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Any games where Australia and NZ play each other should be played in London.
This should not be negotiable.
I doubt many Aussies or Kiwis live outside the M25 anyway. Why make us travel un necessarily?
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| Quote ="Barry_McKenzie"Any games where Australia and NZ play each other should be played in London.
This should not be negotiable.
I doubt many Aussies or Kiwis live outside the M25 anyway. Why make us travel un necessarily?'"
yes making the most attractive neutral game the least accesible to most rugby league suporters is a great idea
one game in london is enough and an opener at Wembley needs to involve england |
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| Quote ="Hopie"yes making the most attractive neutral game the least accesible to most rugby league suporters is a great idea
one game in london is enough and an opener at Wembley needs to involve england'"
So you have contradicted yourself there really.
Wembley is in London...you want England to play there... thereby in your own words making it '[ithe least accesible to most rugby league suporters[/i
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| Quote ="Barry_McKenzie"So you have contradicted yourself there really.
Wembley is in London...you want England to play there... thereby in your own words making it '[ithe least accesible to most rugby league suporters[/i
Sorry about the spelling, I just copied and pasted your post.'"
Yeah.... because England playing is a neutral game...
and your point was so weak you brought spelling into it, I was replying to you and if I had any respect for your opinion i might have checked my post before submiting it |
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| Quote ="Hopie"Yeah.... because England playing is a neutral game...
and your point was so weak you brought spelling into it, I was replying to you and if I had any respect for your opinion i might have checked my post before submiting it'"
Why is recommending that any game where Australia and NZ play each other should be played in London (home to the vast majority of the Antipodean community) a 'weak' point? |
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I would too like to see the new olympic stadium used for the opening match, thus leaving Wembley for the final. Allocate 30k tickets to be distributed free amongst the local schools with specific assembley's (if they still have them) showcasing Rugby League. This will leave 60k left for general sale to the public with sensible prices and packages.
Here the RFL could team up with the East Cost main line and other rail operators which could see seduced costs for travellers with a valid world cup final ticket.
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NO FREE TICKETS
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| Quote ="Barry_McKenzie"Lets assume the final will be the usual Australia v NZ affair.
Twickenham Stoop would be ideal.
Checks all the right boxes for the expat community in London (apart from the lack of VB)
Not many British fans would bother going unless England made the final.
Twickenham (the big place...HQ as its known) would never come close to selling out an RL final sadly'"
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Never take anything Barry says seriously. Pretty much every other post on this thread is common sense by the people that make the sport the greatest, the fans. If the RFL looked at these ideas instead of dreaming up ideas in an office, the RLWC would be brilliant in 2013.
So the general consensus is that the opening game would be at Wembley. Group games at stadia around England (and France/Wales?) with sellouts being the priority using good marketing and good value ticketing. Semis at Stadia such as Wigan/KC/Galpharm and The Final at a more ambitious venue such as Wembley/Millenium/Olympic/Old Trafford?
All sounds good to me!!!
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How many of the teams are already confirmed to play in the World Cup? I'm sure it's 13 of the 14 so that allows the RFL to start planning now. If the format was decided now and the draw was done say live on tv before the England v France game or the Four Nations it wouldn't be too long after before they could start selling tickets. Rugby League internationals are notorious for being slow sellers, but if we can't shift tickets and fill 25,000 capacity stadiums in just under three years we might aswell pack it in now.
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I think it is 14. Start selling tickets, merchendise etc now! Release all of the teams kits at once so people can start buying them and people get to recognise them. As much as I dispise the sport, Union international kits are so easy to recognise in the street. People buy into an icon when they buy the SA kit. Losers!
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Sheffield United are hoping their link up with the Eagles gets them WC2013 games.
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Reckon they've got a chance? It's a big stadium to fill.
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| Quote ="jonny the leyther"I think it is 14. Start selling tickets, merchendise etc now! Release all of the teams kits at once so people can start buying them and people get to recognise them. As much as I dispise the sport, Union international kits are so easy to recognise in the street. People buy into an=#BF0000 icon when they buy the SA kit. Losers!'"
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| Quote ="jonny the leyther"I think it is 14. Start selling tickets, merchendise etc now! Release all of the teams kits at once so people can start buying them and people get to recognise them. As much as I dispise the sport, Union international kits are so easy to recognise in the street. People buy into an icon when they buy the SA kit. Losers!'"
I understand and share your impatience, but you can't start selling merchandise and tickets before you've decided on the format or done the draw. |
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| Quote ="Catalancs"How many of the teams are already confirmed to play in the World Cup? I'm sure it's 13 of the 14 so that allows the RFL to start planning now.'"
