from a very good article - lots of positive noises despite the obvious trouble that they are having. they do need to ramp up the publicity, but they are right about league fans leaving it late to buy. very important juncture in the history of rugby league, i feel www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2 ... -best-side

And yet. A quick scan of the cuttings reveals that rugby union's rival home World Cup in two years' time has had more press coverage than the league version that begins in less than 100 days at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, with Australia v England and Wales v Italy. Two hundred thousand tickets have been sold, but that still leaves organisers 300,000 short of their target with three months to go.

Bolton says she is targeting ticket sales of 500,000, and organisers say they have reached 40% of that figure with three months to go. More than 40,000 tickets have been sold for the final at Old Trafford, which still leaves some way to go to sell out. Wood says that rugby league fans tend to commit late and Bolton is convinced the groundwork the towns and cities, which had to bid competitively to host matches, have been putting in will pay off. She will not say it, but the inference is clear – this will be a friendly, warm contrast to union's big stadiums and corporate offering.

from a very good article - lots of positive noises despite the obvious trouble that they are having. they do need to ramp up the publicity, but they are right about league fans leaving it late to buy. very important juncture in the history of rugby league, i feel www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2 ... -best-side

And yet. A quick scan of the cuttings reveals that rugby union's rival home World Cup in two years' time has had more press coverage than the league version that begins in less than 100 days at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, with Australia v England and Wales v Italy. Two hundred thousand tickets have been sold, but that still leaves organisers 300,000 short of their target with three months to go.

Bolton says she is targeting ticket sales of 500,000, and organisers say they have reached 40% of that figure with three months to go. More than 40,000 tickets have been sold for the final at Old Trafford, which still leaves some way to go to sell out. Wood says that rugby league fans tend to commit late and Bolton is convinced the groundwork the towns and cities, which had to bid competitively to host matches, have been putting in will pay off. She will not say it, but the inference is clear – this will be a friendly, warm contrast to union's big stadiums and corporate offering.