I know the WCC is long gone and the next one a long way away but i have been thinking about it just now.
I think the WCC does not have any credibility amongst most Australian fans. Now not me, I love the game, but as long as all games are played in England alot of People will not take it seriously.
My proposed plan is this; The WCC be a 3 team competition. The 3 teams would be:
1. Super League Champions
2. NRL Champions
3. "Best Of The Rest"
Now the "best of the rest" team would be the winner of a tournement. The tournament would be open to any team that won their home countries domestic competition. Any team at all, from the german domestic comp, AMNRL, Czech Domestic comp, Elite, any top grade domestic comp at all but not the Australian or English. So then there would be a knockout tournament (much like challenge cup), where the winner would win the right to play (get hammered by) the NRL and ESL champs. This would be great in 2 ways IMO:
1. Would encouage domestic teams anywhere to try reach the top and would be a big boost for International RL.
2. Would eliminate the Home-Ground advantage somewhat because every country represented has a home game.
So as an example here, we'll say Broncos are NRL champs, Leeds are ESL champs and Jacksonville Axemen are the "best of the rest" (BTW just though of the first teams that came to mind). Then just randomly draw who gets who at home.
Leeds Vs Axemen @ Elland Road
Axemen Vs Broncos @ Municiple Stadium
Broncos Vs Leeds @ Suncorp Stadium
Now, Another option I suggest (In the mean time) is take the 1 game to a neutral venue, USA most likely since that has been rumoured. Then atleast no team can claim the home advantage.
Who knows maybe one day we will see a WCC where no club is from England or Australia, Catalans, Warriors, "best of the rest", Celtic, Warriors, "best of the rest", Toulouse, Southern Orcas, "best of the rest".