Quote Donnyman="Donnyman"Why is it a good idea?
It was a "good idea" to hold it in North America but they prefer other sports there.The crowd for the Denver test was so poor they pulled the World Cup.
It was a "good idea" to play GB.v. Australia in Coventry attended by hundreds of kids. After the game all the kids went back to their Rugby Union clubs and the Bears continued their struggles
Why "Catalonia" didn't Catalans and Warrington get a five figure crowd playing there and afterwards spoke of a pro-team in Spain. Nobody there wanted to back it.
And the biggest WHY of all is why deprive the loyal RL fans of Rugby League in England and Australia of access to the world cup??
If it is every 4 years we have to wait eight years to go see it live anyway.
The fact is if you want the World cup to achieve some growth or at least stave off decline in it's heartlands you don't deprive the casual fans of the game here and in Aussie of the world cup, every time I have attended World cups here it gets thousands of non regular-RL fans into our stadiums, They can carry on watching Pro-RL and boost our game
We are still on this idea that showcase the game to new audiences and it will take off. Well it won't because Rugby Union has North America wrapped up just like France Rugby Union have the game wrapped up there. Why do we think Catalans and Toulouse want to sign English players and play in England??'"
Dont you ever give up ?
Of course it's a good idea.
Take the game somewhere "new" and attract some investment from elsewhere.
The clue is in the name "World Cup".
As for depriving "loyal RL fans access", no they're not, it's a couple of hours on a plane and hotels etc are cheaper than London etc.
It's ridiculous that "the best game in the world" can only stage major events in 2 places.
Having said that, there is no guarantee of success and there will need to be some serious hard work done, to sell out some of the games.
As for your argument about RU having N. America and France wrapped up, you could include England in the same comment.
They should be congratulated for their ambition but, as I said, there will be a great deal of effort required to make it a success.
A RLWC final in the Camp Nou would be a tremendous event - count me in.
