‘A lost opportunity.’

[Tim Spary]

‘A lost opportunity.’

Rugby League World Cup games will not now be staged in Workington in 2021.

 

[Foreign Legion]

‘A lost opportunity.’

Rugby League World Cup games will not now be staged in Workington in 2021.

pathetic

 

[Pommy]

I really wish Barrow raiders and barrow afc would get their shit together and get a ground share going.
It’s been talked about since I was a kid but both continue to playing derelict individual grounds. Who really cares what the jam eaters do.

 

[Jim from Oz]

The whole history of rugby league is a lost opportunity !

 

[Burns]

Glad it’s not in Workington. Play the games somewhere that isn’t secluded.

 

[adamkungl]

Glad it’s not in Workington. Play the games somewhere that isn’t secluded.

Would love to see these games get moved to London or Birmingham but even Wigan would do

 

[roughyedspud]

Don't ya just love British politics...it's worse than RL politics lol

 

[adamkungl]

If it's to stay in Cumbria would Carlisle suit?

 

[Burns]

Just give the games Wigan. Easy; will make money

 

[Pommy]

If it's to stay in Cumbria would Carlisle suit?

There’s not really a RL presence in Carlisle. It’s all on the coast and in the south.

 

[adamkungl]

There’s not really a RL presence in Carlisle. It’s all on the coast and in the south.

Nor is there really one in Middlesborough, right? But there is a passable stadium.

 

[Pommy]

Nor is there really one in Middlesborough, right? But there is a passable stadium.

The question was would it suit, the question wasn’t does Middlesborough suit.

 

[adamkungl]

The question was would it suit, the question wasn’t does Middlesborough suit.

Depends on what your criteria is for 'suitable'.
One can assume, based on the fact that some games are already being played in non-Rugby League areas such as Middlesborough, that "existing RL presence" is not part of that criteria for the organisers, at least not an absolute requirement.

It would be good to keep some games in Cumbria. Will be interesting to see what they do

 

[Pommy]

Depends on what your criteria is for 'suitable'.
One can assume, based on the fact that some games are already being played in non-Rugby League areas such as Middlesborough, that "existing RL presence" is not part of that criteria for the organisers, at least not an absolute requirement.

It would be good to keep some games in Cumbria. Will be interesting to see what they do

I don’t know how popular it would actually be in Carlisle.
The good thing about Workington is it’s a direct train to Barrow, whilst Carlisle is the termination of that train but it feels like you’re going to f**king Mordor if you do that trip. If the games move to Carlisle I think people from Furness would be more likely to go to other north west stadiums already announced, then you only have a target audience on the west coast as I don’t see many people from Carlisle going to watch tier 2/3 nations play.
If Workington is really a non starter just move them out of the county and be done with it in my opinion.

 

[adamkungl]

From a tourism perspective it shouldn't be a huge task to pair up a WC match and a trip to the Lakes District

 

[Pommy]

From a tourism perspective it shouldn't be a huge task to pair up a WC match and a trip to the Lakes District

In October/November in England? Yeah your average RL fan will be falling over themselves for it.

 

[adamkungl]

In October/November in England? Yeah your average RL fan will be falling over themselves for it.

I went to the Lakes District in November! Tbh I didn't notice much difference in English weather between June and November haha

I mean if people have already flown over for the WC then Lakes District is as good as anywhere and better than most places to visit. I'm sure the sights of Hull and Leigh are amazing but nothing beats a good road trip

 

[Pommy]

Just listening to the radio 5 live league podcast they switched between saying the new ground isn’t in Cumbria and isn’t in West Cumbria. From the discussion I’m pretty sure it’s not going to be in Cumbria. They said it’s all in place and has been since day 1 incase anything like this happened. It’s not guaranteed to be a league ground either. Should be announced in the next few weeks, waiting on the dust settling so their partners can announce it on their own terms.

 

[Burns]

Just listening to the radio 5 live league podcast they switched between saying the new ground isn’t in Cumbria and isn’t in West Cumbria. From the discussion I’m pretty sure it’s not going to be in Cumbria. They said it’s all in place and has been since day 1 incase anything like this happened. It’s not guaranteed to be a league ground either. Should be announced in the next few weeks, waiting on the dust settling so their partners can announce it on their own terms.

Any ideas where it could be?

 

[Pommy]

Any ideas where it could be?

They didn’t give any hints, I would think it will be somewhere like Wigan but that’s just a guess.