The RFL said that most games will be in the heartland. That to me suggests that not all home nations group games will be in there own country (which they should) and not many games will be in London (and a few should). Also the venues announced for the upcoming 4 Nations, and every other international for a good few years now, suggests the RFL will be equally small time when it comes to the WC.

If the RFL go and prove me wrong when they announce the venues for the WC then I will change my stance but for the time been I'm wishing it was in Aus again

Two games in France and one at the Stoop, isn't it?

Precisely. They put a rematch of last year's World Cup Final, played in a city with thousands of expats from both countries, in a stadium that can only hold 12,700. I know mid-size venues in London are scare, but I consider it small-time thinking.

how do you know it's not the biggest stadium in london that was available??

He doesn't.

exactly..





its in all likeihood that the stoop was the only stadium available....

There are only about 54 million stadiums across england these days, they probably just scraped in.

Sadly, there's a few less than that now (or at least some are in dis-repair) since they stopped making Subbuteo ....

Isn't the stoop being expanded anyway?

The amusing part is that there is a warm up against Wales, they would be better playing last years squad v the squad that played France this year.

What will Wales do for them?

Grrrrreat, but we're talking about London town.





Give us a hard work out. Allow us to run through some set plays.

To be honest I think the Welsh lads will get just as much if not more out of the game.

Aye, right.



Like they did last year against a scratch England side you mean?



The Welsh being competitive in the short term seemed to be reliant on the Crusaders overseas players qualifying through residency. That idea has been scuppered by the UKBA.



One of the supposed drawbacks from an Other Nationalities side is that the players involved wouldn't take it seriously. With the state of the Welsh and French international sides at the minute it has to be worth a go - even a half-d Other Nats side would be more of a challenge than anything the Welsh or French have put up in the last two years.