So you have contradicted yourself there really.

Wembley is in London...you want England to play there... thereby in your own words making it '[ithe least accesible to most rugby league suporters[/i

Sorry about the spelling, I just copied and pasted your post.

Yeah.... because England playing is a neutral game...

and your point was so weak you brought spelling into it, I was replying to you and if I had any respect for your opinion i might have checked my post before submiting it

Why is recommending that any game where Australia and NZ play each other should be played in London (home to the vast majority of the Antipodean community) a 'weak' point?

I would too like to see the new olympic stadium used for the opening match, thus leaving Wembley for the final. Allocate 30k tickets to be distributed free amongst the local schools with specific assembley's (if they still have them) showcasing Rugby League. This will leave 60k left for general sale to the public with sensible prices and packages.

Here the RFL could team up with the East Cost main line and other rail operators which could see seduced costs for travellers with a valid world cup final ticket.

NO FREE TICKETS

..and we wonder why our sport is light years behind others.

Never take anything Barry says seriously. Pretty much every other post on this thread is common sense by the people that make the sport the greatest, the fans. If the RFL looked at these ideas instead of dreaming up ideas in an office, the RLWC would be brilliant in 2013.

So the general consensus is that the opening game would be at Wembley. Group games at stadia around England (and France/Wales?) with sellouts being the priority using good marketing and good value ticketing. Semis at Stadia such as Wigan/KC/Galpharm and The Final at a more ambitious venue such as Wembley/Millenium/Olympic/Old Trafford?

All sounds good to me!!!

How many of the teams are already confirmed to play in the World Cup? I'm sure it's 13 of the 14 so that allows the RFL to start planning now. If the format was decided now and the draw was done say live on tv before the England v France game or the Four Nations it wouldn't be too long after before they could start selling tickets. Rugby League internationals are notorious for being slow sellers, but if we can't shift tickets and fill 25,000 capacity stadiums in just under three years we might aswell pack it in now.

I think it is 14. Start selling tickets, merchendise etc now! Release all of the teams kits at once so people can start buying them and people get to recognise them. As much as I dispise the sport, Union international kits are so easy to recognise in the street. People buy into an icon when they buy the SA kit. Losers!

Sheffield United are hoping their link up with the Eagles gets them WC2013 games.

Reckon they've got a chance? It's a big stadium to fill.

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I understand and share your impatience, but you can't start selling merchandise and tickets before you've decided on the format or done the draw.

I'm almost certain that it's 12 of the 14 that are confirmed. They gave automatic places to the 10 from last time and then added Cook Islands and Wales.

The qualifying competition I believe has two groups (three nations per group IIRC) with one from each group qualifying. The original plan was for the qualifying competition to take place in 2012 (hence no 4 Nations, Euro Cup or Pacific Cup) and I don't believe that has changed.