Hi all,

Does anyone know whats happening with the merchandise for the World Cup. I've checked on site and it still says opening feb !!!! Well its April now !!!

I find it a bit worrying that theres nothing on sale and were only 6mths or so away from starting.

Has anyone seen the England shirt yet ??? Cant seem to find any referrance to it.

 Can't wait for it to start, got all my tickets for all England games and possible play offs/ semi's

Cheers

the new england jersey is out sometime in july....after the france test

Well classic sport have got official RLWC gear coming on sale in august. Not sure when the site shop is opening but hopefully it will before too long. I think the RL boards of the ten nations involved should take it on themselfs to get jerseys and merchandise for sale on their own sites.

August is leaving it late !!!

It should have been on sale before now. The more people walking around with official gear on the more interest it generates. people could have been buying there kids and rellies presents in anticipation. I must say the advertising for the event here on the sunny coast in Qld is relativly poor. Its only mentioned on games coverage.  

Gary Y:

August is leaving it late !!!

It should have been on sale before now. The more people walking around with official gear on the more interest it generates. people could have been buying there kids and rellies presents in anticipation. I must say the advertising for the event here on the sunny coast in Qld is relativly poor. Its only mentioned on games coverage.  

Count yourself lucky, I don;t even get that much here. ;) Well it is Germany I guess.

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I can't believe they would leave it until August. I would have thought to maximise sales it should have been released by now. I agree that one of the best ways to market the event is to have the gear on sale and have people who have bought it walking around as human billboards displaying the RLWC2008. I also imagine a lot of the gear will refer to the RLWC08 so it will be obsolete 4 months after it is released. This area can definitely be worked on and improved for the next RLWC. I would expect to be buying and seeing mercahandise in the shops at least 6 months out.

Considering the shop on this site has said opening Feb and still hasnt opened lends me to believe that the NRL and SL have still got along way to go to get RL on the world stage as they want.

 Maybe they are still looking after themselves and bugger everyone else !!!

The England world cup kit will be shown in june,and it will be avaible to buy along with all the other merchandise in late july,if there are any scottish fans out there,your world cup shirt will be avaible to be sometime in august.......thats 1 good thing about being welsh myself,i am going to save a lot of money in this world cup in merchandise(lol)But saying that i will be right behind England,Scotland,and the Irish in the world cup.....Good luck to all of you!!! 

Sorry for the delay in my thought processes everyone but it only just clicked. Why no merchandise until August or so? Because it is the centenary year of RL in Oz and the stores are full of centenary gear that's why. The NRL have obviously agreed with the ARL and RLIF to have a nice long window to flog their product before WC gear has its chance.

I guess its not so bad an idea as the average punter might end up with one centenary item and one WC item rather then choosing between the two. Therefore more money in the coffers of RL as a whole or so you would think. It is a sound strategy but the WC gear should really be available in at least June.   

Well here we are into June and still no announcements about the England tops.    Mind you it is possible to get one on ebay from Malaysia!!!!

Hi All

The date for the release of the new England shirt ia the 8th july, so you will have to sit tight untill then.

 come on England.

I have heard on other forums its June 16 in time for the June test... be a bit silly if they didn't have them for the France game.

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Will league ever get it's act together. Rugby went professional in 1995, league went professional in 1895 yet still acts like an amatuer organisation. This is league world cup year and still no merchandise on sale.

Genius bit of marketing there.

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