like a few others i would have liked to see south yorks involved - the most obvious one would have been doncaster getting a quarter final, its a nice stadium, good access and not too huge that a modest crowd would look lost in it.

i just hope that the rfl will go all guns blazing to make sure there are decent crowds at some of these venues, otherwise we have learnt nothing from the 2000 WC

Millennium Stadium, Old Trafford and Wembley are most likely to feature.

Guessing Wembley opener, Cardiff semi final (most likely a double header) and final close to home at Old Trafford.

Think the idea is that the host authorities are the ones that go all guns blazing.
Think the RFL will be concentrating on the opener, semis and final. If they are at the three big grounds rumoured, there's a lot of work to be done! 240,000 tickets in three grounds right there! That's probably equal to the other 18 host grounds!

I know there are some odd choices for venues, but I do agree with France playing in France. Guaranteed sell outs with very little promo needed. Pool those resources into promo for Ireland and Bristol and the other games.

Also France are more competitive at home.

Really pleased that Warrington has been awarded 2 matches and will also be used for training. The hard work of the bid team and promotion of the bid has paid off.

Think they need to sort this out on the RLWC website though.

Some of those choices are beyond belief. Extremely worried about this tournament.

So no games in London or Sheffield, what?? Glad to see Bristol get included though. Find it a bit of a joke it says "England and Wales", yet it's in "England, Wales, France and Ireland."

Which choices do you seen as being beyond belief?

I've just had a look at the new stadium in Whitehaven, as until this morning I didn't even know they were having one - I find it amazing that a 'stadium' with a capacity of 3,200 has got a game

Happy with bristol being a venue. Happy with ireland being a venue but at least one top SL game needs to be taken to Ireland beforehand. London must be getting ko stages games. It would be the dumbest move ever not to have a KO game involving Australia in London.

The matches in Ireland and France. Whitehaven, Neath, Rochdale. The lack of matches in London and Doncaster. Not convinced about some of the others as well.

Having said that, I've just realised that Nigel Wood is the tournament director. So we can pretty much kiss any chance of this being a success goodbye.

I agree it does seem strange and low (I know it will go upto 5k with temp stands) but I guess it would be used for a game like USA v Cook Islands, or maybe a Scotland game?

Think it can only be a good move to have home games for Ireland, France and Wales. Interesting to see Millennium Stadium mentioned as a potential venue given the slots now available - surely only one of Cardiff, Old Trafford, Wembley would be used and even then only as the final, but choosing them for a semi would be a very bold and interesting decision!

The choice of Rochdale isn't as daft as you might think as I would expect they will get a Fiji game - there is a large Fijian community there I believe and a lot of hard work has gone in to the bid. Not a bad ground at all either, in fairness (in fact it's only just short of Super League guidelines).

I dont see how anyone can moan about france having games.

Completely agree.