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

The last time I was up there, arriving via the train station, I found a bus part of the way there, but then walked the rest of the way. The same on the way back in reverse.

and only 1 junction off the motorway. For the Tri-Nations final in 2004 it took about 90minutes to get off the motorway onto the (only) carpark.

I'm a little confused by the dates for week 2 and 3.
Week 1: 24/25 Oct - Sat/Sun
Week 2: 1/2 Nov - Sun/Mon?
Week 3: 8/9 Nov - Sun/Mon?

Surely they mean 31 Oct/1 Nov and 7/8 Nov (Sat/Sun) instead?

That said, the actual dates for week 2 and 3 aren't on the [url=http://www.therfl.co.uk/superleague/news_item.php?id=13143RFL announcement[/url, but surely we can safely assume it will be Sat/Sun.

I take it there will be a France v England game played mid season.

Why have they not announced the date or venue??

Rumours are that it will be played in Paris in June.

2 junctions, 3 if you come down the A62 (Gelderd Road). I'd recommend the latter, park and eat at the Pack Horse then walk from there.

edited for accuracy

it's not a rumour..the french annonced it 2 weeks ago..saturday 13th june in paris

Indeed.

Five pages of discussion, including complaints, [url=http://viewtopic.php?t=392178here[/url.

I'll go to Donny and Elland Road. I might consider Huddersfield given the historical failure to attract crowds to NZ games in this country. The RFL can stick Wigan up its a[ir[/ise.

It's about a half hour walk from Leeds city station to Elland Road. The route can't be described as picturesuque, but I am willing to show people the way if they will buy me a pint in the Grove or the Adelphi before the game.

Disappointed by the TBCs on the France home games.

what about getting the train to cottingley?

I'm not sure that Cottingley's that much closer than the main train station. Plus the Drysalters isn't as good as the Grove.

Ohhhh, I've just twigged I'll be living in Leeds at the time of the tournament.
'Appen I'll pop into Huddersfield (though I'm unsure why we insist on constantly playing NZ matches there? perhaps a safe option, rather than facing the possibility of not selling a stadium out against the ockers) and Elland Road. Might also venture into the fair city of Doncaster, too.

think its a decent enough list, would have preferred the England-Australia clash to be somewhere more ambitious like the COM, the Reebok though or even Anfield though.

surely with the 2 french games they will go for one game in Paris and one at Catalan.

paris & toulouse apparently