I'd prefer to see the final at Wembley and a double-header to open the tournament. Now that the RFL have decided where games will be held they need to crack on and confirm dates as soon as possible.

Bristol City will probably be at their 28,000 seater new stadium by then. Rovers holds around 14,000 and already stages rugby union. But City are still involved in the marketing and promotion.

The 2013 World Cup grounds

Avignon: =#FF000017,518 capacity The Parc des Sports, which drew a crowd of 16,866 for France's recent international against England, will host a group match.

Bristol: =#FF000012,011 capacity The Memorial Ground will stage a group match, while Filton College will be used as a team training venue.

Halifax: =#FF000014,061 capacity The renovated Shay Stadium will host a group match.

Huddersfield: =#FF000024,500 capacity The Galpharm Stadium, a semi-final venue in 2000, will host a group match.

Hull: Both the KC Stadium =#FF000025,404 capacity and Craven Park =#FF000010,000 capacity will host group matches with the city also hosting two team base camps and team training venues.

Leeds: =#FF000020,000 capacity Headingley will host a group match and a quarter-final while two teams will set up base camps in the city along with a team training venue being utilised.

Limerick: =#FF000026,500 capacity Thomond Park, which hosted a first rugby league match last month, will be a venue for a group match.

Perpignan: =#FF000013,000 capacity The Stade Gilbert Brutus, home of Catalan Dragons and a regular Test venue, will host a group match.

Neath: =#FF00005,000 capacity The Gnoll, home of South Wales Scorpions, will host a group match.

Rochdale: =#FF000010,249 capacity Spotland Stadium, which is the home of Championship One club Hornets, will host a group match.

Salford: =#FF000012,000 capacity The Reds' new City of Salford Stadium at Barton will host a group match and the city will also host a team base camp.

St Helens: =#FF000018,000 capacity Saints' new £26million Langtree Park will host a group match.

Warrington: =#FF000015,500 capacity The enlarged Halliwell Jones Stadium will host a group match and quarter-final. The town will also host a team base camp and the University of Chester will be used as a team training venue.

Whitehaven: =#FF00007,500 capacity The planned Pow Beck Stadium, whose initial capacity of 3,200 can be expanded to 5,000 with the use of temporary stands, will host group matches, with the Cumbria Sports Academy used as a team training venue.

Wigan: The Leigh Sports Village =#FF000011,000 capacity will host a group match and will be used as a training venue while Wigan's DW Stadium =#FF000025,133 capacity will host a quarter-final.

Wrexham: =#FF000015,500 capacity The Racecourse Stadium, home of North Wales Crusaders, will host a group match and a quarter-final, while Wrexham will also host a team base camp and training venue.

Host Venues

Bolton: Will be a team base camp with Bolton Arena's facilities used as a team training venue.

Bradford: the Bulls' Tong High School facilities will be used as a team training venue.

Manchester: Will host a team base camp and will also provide a team training venue.

Preston: The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) will provide team training facilities at UCLan Sports Arena with Preston also hosting a team base camp.

Widnes: Will host a team base camp and the Stobart Stadium will be a training venue.

Workington: Will host a team base camp.

Looks like the RFL chose the right Bristol club.

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15935151.stmBristol City announce £11.45m losses[/url
[i"It is a big problem," chairman Colin Sexstone told BBC Radio Bristol. "It's a lot of money over three years.
Wages in the Championship are far too big and at Bristol City in particular they are just too much."[/i

woudnt have had games at neath and halifax would of had swansea and stoop instead, hopefully double header at old trafford to kick the tournement of with semis at kc and brammel lane then the final at wembley but looking like final at old trafford with mellenium stadium kicking the tournement of

It's disappointing to see that London will not host any games - I assume that some sort of bid will have been launched. Surely a game involving either Australia or New Zealand would have been worth playing at The Stoop or one of London's soccer grounds. As it is, it seems rather short-sighted to ignore the capital city.

On the plus side, well done to Bristol for being the only city in England outside the heartlands to get the nod.

Not all the locations have been announced have they? And the semis haven't been announced so it's quite possible that London will get one of the semis. At least I hope they do as it would be foolish to ignore London, especially after the response from southern people to staging the 4 nations match at Wembley.

[url=http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/business/limerick_to_reap_the_benefit_of_hosting_rugby_league_world_cup_fixture_1_3290258Limerick to reap the benefit of hosting Rugby League World Cup fixture[/url

I was just having a think about where the 2013 World Cup games could and should be played. In the RFL press release and press conference they said that the chosen grounds would host 'a group game' and/or a quarter final. Unless I've missed something some grounds must be hosting more than the one game.
Anyway here are my ideas so far. Thoughts?

