The tournament will play host to 14 nations – taking place from October 26 to November 30 and will be broadcast in over 120 countries around the world. www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=19268 Critical to the successful delivery of the tournament will be the selection of appropriate host venues across the British Isles... So which venues will host the events?

The tournament will play host to 14 nations – taking place from October 26 to November 30 and will be broadcast in over 120 countries around the world. www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=19268 Critical to the successful delivery of the tournament will be the selection of appropriate host venues across the British Isles... So which venues will host the events?

If they have any sense Wigan, Warrington and Leeds. Anywhere else would see 3,000 crowds as they won't market the event, the mass media will blank it out and people don't care about league in this country.

Just having the competition in this country is bizarre.

So bring it to OZ again if that's the case.

What about Hull????

What about rugby league 'fans' not writing of and denigrating their own sport?



Just a thought …

Agree....

It's not the case. RL fans watch RL, soccerball fans watch soccerball. We filled the two biggest stadiums in England for two club games in the last few months, this World Cup will be a belter.

even if it is snowing for the final

Bang on that. The grounds available are fantastic and will be even better for the RLWC. I expect sell outs for pretty much every game, as long as the RFL are sensible with their ticket pricing and the stadia chosen.

And promoting it properly.

You expect sell outs for pretty much every game? Whilst I understand criticism of my more prudent approach, your's is surely open to the same?

I missed Hull and St Helens from the list of attractive venues in terms of crowds. Realistically Wigan, Hull, Warrington, Leeds, St Helens would be the list of locations. Do you notice anything about them?

Even in those heartlands the 'no big teams' games wouldn't do well. For example France versus Samoa. Where is that going to sell out? PNG versus Fiji?

Although the idea of a league world cup is appealing to us, it doesn't translate to actual people attending these games.

We can't even sell out the likes of the JJB and Reebok for international series against Australia and NZ. What chance do we have of making effective dead rubbers involving those sides sell out? There will always be a soft team in the group with the big boys and if they didn't adopt that approach it would mean even more one sided games.