The usual moronic RL moonie suspects will no doubt scream DISGRACE and accuse the national media of a conspiracy and campaign of deliberately ignoring Rugby League. BOO, HISSSS... etc.

The Independent has already published its rl2015 Sporting Calendar HERErl and it actually does mention the Kiwi Test Series when it had no right to mention it at all given the lack of details offered by the RFL...

[i"OCTOBER
RUGBY LEAGUE England v New Zealand three-test series (dates to be confirmed)"[/i

Probably the wrong month cited for at least two of those Kiwi tests and there's only one organisation to blame for that, and it ain't the Independent newspaper.

Embarrassing.

if it fills a stadium and makes the rfl money like the world cup then so be it!

The reason why Wembley is hard to fill for rugby league is not ticket prices. People in the south of England have plenty of surplus income. The main reason is the failure of the RFL to invest sufficient sums of money in advertising. The two past clashes between England and New Zealand provided highlights that are an advertising man's dream.

This failure to spend money on advertising is a failure of business acumen. It is derived from the conservative, provincial, penny pinching mentality of an accountant from Halifax.

it's the pricing thats key to filling some bigger stadiums.

If we price as normal then the DW and KC etc are the right way to go.

If we want to fill 35000 seats then price the tickets lower. Or say it's £20 per adult per game, make an offer of all 3 games for £35.

Maybe to make the sport look good we need to fill a 35-40k stadium by charging £10 for adults and £5 for concessions. Get people through the door and they may come back.

The only thing that accountants should do is fill in spreadsheets and play with their abacus'. They should not get anywhere near running businesses, even accountancy practices.

How do we get better half-backs who are eligible for Saaa-moa, Tong-aah and Fiji? And New Zealand too really. And obviously England.

It was playing with his abacus too often that led to him needing glasses.

If we have to have a game in London then I would say go for a smaller ground than Wembley. A full ground of 30-35,000 (say Craven Cottage) would look better than 40,000 people in Wembley and 50,000 empty seats around them. The key to marketing the sport to the south is a good spectacle and half empty grounds are not a good image for the sport.

See under British RL currently at all levels and competitions.

I agree but it still has to be in a major stadium or we won't get as much media attention. It's why I'm tempted by the Olympic Stadium as IIRC it'll be around 60k rather than the 90k at Wembley.

My guess would be one game at Etihad/Elland Road/Old Trafford with the other two at Wigan/Hull/Hudds. It really should have been announced by now. The BBC Sport website has just done their 2015 calendar with no mention of the Autumn internationals. At a minimum, the dates (or even weekends to keep it even more general) could have been announced by now even if venues and tickets are yet to be sorted.

Many on here would have you believe that the games lack if media coverage is down to a conspiracy managed by public schoolboy types in control of the media........i wonder what their excuse for this fiasco is? Maybe Eton college inspired global warming or harrow schools' illegal whale fishing in the south Atlantic?

Er, no. Not a single person has mentioned a media conspiracy. In fact the only two posters who've even used the word (I think - it is late on NYE ffs) are you and William. Trolls or what?

Its 1pm here and the context of my post was once the rfl announce venues etc, the insecure brigade will all complain that the media didn't include the test series in their 2015 sporting calendars.
the word biased is also bandied about on here, as well as agenda.......the general concensus amongst what Billy refers to as the Moonies is that "it's not fair" and "the media are all against us' when in reality, the failure of the RFL to secure venues for the 3 tests in 10 months time is indicative of the slapshod way the game is run in the UK.
Happy New Year by the way....30 days until the auckland 9's and then the seasons start. I suspect that the Kiwi Squad for the ANZAC test later this year will be a good indicator as to the strength of the touring party you see in October/November......No coverage in the media here about the tour though.....it's a biased agenda driven conspiracy that can reach 25,000KM's apparently

Almost all the posts, on this thread at least, agree with you: the RFL is totally 5h1te at doing the basic function of its job - promoting the game of rugby league. But you just couldn't resist could you, with that naughty little last sentence!
Anyway, Happy New Year to you too. Have you considered any new year resolutions? I'm sure the VT faithful could help out if you wanted to open it up to suggestions. Cheers!