I think the RL World Cup has been fantastic.

Things like this don't just happen. I think the whole team at the RFL who had anything to do with it
deserve a massive pat on the back. It is quite obvious that a lot of very hard work over many months
went into the planning. The detail involved must have been massive.

I think the BBC also deserves credit too. Their coverage and publicity has been an absolute eye-opener.
More games could have been televised etc etc, of course. Things could always be better, but, coming from
the low-point they started from, their effort was great. It needs to be nourished.

I agree with earlier posts regarding the importance of international games. In any sport, representing ones
country is the pinnacle of any sportsmans career.

I also think the Aussie's must surely be persuaded to show more interest in the game at international level.
After this competition I cannot see that much persuasion would be needed.

It has also demonstrated that good rugby, at good grounds and priced realistically will attract big support.

I was at Wembley last week (and what a privilege it was !). I was amazed at the number of "southeners" who were at the game, there must have been thousands. Travelling back after the game from Waterloo to where I was staying in West Sussex, there were people talking about the game and what a fantastic match it was, unbelievable !!

As a previous post said, lets hope the RFL has enough nouse to cash in on their huge success. Failure to do so
really would be criminal.

It was a great competition, and the BBC deserve plenty of credit for the respect and enthusiasm they put into it - we shouldn't have to doff our cap in thanks but in view of the way they've treated the game of late, it was a pleasant suprise.

The games were competitive, for the most part, and the crowds really turned up vocally and in numbers. Would have liked a stronger showing from the french to strengthen the game over the channel, but there you go.

The challenge of course, is, where do we go from here? I echo the sentiments around the international game and I'd personally like to see this years WCC game some exposure on terrestrial. If Wigan turn up and put the Aussies on their backsides in their own backyard the British public would love it.

For me, though, the really question around expansionism on the back of the WC doesn't concern Wales, Scotland, Italy. It concerns the likes of Rochdale & Workington - these fine old clubs have been playing in front of the proverbial two blokes and a dog for many years now, yet they both attracted large, passionate, vocal supporters in large numbers to their respective games.

First job for the RFL and the respective boards of those clubs, is to hook those fans again and tap into the surge in interest locally.

Might be controversial, but after the reaction to all the games, especially at Wembley, shouldn't we now support maintaining a presence in London by ensuring that the Broncos survive in Superleague? Be a shame to see all that publicity go to waste now.

To be fair the French deserve a second team in Superleague over a side in London. Two great sell out crowds just a shame the Team itself was a dissapointment.

Get a decent full time national coach, and get a second french team in superleague they deserve to have a French Derby and it will do wonders for the game over there and will add even more colour and flair to superleague...........

Thought it was a fantastic tournemant and one that none of us really expected, especially from our point of view. When Johnson scored that try, it was up there with the Long drop goals over the years and that Cunningham try at the HJ in '05 in terms of how gutted I was. Fantastic spectacle though, just hope February 2014 will hurry up now.

It was being a part of the crowd that helped make the experience a more memorable tournament for me. And then even better (as a VirginMedia customer) being able to watch every game again in the comfort of my own home. And I am not just talking the “Big” final few games, as magnificent as they were, but the “smaller” group games brought much interest and a few surprises along the way to help add to the overall ‘feel’ of the tournament
There were many positives from this tournament for so many to make note of and act upon to sustain the momentum of interest within our great game.
[list• Selling out places like Cumbria, Bristol and Rochdale and having large numbers of supporters at Wembley for the beginning and end of the tournament
• having great support for the relative minnows of the game, e.g. USA, Italy and Cook Islands,
• the personalities of the sport – Fuifui, SBW, Billy Slater & Gang, RTS, The Burgess Bros, Petero Civoniceva, The Sims boys, Mose Masoe,
• the more memorable moments: SBW’s slip at HJ, “THAT” try against England in the Semi, The Haka (and comparable rituals), the after game prayers,
• Andrew Voss[/list:u
And the list could go on…
Having attended HJ for NZ vs Samoa (I’ll not forget that second half atmosphere for a long time to come), LSV for Tonga vs Cook Islands (the non-try to beat all non-tries), Salford for USA vs Scotland (bring back the biff and first sight of Matty Russell in the flesh) and HJ again for Samoa vs Fiji (more biff and then the silence for the prayer at the end!) I can definitely say that I had my fill of great games to help combat the lull between seasons.
I sincerely hope that lessons have been learnt from grass roots through to Red Hall and beyond; and that our great game grows with the support and backing of those that matter and those that can change things for the better.