I go for the rugby and enjoy a pint before the game...Not a crime is it?

Not at all, but why do people complain when a world class stadium and organisations are giving money to the game to play a few games there.

That's not about you don't worry. But if RFL were paid double the amount for a game there then it could be considered. However during the current climate, it's probably not a good idea. Best to least keep travel to a minimum of 2 methods (Car, train, plan)

Thats all very well but it still would never gain any sort of foothold. How does RU do over there with this respect they have?

It would be a pointless and expensive waste of time.

oh i agree, just putting that point out there.
America is a vast country but they are stuck in their ways, a lost cause.

Europe is a better market to target

I would doubt any football team would let MM be played at there ground. No team outside the prem league will as the plays offs start a few days after.

I think that Cardiff may go for it next time its up and gets it's ass in gear. £10 million lost in cardiff this weekend.

Mediterranean Magic. Barcelona?

Newcastle would be reet qualiteh.

Those geordie birds sure know how to have a good time, they are mint

I'd like the RFL to show proven success at expanding the game outside of Cheshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire first before looking at other countries.

Attendances at Harlequins and Celtic are not an encouraging endorsement of their expansionist policy so far.

I'd actually try the far east before some of the places suggested. They have a tendency to get a craze on something and then it takes off and there's so many of them that its a good market. Football was relatively small till a decade or so ago then it boomed and now RU is getting speed in Japan.

What about China? Just need the RFL to slip the PRC government a few quid. If they can force them to smoke, they can certainly "persuade" 80,000 government workers to turn up for a blockbusting weekend of 7 Super League matches at Beijing's Olympic Stadium. Imagine how good that would look for the neutrals watching on TV, although they might need to get some new floodlights because during the Olympic Games there seemed to be a lot of people squinting during the nighttime events.

Oh Tiananmen, is wonderful,
Oh Tiananmen, is wonderful,
etc

Lefty would love it.

Military hardware optional?

I was next in line for tank duty.