The shirts aren't particularly expensive, but when compared to the price of discounted tickets for the RLWC where some adult tickets cost as little as £5, the shirt becomes nine times more expensive than a matchday ticket.



Unfortunately, the game itself has played a major role in turning it's products into a heavily discounted one's, therefore the culture of the sport is awash with discounted offers which the fans now expect across the whole spectrum of the game.

FFS one fan wants shirts cheap and suddenly the whole game wants things cheap due to the rfl doing the right thing and filling stadiums. Change the tune William your getting boring!

£45 is fair enough. The main issue is how long it took to go on sale and limited places to buy it in person.

You're the one who claimed the game is what it is, and that £10 and £15 ticket prices for the RLWC games were unrealistically priced too high, hence the need to fill stadia by selling those tickets at a discounted of price for £5 and £7.50. You even applaud the RFL for doing that.



I'm in agreement with you and would urge the RFL to go further by giving tickets away for free if that's what it takes to fill stadia for all the games.

Yep, not having them all avail on the RLWC store, at the grounds during the end of the season those countries will be using and at games is just plain stupid.

DW Sports in Warrington has loads of replica gear including England, Australia and NZ jerseys. I was confused though as to why only two England shirts out of 30 or so on the rack had the World Cup logo.

Quote headhunter="headhunter"I thought this post was going to be about the lack of availability. £45 is a more than reasonable price for a replica jersey. Anyway, plenty of Wales merchandise available here: www.ragingbull.co.uk/Shop/Wales- ... e/594.aspx Scotland: www.oneills.com/shop-by-team/rug ... eague.html Cook Islands: www.rugbystore.co.uk/clubs/leagu ... p-shirt-ss Tonga: www.1895sports.com/rugby-league- ... lica-shirt France: www.teissier-sport.fr/boutique-f ... -home.html England: www.rugbyleagueonline.co.uk/stor ... e-kit.html New Zealand, Australia and Fiji: www.lovell-rugby.co.uk/shop/Leag ... ernational It looks like the Italy, Samoa, PNG and Ireland jerseys are being made by Fi-ta, who don't seem to have produced them yet.'" Good find on the Cook islands shirt. It looks like Fi-ta need to get their act together! Only 12 days until the first game. I know in the past the shop at the Leeds ground has stocked NRL shirts etc. Hopefully they will have a better selection there when NZ play PNG.

Quote headhunter="headhunter"I thought this post was going to be about the lack of availability. £45 is a more than reasonable price for a replica jersey. Anyway, plenty of Wales merchandise available here: www.ragingbull.co.uk/Shop/Wales- ... e/594.aspx Scotland: www.oneills.com/shop-by-team/rug ... eague.html Cook Islands: www.rugbystore.co.uk/clubs/leagu ... p-shirt-ss Tonga: www.1895sports.com/rugby-league- ... lica-shirt France: www.teissier-sport.fr/boutique-f ... -home.html England: www.rugbyleagueonline.co.uk/stor ... e-kit.html New Zealand, Australia and Fiji: www.lovell-rugby.co.uk/shop/Leag ... ernational It looks like the Italy, Samoa, PNG and Ireland jerseys are being made by Fi-ta, who don't seem to have produced them yet.'" Good find on the Cook islands shirt. It looks like Fi-ta need to get their act together! Only 12 days until the first game. I know in the past the shop at the Leeds ground has stocked NRL shirts etc. Hopefully they will have a better selection there when NZ play PNG.

USA jersey out?

Maybe not what everyone is looking for but over at www.rugbyleagueonline.co.uk/store/ they are having a clearance sale of the older stock. Just got a training shirt and jacket off there which are both very good. Maybe worth a look if you're not to bothered about having the latest shirts.

Maybe not what everyone is looking for but over at www.rugbyleagueonline.co.uk/store/ they are having a clearance sale of the older stock. Just got a training shirt and jacket off there which are both very good. Maybe worth a look if you're not to bothered about having the latest shirts.

Griffin Sports in Halifax has a lot, mostly not on the website. When I was last in Halifax in April, they had a fair amount of RLWC stuff- I got myself an official France t-shirt from there, RLWC official branding. Can't remember which countries they had in there- they normally have England, NZ and Aus, but I think they had replicas for France, Samoa, Ireland and Scotland at the time.



And if you are up that way but haven't been in, Griffin Sports is excellent and they know their stuff.

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Italy, PNG, Ireland and Samoa: fi-ta.com.au/mall/index.php

Italy, PNG, Ireland and Samoa: fi-ta.com.au/mall/index.php