4 nations dates and venues announced. : Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:23 pm  

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: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:30 pm  

What happened to Eng vs Aus at Wembley? Woeful selection.

: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:32 pm  

Maybe they don't want to play in a half empty stadium?

: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:34 pm  

The King Of Birchwood wrote:

Maybe they don't want to play in a half empty stadium?

Will never spread the international game playing at Hudds, Wigan, Doncaster and Leeds every year.

: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:49 pm  

Karlos13 wrote:

Will never spread the international game playing at Hudds, Wigan, Doncaster and Leeds every year.

Agree. Thought it would have been a good opportunity to play at one of the better football stadiums that don't host RL games (city of manchester being one example) but perhaps due to the time of year these kinds of places won't want their pitches being destroyed.

: Tue Feb 24, 2009 2:53 pm  

RedRy wrote:

Agree. Thought it would have been a good opportunity to play at one of the better football stadiums that don't host RL games (city of manchester being one example) but perhaps due to the time of year these kinds of places won't want their pitches being destroyed.

Maybe I'm missing something, but aren't they all football stadiums (bar Quins, of course)?

: Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:16 pm  

The King Of Birchwood wrote:

Maybe they don't want to play in a half empty stadium?

1997 - GB 14-38 Aus: 41,135 (SL Test)
1995 - GB 8-16 Aus - 66,540 (WC Final)
1995 - GB 20-16 Aus - 41,271 (WC)
1994 - GB 8-4 Aus - 57,034 (1st Test)
1992 - GB 6-10 Aus - 73,631 (WC Final)
1990 - GB 19-12 Aus - 54,569 (1st Test)

I think we'd be delighted to see any of those Wembley attendances at an international now. I'm with Karl, absolutely terrible choice of venues for this series. Opening match at Wembley would have been a great start to the tournament, instead same old Wigan and Hudds. Is 25,000 against Australia all our international game can hope for?

: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:27 pm  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

Maybe I'm missing something, but aren't they all football stadiums (bar Quins, of course)?

Sorry mate, don't think I worded that well enough. I meant grounds football stadiums that don't host RL like City of Manchester could've been an option or Anfield, Goodison, Reebok etc. rather than stadiums that hold RL games anyway.

: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:29 pm  

Walshovski wrote:

Is 25,000 against Australia all our international game can hope for?

Yes.

: Tue Feb 24, 2009 6:37 pm  

The King Of Birchwood wrote:

Yes.

But that obviously is not correct, we have achieved much higher gates when we have taken internationals to larger grounds in the past. Wigan and Huddersfield is short sighted in the extreme.