WHAT STADIUMS SHOULD BE USED FOR THE 2017 RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP

[TIM !!!!!!]

WHAT VENUES DOES EVERYONE THINK SHOULD BE USED FOR THE 2017 RLWC. I PERSONALLY THINK THEY SHOULD USE

ANZ Stadium, Sydney (5 Matches: 3 Pool, 1 QF, Final)
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane (4 Matches: 2 Pool, 1 QF, 1 SF)
AAMI Park, Melbourne (3 Matches: 3 Pool)
GIO Stadium, Canberra (2 Matches: 2 Pool)
NIB Stadium, Perth (1 Match: 1 Pool)
1300SMILES Stadium, Townsville (1 Match: 1 Pool)
Eden Park, Auckland (4 Matches: 2 Pool, 1 QF, 1 SF)
Westpac Stadium, Wellington (3 Matches: 2 Pool, 1 QF)
Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin (2 Matches: 2 Pool)
Port Moresby, PNG (3 Matches: 3 Pool)


I would has the Quarter Finals in Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland and Wellington. The Semi-Finals in Brisbane and Auckland. I would has the Final in Sydney at ANZ Stadium.

For the pool stages I would has an opening match at Suncorp Stadium between Australia and England. For Australia's other pool matches I would pick them in Sydney & Canberra. New Zealand play their pool matches Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin.

My Pool stage fixture would be:
Thursday Night (7pm or 8pm)
Friday Night (7pm or 8pm)
Saturday Afternoon (2pm or 3pm)
Saturday Twilight (4pm or 5pm)
Saturday Night (7pm or 8pm)
Sunday Afternoon (2pm or 3pm)
Sunday Twilight (4pm or 5pm)
*All times local


My knockout stage fixture would be
Qtr Final 1: Friday Night - Sydney
Qtr Final 2: Saturday Afternoon/Twilight - Auckland
Qtr Final 3: Saturday Night - Brisbane
Qtr Final 4: Sunday Afternoon - Wellington
SF Final 1: Friday Night - Brisbane
SF Final 2: Saturday Night - Auckland
Final: Saturday Night - Sydney


WHAT DOES EVERYONE THINKS, SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS

 

[Last Week]

WHY ARE WE YELLING?!!

 

[adamkungl]

FINAL : Brisbane
SEMIs: Sydney, Auckland
QUARTERs: Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Wellington

I'd go with the biggest games in the biggest RL cities. Take it on the road for the pool games.
21 pool games:

Aus:14
Perth: 2 games, incl. Opener, Aus v Eng
Penrith: 2 games, incl. Opener featuring Lebanon
Canberra: 1 game
Newcastle: 1 game
Gosford: 1 game
Gold Coast: Aus game 3
Townsville: 2 games
Melbourne: Aus game 2
Adelaide: 1 game
Hobart: 1 game
Darwin: 1 game

NZ: 4
Auckland : Opener, NZ v Samoa
New Plymouth: Opener featuring Tonga
Christchurch: NZ game 2
Dunedin: NZ game 3

PNG : 3 PNG games

 

[adamkungl]

Hopefully we find out locations on Tuesday!

 

[jim_57]

I'll have a stab in the dark. Think NZ should host all their pool's games + a quarter & semi. Also like the idea of Australia playing in all the capital cities.

Pool A - Australia, England, Fiji, ???
Aus V Eng - Melbourne
FJI V ??? - Suva
Aus V Fiji &
Eng V ??? - Perth (Double Header)
Aus V ??? - Adelaide/Darwin/Hobart
Eng V Fiji - Gold Coast

Pool B - NZ, Samoa, Tonga, ???
NZ V Tonga - Auckland
Samoa V ??? - New Plymouth
NZ V ??? - Dunedin
Samoa V Tonga - Auckland
NZ V Samoa - Christchurch
Tonga V ??? - NZ (best bid)

Pool C - PNG, ???×2
3 × PNG games jn Port Moresby
Remaining games & crossover games in Cairns, Darwin & Mackay.

Pool D - All played in suburban sydney and regional NSW grounds.

QFs
Aus V ??? - Canberra
NZ V ??? - Wellington
Eng V ??? - Newcastle
QF4 - Townsville

Semis - Sydney & Auckland

Final - Brisbane

 

[deluded pom?]

Any particular reason the Kiwis have only played one game in the Forsyth Barr stadium in Dunedin? It holds 30,000 and has hosted the Kiwis just once since it was built in 2011.

 

[Ari Gold]

Now we know why he was yelling..

 

[parrawentyfan]

There have been a lot of positives from this WC. It has been great in many ways but venue allocation isn't one of them (save some good decisions on PNG and NZ).

 

[Disinterested third party]

It's been abysmal and was always going to be as such once we knew the venues. Dreadful.

 

[Wheeled Warrior]

Sydney doesn't deserve any games. Embarrassing numbers at their games. NZ and PNG have done the tournament well.

 

[parrawentyfan]

Actually surprising Italy didn't get a run in Sydney. Leichhardt Oval isn't up to WC standard but I think there would be a massive vibe in the inner west if Italy had played a game there.

 

[parrawentyfan]

Another odd point is that Brisbane 'home of RL' hasn't had a match yet and we are into week 3

 

[hutch]

Actually surprising Italy didn't get a run in Sydney. Leichhardt Oval isn't up to WC standard but I think there would be a massive vibe in the inner west if Italy had played a game there.

That and belmore for the Lebanon games. The atmosphere would have been epic.