You havn't been to London recently have you Barry?



Wrong....again.

I live and work in Hammersmith!!

I forgot Huddersfield and Donaster. Which others do you reckon? Will Hull KR be sorted by 2013? And the Cas/Wakey debacle, who knows? Bradfords a dump at the minute.

So you know there arn't that many antipods there anymore, plenty of eastern europeans though.

Fewer stadia with more games on the same day is the way forward, I reckon.



If there are 12 teams in it, then use just two grounds - three games at each, one after the other. It's cheaper to stage, cheaper to broadcast, and gives the fans an experience.



Similarly, why just have the final on World Cup Final day? Why not have a third place playoff as the curtain raiser?

Hammersmith has never really had many antips from what I've gathered, I used to live in a place called Dollis Hill though and that was full of them.



A lot of my friends live in Willesden... another antip 'hotspot'. Same as Acton. Chockers with Aussies and Kiwis. Shepherds Bush is quite popular too.



London on the whole has thousands of Aussies and Kiwis living here. There was a good turn out for the international at the Stoop last year between Australia and NZ.

Group 1 Wigan, leigh and wire

Group 2 st helens,widnes and wrexham

Group 3 huddersfield, headlingley (if north/stand are rebuilt) and darlington



Semi - final double header villa park

final - old trafford

lets miss out the city with the most rugby league fans shall we? hull!





nothing like lancashire bias there

To show the game in it's best light the venues should be !!!!



Limoux or Pia



Swinton



Oldham



Keighley



Hunslet



Whitehaven



Then for the semi's Leigh and Doncaster



Final at Rochdale.



The gounds will all look full with enthusiastic interested people with 1000's nay 10s of 1000's baying at the turnstiles to be let in!!!!



Whoops sorry was in a trance there.



Let's take it to dull no atmosphere stadia where having fun as a spectator is banned by jobsworths.



Joking aside some of the games will not even fill some of the stadia mentioned unless!!!!!!!!!!!!



THE BIG MEDIA MARKETING MACHINE STARTS NOW and keeps hammering at the door of the media constantly.



For the naysayers saying theres all this "sport" being played first, so what, just keep plugging away promoting our game, the technology is there so use it!!!

Barry McKenzie went to a game at the KC and despite it being a bit of a P in the A to get to (park and ride from somewhere just past the Humber bridge I think) it was a great stadium.

Great idea! Can't fault that at al.... Woaaaah!!! [iKeighley!?[/i

Replace Hunslet with Batley and I think you're spot on