rugby league world cup : Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:03 pm  

I (and others) have posted the topic about the RLWC. A few people look at it,but, hardly anybody makes comment. Bearing in mind I believe the RLWC is the most crucial competition in the history of rugby league.....why the apathy? It has the potential to be a really successful tournament, hopefully encouraging people who have never been to a game...to see this great sport of rugby league. The people on this message board want to discuss whether to keep Gardner....or to put him at centre....words fail me.
Then again....maybe you've got all your tickets. Somehow I doubt it!
Failure to support this tournament....and London's difficulties..................will see the demise of the whole sport within 10 years. Come on.....get supporting your sport.

Re: rugby league world cup : Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:15 pm  

There are several WC threads on the virtual terrace.

Lots of people post about the world cup on those threads.

In the it is a club based forum, so not surprising that club topics dominate and WC threads tend to float down the forum.

I would never ban a thread on the WC for being off topic, but neither would I expect it to get alot of attention here as compared to on the virtual terrace.

Re: rugby league world cup : Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:48 pm  

The apathy is purely due to how utterly predictable International Rugby League is and has been for 30 years. In my lifetime we've never beaten Australia in any competition (I.e placed higher or beaten them in a series) and we aren't about to change that now.

Or are we? That's the beauty of it I guess, if we did manage to win it I'd be excited about the next one. I'm going to a few games, but with absolutely zero expectations. Given how utterly embarrassing the last one in this country was I'm just hoping the sport gets through it without any major hate campaigns from the press. We do all need to get behind it, but something truly special would need to happen for the press to get behind it and generate the sort of media driven hype they do for the Union world cup.

Re: rugby league world cup : Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:38 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

The apathy is purely due to how utterly predictable International Rugby League is and has been for 30 years. In my lifetime we've never beaten Australia in any competition (I.e placed higher or beaten them in a series) and we aren't about to change that now.

Or are we? That's the beauty of it I guess, if we did manage to win it I'd be excited about the next one. I'm going to a few games, but with absolutely zero expectations. Given how utterly embarrassing the last one in this country was I'm just hoping the sport gets through it without any major hate campaigns from the press. We do all need to get behind it, but something truly special would need to happen for the press to get behind it and generate the sort of media driven hype they do for the Union world cup.

Australia are one of 14 teams in the World Cup, and are not the defending champions so I'm not sure what relevance they have to anything.

Re: rugby league world cup : Wed Oct 09, 2013 7:26 am  

headhunter wrote:

Australia are one of 14 teams in the World Cup, and are not the defending champions so I'm not sure what relevance they have to anything.

You're kidding right? If we could beat Austrailia in the knock out part of the comp, it would be massive for the game in this country.

Re: rugby league world cup : Wed Oct 09, 2013 8:59 am  

Just not piquing my interest at all.

But then, if it weren't for a love of Saints, I'd lose most interest in the sport. As an entertainment spectacle, it's declined in recent years. Too much of a defence-dominated arm-wrestle

Re: rugby league world cup : Wed Oct 09, 2013 8:12 pm  

I'm loving the run up to the world cup. So far I have tickets for Cardiff, Wembley, LP, HJ and LSV. Since I have had to buy all my tickets at once due to recent unemployment I can't afford any further games but if money is available on pay day I will look at going to more matches.

There's a big buzz about the world cup if you hang out on forums/Twitter, etc where there are rugby league fans (as opposed to Saints only fans).

Saints as per usual are not marketing the world cup match at LP at all. They deserve what they get then in terms of turn out.

Re: rugby league world cup : Wed Oct 09, 2013 9:26 pm  

Buying all my tickets tomorrow, the sales seem to be going very well.

Re: rugby league world cup : Wed Oct 09, 2013 9:49 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Saints as per usual are not marketing the world cup match at LP at all. They deserve what they get then in terms of turn out.

Surely the rfl should be the ones marketing the game not saints? They also don't do any marketing for Liverpool u21s to my knowledge, they are just renting the stadium out ...

Re: rugby league world cup : Wed Oct 09, 2013 11:32 pm  

I really cannot wait for it to get going now.

I've tickets for the semi and the final sorted, with tickets for everything else being sorted soon. I'm also volunteering so I can't wait to be involved.

Over 50k sold at wembley, the final looks like it's selling well and the game vs Ireland only has 2k tickets left. Hopefully the opener sells well (I'm not going because of price to get there and stay etc) and the other England game in hull. The semi and final should sell out during the tournament when the buzz hits it's peak.

For a M62 sport, that's not bad going.