Probably the same or less then usual, but no doubt the RFL & Sky will manage to put a positive spin on it.

Love to see the game sold out for a change.It's the first round of the year so why won't the RL public just go and support it?

I'm going, but I'm guessing an extra match entry cost- you've probably just paid for your season ticket- journey and (probably) overnight stay can be a bit tough in the month when Christmas credit card bills are being settled.

Are you going with a partner?and if you're,then if everyone else does then the place will be packed lol.

For people to accept that RL will never be popular enough in South Wales (or Wales in general) to field a strong enough side to beat any of the big 3.

A welsh born South Wales player who is a good Rugby player will always prefer playing RU.

I challenge anyone to stop someone in Cardiff who is wearing a Crusaders jersey (there wont be many) and ask him or her what part of Wales he or she is from. A very low percentage will be from the South.

Any red Welsh Rugby jerseys you see in Cardiff over the Millennium magic weekend will look like this one.

PHIPPS, you're a %%%%%% idiot, give yourself a triple.

What part of the above do you disagree with?

Do you think there will be more Crusaders Shirts than WRU ones in Cardiff that weekend?

Well for a start, back in 1995, Wales nearly knocked Australia out of the RLWC without a full structure from U8's to SL.

Now they have everything in place right to the top from the very bottom, who's to say they can't do what NZ has?

Ypu also say any decent Rugby player would choose RU over League, but if the daft idiot had any sense, he'd choose soccer and see the world while sleeping with 3 chics a night on a bed covered in $100 notes wouldn't he?

Wales didn't play Australia in the 1995 RLWC so you got that wrong.

Why would a Rugby player choose soccer anyway?

Dally you really do get worse

I would do but not this year. Don't have the cash to stay over and the last train out of Cardiff to the north is at 17:45 which means I would miss nearly two games.

1,000 free tickets each day donated by the RFL to 'Tickets for Troops'. A smart move IMO.

So why should the Army get in for free? What about members of the emergency services?

What about them? Do they have a similar organisation because if so, I am sure the RFL would support them as well.

It's a smart move by the RFL giving 2,000 free tickets away because it's relatively low cost to them, helps out a charitable organisation that attracts donations for the tickets, brings some good PR and brings in upto 2,000 people that may not otherwise attend and who may take others, buy merchandise, enjoy the spectacle and become regulars.

I'd also expect free tickets to be given out in the schools of South Wales.

So thats the Armed Forces and every school in South Wales.

Anyone else?

well sorry mate, it was 2000, the point still stands.

Wales 22 Australia 46


A good effort by Wales admittedly but you cant say 'Wales nearly knocked them out of the world cup'

Well you can. You did. But you were wrong.

Well there are 149,000 seats to be filled - 2 x whatever the screen area takes up.

Surely there must be a later train than that heading North out of Cardiff?

They were leaqding at half time, to me that's a massive upset.

I remember France leading England 12 - 4 in a game a few years ago but you could never say they looked like they were going to win.

Oh, ok, so Wales leading by a big score at half time in a RLWC Semi Final is the same as france leading after a few minutes in a yearly test?

Troll.

18:45 to Leeds, 18:50 to Warrington on the Saturday 19:45 to Leeds and 18:40 to Warrington on Sunday.

To be fair, though, I don't think any of the team that day was actually born in Wales or had played for a Welsh club - they did have some class players who were born in England (Harris, Cunningham, Briers) plus a few Aussies (Justin Morgan, Mick Jenkins). Stunning few minutes when they scored three back-to-back tries though.

If you really want to know, ask Ryan Giggs.

I can't.

As much as I would love to my electronic tag forbids me to go within 200 metres of his mansion in Worsley.