ARRRGH the bbc piece just had me kickin the whippet from infront of the coal fire

Rugby leagues big chance to break out blah blah blah north stronghold hold blah blah....remind me again how many people watch union in the north !!!!!!!

Fooking sale and some Geordie outpost,have leeds folded??? never hear of them these days,lets have a look on the map were the English union teams are you fookin retard


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I take it it was drive time on 5 you were listening to

the KC one was changed today, to 'colour in' the 2 new blocks they have opened.

great piece of publicity on BBC News I thought, I can't knock the BBC for their publicity this time.

Another great article from the Beeb, have they turned over a new leaf? has the move to Salford converted them!?

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I quite liked the bbc news article. The guy is spot on, it is huge opportunity or our game.

One thing is for sure, everyone in the country must surely be aware there is a World Cup about to be staged. Adverts on radio, England football Game, x-factor, top sport news story on bbc 6 o'clock News, frequent bbc TV ad played through day. The WC have made sure people are aware this tournament is happening, which hasn't always been the case in the past!

Hmmm...1 Pool game in Bristol (12,000) for 2013 is hardly breaking away. As for the Other lot, we'll find out in 2015 with games in Newcastle(52,000), Leeds(38,000), Manchester(61,000), Leicester (32,000) & Birmingham(43,000) which I believe are all north of Potters Bar......capacity of 475,000 over 11 games at an average of 43,182.

We are all of us lying in the gutter buddy.......it's just some of us are looking at the stars!


Media here in NZ is ramping up now with a feature by the BBC showing all the skippers together, then a statement about SBW being responsible for a further 20,000 ticket sales

Read a article recently were sale were moaning as there nearest game was 100+ miles away

So will union world cup be a chance for them to break out from there southern caves????????

Quote: UllFC " next time we host (likely to be 2019)'" 2021 surely? Maybe even 2025 if SA get the 2017 cup... Good piece in the Telegraph online, anyone know if it made the print edition? www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... guide.html

Quote: UllFC " next time we host (likely to be 2019)'" 2021 surely? Maybe even 2025 if SA get the 2017 cup... Good piece in the Telegraph online, anyone know if it made the print edition? www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... guide.html

The bbc 10 reasons to watch is a very good piece. As flattering an article on RL as I can remember on the beeb

agreed....arrived on my BBC ap overnight...good read indeed!

What this shows is how important the International game is. There is no way that we would get such coverage for anything else.

We need a stable International diary and we need to continue to grow the home nations. We also need an extended World Club Challenge.

Agree 100%.


Needs to be planned 10 years in advance and touring sides from Australia, NZ and GB should also take development squads with them to play the local "minnows". There needs to be a 6 Nations of the Knights, Wales and France, Ireland, Scotland and Italy.



Problem with the WCC is that you need to free up weeks for the Internationals mentioned above......I'd leave it as it is for now but move the venue each year.