anzacs games in Wales you will get a sub 8,000 gate....if you play them at the Stoop you will get close to 15,000 for each and 20,000 at Loftus Road for the game they play each other. I know the Crims and Kiwis can be a bit tight, but $45 for 3 games of RL would be a pretty good offer in the Smoke.

So.....50,000 over 3 games pretty much bolted on....or.......potentially 10,000 added to a double header gate in Cardiff and 16,000 over 2 games played in Wrexham

At £15 a ticket....how would you think the RFL would spend the £360k they would make whilst ticking the Sport England box on expansion into a NATIONAL sport

Englands 2 games v the Anzacs, 1 in Yorkshire (Hudds/25k), 1 in Lancashire (Wigan/25k), England v Wales in a 20,000 capacity statium in or near Wales should all come very close to selling out.......

I fully expect a load of "it's a bugger to get to"..."there's nowhere to park' type posts, but let's face it, if the RFL want this to be a profitable tournament they need to sell over 75% of the tickets and a double header would kill any chance of that straight away.

As for the final....why not play it in Birmingham. If, as some on here think it will be another ANZAC game, then at least make it easier to get to for the majority of fans of each team whilst ensuring the M62 Mafia can get home easily too

England v Australia - Anfield
Wales v New Zealand - Liberty Stadium

England v New Zealand - KC Stadium
Wales v Australia - Cardiff City FC

Wales v England - Wrexham
Australia v New Zealand - Craven Cottage

Final - Elland Road

15,500? Surely Widnes v Crusaders could get near that on a SL weekend.......England v Wales should get more than that.......shouldn't it? Anyway...why give up "home" advantage to the cottage burners...play it in Hull

Like the start...week 1 good.

Week 2 - England v Australia bigger venue, probably Manchester.

Week 3 - Wales v Australia - elsewhere in Wales; Swansea has a great record for internationals

Final - bigger venue (OT or Wembley)

It is real lowest common denominator stuff.

Loftus Road is a crap ground. No leg room and bad views. The best place to watch RL in London is The Stoop.

Surely all the games could be played at the new stadiums at St Helens,Salford,Cas and Wakefield

I agree with you about the legroom.


But it's so handy to Shepherds Bush.

It would be ideal for another Australia v NZ game