Oh, and 67 and a half thousand is a great attendance, big shout out to the best streaker I've ever seen, marvellous stuff.

Great attendance but 67k were there to see England v Australia, what an opportunity missed to get the country behind us and garner support for the sport, one shocking performance and instead people were there to see a match between australia and a side we hammered in the opening round. We can just never get it right when it matters.

His steward evasion skills were excellent, some comedy stuff.

Not that I condone invading the playing area obviously.

In the end, I'm glad I got to see it with no emotion.



Speaking of emotion........Kevin Sinfield







Just watched it back and hadn't realised how full it still was at HT. The absolute definition of legend.

Well ive touched up about it in the past but whether you like it or not social media is an area as a sport we need to crack. Most sponsorship revenue depends on followers and it is something as a sport going into the IMG era that we need to crack. As study (because i am sad and also have an interest due to business on social media followers ) i decided to follow the numbers on some accounts during the tournament. Unfortuantley the england accounts show disappointing growth but the rugby league world cup accounts had decent growth which can only be good going forward. Worth noting that the samoan accounts had massive growth in the last week mainly due to the rock or dwayne johnson plugging them. The Samoan world cup final appearance could change the RL landscape on the international front. Even if it does mean the European teams fall further behind.





England RL pre tournament



Twitter - 102 k followers

Instagram - 63.7k followers

Facebook - 96.4k followers



RLWC2021 pre tournament



Twitter - 35.4k followers

Instagram - 44.8k followers

Facebook - 242.8k followers



England RL post tournament



Twitter - 106.5k followers (+4.5k)

Instagram - 68.8k followers (+5.1k)

Facebook - 101.9k followers (+5.3k)



Total new followers = 14.9k



RLWC2021 post tournament



Twitter - 45.1k followers (+9.7k)

Instagram - 62.1k followers (+17.3k)

Facebook - 271.1k followers (+28.3k)



Total new followers = 55.3k followers

It was good to watch as a neutral I say that still wanting Samoa to win.

Great to see that many turn up to watch.

Heather singing when Kevin Sinfield came in,lump in throat time.

Maybe with what Kev has done these last few years he should become Sir.



Enjoyed the tournament,wheel chair was a relevation and a brilliant showcase,the lads after the final only talked Rugbyleague up and were very very passionate about the game.

Did RL get some things wrong,of course they did,its RL after all.Will they improve you would think so.

Bring on the new season and more internationals please.

Looks like a European Nations cup is on the cards for 2023. Initial thoughts are im in favour if Wales, Ireland, Scotland and France play at home. And if England concentrate on an 25 and under squad to build for the next WC.

Why ?



If we are going to do it, do it right.



People too bothered about results or empty seats in this sport. We never let any of our seeds grow.



Lets not devalue a competition by not sending our best squad. Im all for international growth but I want more then the same old Aus or NZ series.

THe Wheelchair sport benefited more from the tournament, I personally had dismissed it through ignorance prior to the World Cup but once I watched one of the earlier games I was hooked. My very earlier vision of the sport was a wheelchair bashathon but the skill and team work was a joy to watch, and having Amor doing the commentary explaining the rules was a bonus.

running all 4 comps together was the big success from this tourney, the whole project was average when it came to publicity and attendance, but the wheelchair and PDSL has been a big success, let us hope they build on that for 3 years time.

I know the French will be after revenge in the Wheel chair comp,that would be something to look forward to that is for certain.

Hosting in places that have an arena right in the centre for the Wheelchair and a good stadium walkable from the centre for the Mens and Womens games is the way forward. Newcastle ticks this box, Liverpool will when Everton's new stadium opens etc. Gives the whole weekend more of a festival feel rather than people just going to one game then driving home.