Cant believe that venue 2 junctions down the motorway hasn't been chosen as a quarter final... and Warrington has.

TRAVESTY

This!

You could never please everyone with this announcement. The venues that got the games must have put in the strongst bids. What I am baffled but is how an England & Wales world cup includes France & Ireland, I'm sure the French will turn out in force like they did just for a friendly but I didn't think they were part of the bid

I too am a bit baffled why the Enland and Wales World Cup 2013 has given France and Ireland venue's. I like the idea of expanding the sport and getting more people involved but why not call it the European World Cup!?!

I am really pleased HKR have a game coming to Craven Park with a new stand and the covering of the temp seating plus an extended East stand HOWEVER it is a shame South Yorkshire hasn't got a game yet Hull has two. Both the KC and Craven Park will get good crowds and I can't see Craven Park getting anything more than a south sea islands game.

As said the best applications got the games so we have to respect that. Just hope it is the right thing for the game, at the moment I don't see it but the proof will be in the pudding!!!

It's called the rugby league world cup, not England and Wales world cup.

It obvious to take games to France where they would get 17,000 rather than 2,500 in, say, Rochdale. Come on!

Limerick on the other hand is strange but only ont the size of the venue.

So why not play games in Australia and NZ so to get 50-80k instead of 20-30k??

The World Cup was given to England and Wales not France and Ireland.

Suits me fine.

I in turn find it depressing that for an international comp that should bring all fans together, there are blinkered, parochial tosspots like you around who instead just see it as an opportunity to take childish cheap shots at fans of other clubs.

I remember paying to watch the Aussies put a century on Russia at the crumbling greyhound track formerly known as the Boulevard, which now it has gone I can say made "Odslum" (ho, ho ho) seem in comparison like the Ritz. Yet, in many ways like "Odslum", it had a soul, steeped in history, which made it one of my favourite grounds to go to, and the fanatical support helped create the aura. Some great days and nights there, some great fans, and thankfully very few utter assholes.

Nothing in the south announced is this the Northern World Cup? So much for growing the game.

Why where has Bristol moved too?

bless, an earth pig rant, been a while.

Bristol?

They haven't announced the opener, semis or final yet. Wembley will figure in there.

Bristol is hardly the North of England is it?

The RFL learned in 2000 that too many games in the south means very poor attendances. They have learnt from a prior mistake and are choosing venues more sensibly with only a few expansion area games.

Where is this soul you speak of?

Last time i went to odslum it was just a massive, windy, empty crumbling bowl

you just described the whole of Bradford!