I'm almost certain that it's 12 of the 14 that are confirmed. They gave automatic places to the 10 from last time and then added Cook Islands and Wales.
The qualifying competition I believe has two groups (three nations per group IIRC) with one from each group qualifying. The original plan was for the qualifying competition to take place in 2012 (hence no 4 Nations, Euro Cup or Pacific Cup) and I don't believe that has changed. |
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news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_l ... 667818.stm
' Wales, who are expected to host fixtures in the 2013 Cup, will join the 10 teams who competed in 2008, holders New Zealand, Australia, England, Papua New Guinea, France, Ireland, Scotland, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.
The other automatic place is likely to go to either [iCook Islands[/i, who lost in the final of the 2009 Pacific Cup to Papua New Guinea, or [iLebanon[/i, who narrowly missed out on qualification for 2008.
The RLIF announced in February that the competition would be expanded from 10 teams to 14, with two of the extra sides to come from qualifying tournaments which are likely to be the Pacific Cup and the European Cup.'
I'm not sure how they're going top use the European Cup as a qualifier when the four competing nations already have World Cup spots. Maybe they got mixed up with the European Shield in which case Lebanon aren't even takling part.
In the Pacific Cup only the Cook Islands aren't already going to the UK in 2013 so they could lose every game in the cup and still go through.
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news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_l ... 667818.stm
' Wales, who are expected to host fixtures in the 2013 Cup, will join the 10 teams who competed in 2008, holders New Zealand, Australia, England, Papua New Guinea, France, Ireland, Scotland, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.
The other automatic place is likely to go to either [iCook Islands[/i, who lost in the final of the 2009 Pacific Cup to Papua New Guinea, or [iLebanon[/i, who narrowly missed out on qualification for 2008.
The RLIF announced in February that the competition would be expanded from 10 teams to 14, with two of the extra sides to come from qualifying tournaments which are likely to be the Pacific Cup and the European Cup.'
I'm not sure how they're going top use the European Cup as a qualifier when the four competing nations already have World Cup spots. Maybe they got mixed up with the European Shield in which case Lebanon aren't even takling part.
In the Pacific Cup only the Cook Islands aren't already going to the UK in 2013 so they could lose every game in the cup and still go through.
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Still waiting for someone to tell me why having the Aus v NZ game anywhere else other than London would be a good idea?
I think i'll be waiting a long time.
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| Quote ="Barry_McKenzie"Still waiting for someone to tell me why having the Aus v NZ game anywhere else other than London would be a good idea?
I think i'll be waiting a long time.'"
It should be somewhere bigger than the stoop. |
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Frankly, unless the economic climate gets loads better, you can forget London - certainly for families. The cost of getting to London and then the ground is prohibitively high. Not fortgetting that you can watch it on the TV at home (in 3D by then), or, if you want more atmosphere, in the pub!
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| Quote ="jim00"Frankly, unless the economic climate gets loads better, you can forget London - certainly for families. The cost of getting to London and then the ground is prohibitively high. Not fortgetting that you can watch it on the TV at home (in 3D by then), or, if you want more atmosphere, in the pub!'"
But if Australia are playing NZ... it's fair to say the vast majority of supporters will either be Aussies or Kiwis. It's unlikely many poms would want to come along anyway.
Most Aussies and Kiwis live in London...so we dont have to worry about the cost of getting here.
So why play the fixture anywhere other than in London? If its played somewhere up north it just means the Aussies and Kiwis have to travel. |
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The crowd at an Auz v NZ final in London will look like the worlds largest barstaff convention!
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| Quote ="Off! Number Seven"The crowd at an Auz v NZ final in London will look like the worlds largest barstaff convention!'"
The opinion that people have that all Aussies and Kiwis in London work behind a bar is completely untrue.
Its like the rumour that the English are terrified of soap and water and refuse to shower more than once a fortnight.
I know the English have a shower once a week whether they need one or not
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From www.rugbyleagueinternationalscores.com/blog/
[i10 Teams Automatic qualification from the 2008 World Cup: New Zealand, Australia, England, France, PNG, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Ireland and Scotland
Wales and Cook Islands have also gained automatic qualification for their good results recently.
That makes 12/14.
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[i10 Teams Automatic qualification from the 2008 World Cup: New Zealand, Australia, England, France, PNG, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Ireland and Scotland
Wales and Cook Islands have also gained automatic qualification for their good results recently.
That makes 12/14.
The last two spots will come from a tournament of Russia, Serbia, Lebanon, Italy, USA and Japan played in 2012.[/i | |
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TBF they should have it at wembley, they is far more cubicles at that stadium then any other. Thus making it more conveinent for the Aussies who like to over themselves. |
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