Those figures are out of date now; the website hasn't been updated with 'sold out' areas for a bit as hasn't Wembley and all the locations:

Cat 1 tickets - only small corner areas available in decent numbers
Cat 2 tickets - only small corner areas available in decent numbers
Cat 3 tickets - Loads available (MISSING A ROW OUT AFTER EACH SOLD SO WILL LOOK BETTER ON TV IF NOT SOLD OUT)
Cat 4 tickets - sold out (bar individuals)
Cat 5 tickets - sold out (bar individuals)
Cat 6 tickets - 3 x sections sold up to back row (missing even number rows) plus 3 x rows sold up to row 25 (THIS WILL LOOK FULL ON TV)
Cat 7 tickets - Selling well with some rows sold up to row 29 (again missing out even number rows) (THIS WILL LOOK FULL ON TV IF SALES CONTINUE)

If they sell 55,000 - 60,000, it'll look a very good crowd on TV even if not actually full.

It doesn't work for the final...

Just so that people are aware it seems that the "100days" promo code is still working when purchasing tickets.

Have purchased 2 tickets for each of the New Zealand v Samoa, Australia v Fiji and the Quarter Final at the Halliwell Jones. Total spend £30.00 + £2.50 postage.

£5.00 per ticket !!!!!!!!! ...... I appreciate that these are the cheapest tickets ( ie on the terracing behind the sticks at the HJ and at Langtree Park but at these prices it would be rude not to attend.

I have done almost exactly the same tonight - 2 x tickets for both HJ games and the game at Rochdale - £32.50 for 6 tickets. Unbelievable value!

Regarding the game at Rochdale, I could only get 2 tickets for the standing terrace. It now won't allow me to select it, so presumably that end is now sold out. Can only select literally 1 ticket in the main stand too, looking good there.

Hopefully now that the domestic season is coming to a conclusion, fans will start planning their WC games.

#bethere!

Damn, I was hoping to get terrace tickets for the Rochdale game but it does look like that end is now sold out.

You are spot on there. It would be huge and should generate an open top bus parade in Leeds or Manchester at the very least. We will have to see if a visit to the palace ensues.

It should at least give Sky pause for thought on their refusal to televise the tournament and maybe bring them on board for the next one of the four nations.

If the final and many of the other games are full of flowing rugby and top class tries and the other lot at Twickers have a penaltython and scrum orgy for their games at the same time and lose to boot, it will be a massive opportunity for the game to seize the public's attention.

As you say though, it's unlikely that England will win but I live in hope.

When England RU won their world cup, it did wonders for that sport's profile. But, notwithstanding the natural advantage of their ra-ra mates in the media, you can bet that the RFU had a bunch of talented marketing professionals lined up making sure that every possible advantage was squeezed out of the opportunity presented by the England win. Whilst an England win in the RLWC will get reasonably good media PR on its own, one thing we can be pretty sure of is that the RFL will not have the slightest clue how to best take advantage. They're just not up to standard, simple as that. In the event of a win, what we'll see is the best coverage for years, but also that it'll be a very short-lived increase in profile relative the impact seen when England RU won ( banging on about it for years afterwards ). We'll blame 'media bias' - which is partially correct, but also a convenient excuse for the RFL's utter cluelessness in marketing. I hope the "what if England win?" PR plan is in place and includes more than a list of press releases telling us what a great governing body the RFL is

That's not going to happen. Sky have been reducing their RL portfolio for several years now. No NRL coverage, no Championship coverage, no international coverage.

[url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/27451/rlwc2013-comes-to-the-bbc“BBC Sport has extended its commitment to Rugby League with broadcast rights confirmed for the Four Nations in 2014 and 2016, and the World Cup in 2017 to add to our current coverage of the Challenge Cup and Super League.”[/url

Good news too. Sky have been killing international RL with their joke coverage and kick off times at 6pm on a Saturday evening in the past. What next if Sky had the TV rights? Thursday night test matches? Pffft.

Good riddance to Sky. Let them concentrate on screwing over their own SL product instead.

Great news the more RL on fta the better.

Exactly!

Better that 4 million are watching on terrestrial tv during a prime TV Saturday afternoon slot at 3pm rather than a mere 150k watching on Sky Sports at 8pm on a Thursday night.

Featherstone Television Association??

That can't be right television has got to Featherstone has it yet?

They're hoping to launch TV in the area on the back of the RL World Cup TV rights.

Top tier open at Wembley.

Have a look at the graphic, the Final and for Huddersfield - looks impressive!

Wow!

Weird that they haven't yet opened the full stadium at Huddersfield looking at that.

The sales for Wembley look really impressive so far. Looking at that graphic you'd have to think that we've shifted 35-40,000 already and if the team gets off to an impressive start in Cardiff we really could be looking at a huge crowd for that one.

More seats opened up for Old Tafford also and it looks like the who Boton tier is sold out.

No update on the Cardiff graphic though. Hope that isn't a bad sign.

Looking really good overall though.

And that's a bad thing? Guaranteed money. The game is skint.
You'd be complaining if it wasn't making money, just like you was complaining that having it on Premier Sports has stopped it attracting a headline sponsor (how many other sports' World Cups have a headline sponsor?). You can't win.


Why should all the games be in the heartlands? And where?


If you don't think it should be brought into the debate, there's the point in debating it. You're hardly innocent of dragging union into debates where not necessary though, so why complain about that as well?

WOW, that looks absolutely superb!!!!! I'm particularly impressed with Wembley, that will look superb. I'm waiting GutterFax's response to those images.

Wowsers.


Maybe it's time to start buying tickets. The final has gone from open all hours to standing room only. Seriously people are going to need to get their skates on.

I'm pleased there's so much anecdotal evidence available which is suggestive of an extremely well attended RLWC in the next couple of months.

Even if a shedload of tickets only cost a fiver

I'm sure you will be there to count the numbers...

But the sold out sections have made me consider getting my act in gear.

All I did was point out that the revenue declared as having generated a profit was predominantly based on other commercials.....


Because come 2015 that's where the only pro teams in the UK will be based....if the organisers and RFL are so keen for expansion, then London might have popped up on the radar ahead of Limerick and Bristol




You opened the box....don't get all defensive when the facts don't suit your party line agenda.


WOW......brilliant stuff.

I had a message from a mate who works in a school in South Wales; they sold 50 tickets there today. Obviously just a tiny number compared to the numbers available but a great little story in itself.

Its looking a lot more encouraging then it was a month ago with more then the big games looking to sell out. Derwent Park, Avignon and Spotland are really close to capacity! Really think we should be making every England game a sell out and put our sport on the map. Regardless of how much the tickets cost, this world cup isn't about million pounds worth of profit, its about showcasing the game to the nation and the world. If we support it and pack out grounds we may just get a fair few thousand more people to attend our sport regular!

The RLWC committee has done everything in its power to make this success, the buck now stops with all rugby league fans IMO.

Who cares what England team line up, who cares where the games are held ? We should all care about the welfare our sport and do our up most to build up that hype.