I have one active ID on this forum and have always only had one active ID at any time.

I have already shown you that this thread was not derailed by me, but by numerous other posters who felt the need to continue with the flawed comparisons of 2 totally different sports with varying levels of popularity. The shooting of the messenger by you is proof enough that you have nothing to add to this debate other than to scream like a little girl and hope that the moderators come along and intervene.
The harsh reality is that the OP was wrong and this annoys you because you can't accept that the International game in RL is all about 3 sides who can win it, 2 other sides that have actual natives playing for their countries and 9 "countries" rammed with heritage players. That's not development and neither is having a contrived draw that will again result in the same 3 semi-finalist in 2017 that we had in 2013 and 2008 before that and in 2000....oh and again in 1995.

Do you fancy a wager on naming 3 of the 4 semi-finalists for RLWC 2021?

I care little for the RWC 2015 but the incessant need for some RL fans to constantly try to compare the sports management with a view to painting league in a better light is insanity. International RL is what it is...a 3 horse race and we should accept that. if we are serious about developing it further, then France should be a permanent fixture in the NH 4 nations and PNG should be permanent in the SH 4 nations.
Beneath this, there should be a second tier International tournament run along the lines of the B grade union 6 nations.....games home and away over a 2 year period with strict limits on the numbers of heritage players allowed.. The RLIF/RLEF would need to assist with travel costs etc but gradually you'd see the game grow in these countries, rather than just picking 23 Aussies/Brits who's mother once drank a Pint of Guinness to represent Ireland.

The Irish guys who travelled to Serbia last month are the guys who should be trying to qualify for the World Cup and representing their country.....not Pat Richards et al.....

if the nothern tests are not near enough sell outs then I see that as a very poor effort by the fans in the heartlands!

Meanwhile, 1,300 at Wales-Scotland in Wrexham.

That's the reality of international RL outside the big three and where the major challenge lies for the RLIF.

May as well go back to GB if we are going to exclude rest of the home nations.

I think that might depend on terms of Sport England funding.

Agreed. There was a time when the European cup was getting 5 figure attendances but that isn't happening when they wont even put it on regularly. They are not having another one after this until 2018 'because of other tournaments in the between times'.

My idea for the European cup would be to put it on every 2 years in the years between the four nations and have the euros at the start of the year to ensure it doesn't clash with the world cup. Unionball don't postpone tournaments when they have more than 4 games scheduled a year and neither do football for that matter.