Quote: FearTheVee "So enlighten me, what would be so great about a rugby league world cup in the UAE?'" To try and get some of what the game lacks. $ £ According to the study, the UAE topped the list for high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in the GCC with 53,800 dollar millionaires. m.arabianbusiness.com/uae-tops-g ... 03457.html

Quote: FearTheVee "So enlighten me, what would be so great about a rugby league world cup in the UAE?'" To try and get some of what the game lacks. $ £ According to the study, the UAE topped the list for high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in the GCC with 53,800 dollar millionaires. m.arabianbusiness.com/uae-tops-g ... 03457.html

It's a ridiculous idea to have any World Cup be it football or rugby in the middle East please enlighten us how this would help our sport been in a country that doesn't even know what rugby league is

So that 53800 millionaires find out what rugby league is and invest their money in it.

Most of the UK doesn't know what rugby league is. UAE's domestic competition is sponsored by Nissan. I don't even know who Super League's sponsor is.

If they've got the money, and facilities to stage it then I'd have no problem with it. Although it would bugger up most teams pre season as it would have to be staged in winter.

I'd go. Though I'd prefer to see it staged in the Caribbean!

Temperature starts to drop a bit in Dubai from November and as they are 3 hours ahead British TV would want our games staged at night anyway.

I'm in favour of it if they can prove they will invest the cash and give us a big cash advance for staging it.

If not my more conservative choice would be England and France as joint hosts. Same format as 2013 except have France host games instead of Wales.

Would be a great opportunity to get wealthy backers interested in the game.

Hooray for South Asian slave labour!

If RL goes for this it can never take the moral high ground about anything, ever. It'd be like touring apartheid South Africa. The UAE is rotten top to bottom.

There is a vast amount of money and potential sponsorship to go for in the Emirates. Personally I think it is flattering they are interested. They have a track record of Formula 1, Tennis, Golf, and other events run successfully. I have seen their football stadia and they are up to the task. If they weren't the Emeratis would make them fit, that's how they do business. As already said, the climate shouldn't be a problem in November December or January, very pleasant in the evenings in my experience. All very positive in my view view, but there is one fatal flaw.
Neither Dubai nor Abu Dhabi is on the M62

It will be held in England with the odd token game in Fra/Wales as per normal. I can't believe anyone genuinely thinks that any of these countries are serious about hosting it, or that anyone in the RLIF wants a RLWC played in front of near-empty stadiums. I'm from Wales and the RLWC gets enough stick here for having so many 'heritage' (plastic) teams pad it out, to have that and empty stadiums would kill any of the strides made at the last/next WC.

Well we can't have it in Australia because of the way the Aboriginal population is treated. Surely we can't have it in the UK, a state that participates in illegal wars in the Middle East, causing thousands of innocent civilian deaths.

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