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Harlequins RU can get 50k to Twickenham, but we haven't the bottle or the nous for one England game outside the north? Sad.

can't believe the australia v NZ game is at the 12,000 capacity stoop?? wtf is that all about? it's way too small...

as for the other venues...i and most of us predicted them,abit disappointed they chose elland road over eastlands though

Erm....What relevance does Rugby Union holding a game in its southern stronghold have to Rugby League holding one outside its northern stronghold?

London a RU stronghold? Hmm...

Four Nations fixtures and venue:

24/25 October:

England v France Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster

Australia v New Zealand The Stoop, London

1/2 November:

England v Australia JJB Stadium, Wigan

France v New Zealand TBC, France

8/9 November:

England v New Zealand Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield

France v Australia TBC, France

14 November:

Final Elland Road, Leeds


I remember they took a game to wembley zonks ago and they had a very good turnout,so why not again?

Peeps have their day to Wembley on th CC final. Would possibly worth a punt but you'd end up with 14000 in a 90,000 stadium i reckon

I am baffled that the expansion minded RFL are again stuck on the M62 when it comes to the international game.

England should be playing Australia in London at one of the football grounds.

The final should be somewhere outside the traditional venues. Eastlands would have been better for promoting the game in and around Greater Manchester, rather than Leeds which doesnt really need it.

Elland Road is possibly the worst stadium I have ever been to - in terms of transport, parking, facilities, atmosphere. So I am guessing it must have been cheap to rent it.

i've come round to thinking that the stoop is actually a good idea

the 'sold out' signs for a rugby league game in london is actually good PR..


as for the football grounds....chances are they were'nt available?

i thought they were giving the whelan-dome a miss after himpricking about last year during the play offs.

I still don't know why they insist on going to Elland Road for the final, its a dump.

Might go to the game at The Keepmoat as looks like its on my birthday, but I won't be falling over myself to get to the Galpharm or the JJB.

Eastlands will only hold so many "non-football" events in a year such as concerts, boxing ect. I don't know if thats something the Stadium Managment decide or if it was part of the planning permission.

The Stoop is also limited to what it can do away from Rugby I believe.

Very much so.
Teams in the south are well supported ala Wasps and Quins.

I have heard rumour that they play a bit of rugby union in the Twickenham area.

www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,865 ... public_rss as to be expected - the Aussies are whinging about something & anything. Get over yourselves chumps, we are hosting it and playing it by our rules this time. Blaming the English for this when an Australian is in charge of the RLIF. They also seem to be confused about who is in charge, the RFL or the made up RLF, or the RLIF. Richard Lewis is apparantly the executive chairman of an organisation that doesnt exist.

www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,865 ... public_rss as to be expected - the Aussies are whinging about something & anything. Get over yourselves chumps, we are hosting it and playing it by our rules this time. Blaming the English for this when an Australian is in charge of the RLIF. They also seem to be confused about who is in charge, the RFL or the made up RLF, or the RLIF. Richard Lewis is apparantly the executive chairman of an organisation that doesnt exist.

I would have though the Leigh Sports Village would have been a better option for England v France. It seems quite Yorkshire biased.

I think that Donny is an All Seater may have been influential in the decision.

doncaster is bigger than LSV

It's a mare to get to, too.

The South isn't just London.

Apart from Quins which other pro Union team play in London nowadays?

No pro Union teams play in London. Quins is middlesex, wasps is wycombe, sarries is watford, London Irish is reading.

I think the point of having the game at the stoop is that it will sell out and raise the profile of the sport in the capital.

They've always managed decent crowds at Loftus Road I think, Might as well play it at a SL Venue rather than a Football Ground if they think the demand is still there.

They possibly didn't consider Wembley because of Sky's insistance on evening kick-offs, which would make it awkward for Northern fans to get to the game.

The game will sell out. 12,750 capacity including boxes....
Australians/New Zealanders who KNOW they will be here in October will buy now and 1 page ad in TNT in September will see the rest go.

Is it. Far as I know there's a motorway right next to ground with plenty of car parking and plenty of bus links from city centre