RLWC 2021 ticket sales & schedules revealed

[Total Rugby League]

Rugby League World Cup 2021 organisers have revealed an updated schedule for the key moments of the calendar. Organisers have outlined plans to push back...

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[DoubleD]

Just received an email with the fixtures. What was nice was that you could sync to your calendar, and then share with others. That’s a really nice and clever touch. Hats off to them

[Whippet13]

And here they are

https://www.rlwc2021.com/schedule?utm_source=emailmarketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=fixture_announcement__adopt_a_team&utm_content=2020-07-21

[Man of Kent]

England vs Samoa Sat 23 Oct 2.30pm Newcastle

England v France Sat 30 Oct 5pm Bolton

England v Greece Sat 6 Nov 2.30pm Sheffield

Good to see all the midweek games and double headers.

I’m particularly looking forward to the wheelchair double headers at the Copper Box in London.

[Hela Wigmen]

I could be wrong but weren’t the Semi-Finals supposed to be a double header at the Emirates?

[Man of Kent]

3 minutes ago, Hela Wigmen said:

I could be wrong but weren’t the Semi-Finals supposed to be a double header at the Emirates?

No. 

[Whippet13]

Just noticed this on the RLWC21 site as well

https://www.rlwc2021.com/article/234/cube-partnership-announced-as-official-retail-and-merchandise-supplier-of-rlwc2021

Online store from this September and Kappa to be the official apparel partner.

[Dave T]

Some nice detail there. 

Quick skim read but I like Warringtons fixtures, 6 different teams keeps the variety. 

As a follower of Scotland I'm glad we have two games in Newcastle, and seeing Fiji will be great too. 

Possibly not sure if the wisdom of the Aussie game at Hull on the same day as the opener, but this was never going to be easy. Glad we have games spread out through the week, although haven't looked for short turnarounds. 

[Sir Kevin Sinfield]

So if England can beat Samoa we will face PNG in the quarter final. Presuming we win that which of Australia, New Zealand and Tonga will we face in the semi final? 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Looks good for the most part, obviously the bit I'm a little disappointed in is having the Hull group game on the same day as the opener, I was really wanting to go to both and despite being in hull I'm still gonna go to the game in Newcastle instead. I hope a lot of other people don't think the same. I guessed right though, did think it was gonna be Aus v Fiji at kcom! I'll still get to the quarter final in hull and a surprise to get a womens game with it in a double header so at least getting more games here than I thought! Definitely a few places I can easily get to, Doncaster, Sheffield, York so a lot of games to take in without even thinking about travelling too much. Probably looking at close to 20 games!

Australia v Scotland in Coventry on a Friday night could be quite a tough sell but with it being one of only two games in the south I would hope people will travel. Tonga v Cook Islands at Riverside is certainly an interesting one as well. Tonga are obviously a draw for us in the know but will the casual man in the street in Middlesbrough be massively interested in seeing them? I suppose it's not far for heartland fans to travel and it's on a Sunday but we shouldn't be relying solely on existing fans to fill these grounds. 

I like how there's a game at Kingston Park the day after the opener, should be an appealing weekend away for a lot of people and will really get Newcastle talking about the tournament. Hopefully a lot of people from there will travel down to Middlesbrough. Nope, all in all it looks pretty good! 

[M j M]

Can anyone explain the logic to me of the women's double header at headingley where, on a Tuesday, England vs Brazil kicks off at 1430 followed by PNG vs Canada at 1700. As far as I can see there isn't any other game in any of the tournaments that evening so why wouldn't you have that England game at 1930? 

[Eddie]

53 minutes ago, Hela Wigmen said:

I could be wrong but weren’t the Semi-Finals supposed to be a double header at the Emirates?

No

[Hela Wigmen]

Just now, Eddie said:

No

Cheers, I didn’t understand the first no. 

[Eddie]

2 minutes ago, M j M said:

Can anyone explain the logic to me of the women's double header at headingley where, on a Tuesday, England vs Brazil kicks off at 1430 followed by PNG vs Canada at 1700. As far as I can see there isn't any other game in any of the tournaments that evening so why wouldn't you have that England game at 1930? 

Probably so schools can go, which is a great idea if it is the case. 

[Eddie]

Just now, Hela Wigmen said:

Cheers, I didn’t understand the first no. 

You’re so petulant aren’t you

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Just now, M j M said:

Can anyone explain the logic to me of the women's double header at headingley where, on a Tuesday, England vs Brazil kicks off at 1430 followed by PNG vs Canada at 1700. As far as I can see there isn't any other game in any of the tournaments that evening so why wouldn't you have that England game at 1930? 

Must say I had noticed that, one of the England wheelchair games is at 13:30 on a Wednesday as well. France v Greece at Doncaster mid afternoon on a Monday might be a bit of a hard sell.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

2 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Probably so schools can go, which is a great idea if it is the case. 

That would be a good idea, which might explain the time of some of the wheelchair games as well.

[Tommygilf]

Love that we'll have Ireland, Jamaica and the kiwis at Leeds.

Will be looking to go to as many England games as possible too! The Newcastle games look good too with some good matchups. Exciting times!

[Hela Wigmen]

A pretty good schedule overall with some good kick-off times that slot into prime time viewing slots on TV. Also interesting to see that they did press on with the idea of playing a game during the day during the week in France v Greece at Doncaster. Also quite a fan of how they’ve cleverly placed games in the same regions around each other. 

I will look at it in greater detail this evening as to what games I fancy going to. 

[Tommygilf]

13 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Must say I had noticed that, one of the England wheelchair games is at 13:30 on a Wednesday as well. France v Greece at Doncaster mid afternoon on a Monday might be a bit of a hard sell.

Half term at school?

[The Hallucinating Goose]

4 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

Half term at school?

Oh, that explains it! Fair enough! 

[Hela Wigmen]

3 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

Half term at school?

Yes, it is. Hopefully it gets packed out with freebies and cheaper tickets for adults taking their kids. 

[Tommygilf]

1 minute ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Oh, that explains it! Fair enough! 

I don't know if it is lol but was just suggesting it might be haha!

[The Hallucinating Goose]

3 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

I don't know if it is lol but was just suggesting it might be haha!

No that does make sense, just seemed a little strange when it was the only men's game to be scheduled for that sort of time.

[Hela Wigmen]

2 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

No that does make sense, just seemed a little strange when it was the only men's game to be scheduled for that sort of time.

When they released a survey (probably about six months ago now), a game during the day and around school holidays, was one of the questions they asked and whether people would be okay with it. I assume the results were good and they’ve gone ahead with it.