[uGroup A[/u - Top 3 Progress to Quarters
Australia v England - =#FF0000Hull
Fiji v Ireland - =#FF0000Rochdale
Australia v Fiji - =#FF0000Headingley
Ireland v England - =#FF0000St Helens
Australia v Ireland - =#FF0000Limerick
England v Fiji - =#FF0000Huddersfield

[uGroup B[/u - Top 3 Progress to Quarters
New Zealand v Samoa - =#FF0000Warrington
Papua New Guinea v France - =#FF0000Perpignan
New Zealand v France - =#FF0000Perpignan
Papua New Guinea v Samoa - =#FF0000Avignon
New Zealand v Papua New Guinea - =#FF0000Halifax
France v Samoa - =#FF0000Avignon

[uGroup C[/u - Top Team Progresses to Quarters
Scotland v Tonga - =#FF0000Hull KR
Tonga v Italy - =#FF0000Salford
Italy v Scotland - =#FF0000Leigh

[uGroup D[/u - Top Team Progresses to Quarters
USA v Wales - =#FF0000Bristol
Wales v Cook Islands - =#FF0000Wrexham
Cook Islands v USA - =#FF0000Whitehaven

[uGroup C/D Inter Group Matches[/u
Scotland v USA - =#FF0000Hull KR
Tonga v Cook Islands - =#FF0000Whitehaven
Italy v Wales - =#FF0000Neath

Bristol says thanks. If you're really in Devizes, then you're in a town that I'd like to host the third (or maybe fourth... there is another...) Wiltshire RL team. PM me if you'd be interested.

According to the AMNRL USA Tomahawks v Wales may be a double header with Australia v England to open the 2013 World Cup at the Millenium Stadium.

That would be pretty good, especially if the AMNRL aren't involved.

Any ideas if the two organisations will settle their differences?

Quote ="Catalancs"icon_lol.gif Any ideas if the two organisations will settle their differences?'" Possibly from reading this: stevemascord.com/2011/12/04/bond ... mber-2011/ Although some of the flawed logic from Niu in that interview makes me think that there isn't much chance of things being run properly while he remains in power.

Quote ="Catalancs"icon_lol.gif Any ideas if the two organisations will settle their differences?'" Possibly from reading this: stevemascord.com/2011/12/04/bond ... mber-2011/ Although some of the flawed logic from Niu in that interview makes me think that there isn't much chance of things being run properly while he remains in power.

Quote ="headhunter"Possibly from reading this: stevemascord.com/2011/12/04/bond ... mber-2011/ Although some of the flawed logic from Niu in that interview makes me think that there isn't much chance of things being run properly while he remains in power.'" His quotes are all over the place. If he really wants peace then he should try his damnedest to achieve it. The last line is very depressing, 'Niu said no peace talks were currently planned'. RLEF > RLIF

Quote ="headhunter"Possibly from reading this: stevemascord.com/2011/12/04/bond ... mber-2011/ Although some of the flawed logic from Niu in that interview makes me think that there isn't much chance of things being run properly while he remains in power.'" His quotes are all over the place. If he really wants peace then he should try his damnedest to achieve it. The last line is very depressing, 'Niu said no peace talks were currently planned'. RLEF > RLIF

He doesn't want peace, he wants to maintain control for his clique. If he wanted peace, he would have run things democratically from the start and there wouldn't have been a split in the first place. I don't think there would be a problem if he wanted to run his own league, he just shouldn't have control of the national team. He's pretty much admitted in that article that he is incapable of running it impartially.

It was and a certain Paul Cullen was stood right behind me at the kop end where the away fans usually stood.

The Rugby League World Cup 2013 tournament schedule will be announced tomorrow, Thursday 22nd March.

Rugby League World Cup 2013 today announced the group games and quarter final matches for the tournament being held in October and November next year. The tournament will kick off at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff with a spectacular first day including the opening ceremony, host nation Wales taking on Italy and co-hosts England playing Australia. www.rlwc2013.com/fixtures 617 days and counting

Rugby League World Cup 2013 today announced the group games and quarter final matches for the tournament being held in October and November next year. The tournament will kick off at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff with a spectacular first day including the opening ceremony, host nation Wales taking on Italy and co-hosts England playing Australia. www.rlwc2013.com/fixtures 617 days and counting

The Rugby League World Cup Final 2013 will be on Saturday November 30 at Old Trafford. Semi-Finals weekend before double-header at Wembley

We need to shove RLWC13 and the sport in general in peoples faces, whether it be through social media or any other methods. The media need to give it the attention it deserves and the public, everybody needs to know about it. Christ I'll even resort to trolling if I have to.

I think Old Trafford is the right choice, I am looking forward to the double header at Wembley too. Will many amateur clubs across the country be getting discounts/freebies?

All fixtures need to be confirmed and then tickets put on sale. It may be minimal but a steady sale of tickets between now and November 30th would provide a base for attendances. Stands outside each and every Super League (and maybe Championship, Championship 1 games) for the rest of the season. A highly visible tent with prizes and promotions, selling WC tickets at the Super Leaguen Grand Final at Old Trafford. Each and every club in Britain, Ireland and France should be contacted and told they'll be rewarded accordingly based on the number of tickets they can sell. With 365 days to go till the final there be should be a big event to publicise the fact that there's a year till the sport's international showpiece. Those are just a few immediate ideas as I'm on a 40 minute dinner-break, but there are so many possibilities with this.

500 days till the 2013 Rugby League World Cup and hardly a peep from the RFL. it would have been nice to see at least a mention on Sky's State of Origin coverage, maybe a celebratory lunch with the mayors of the host cities, chairmen of the clubs and national newspaper sports editors. Opportunity missed or am I making too much of this?

I got an email about the 500 days. Says in there tickets will go on sale in October!

Me too, but I was hoping for something a little more visual or significant than an e-mail.