RL bosses eager to get home Ashes venues sorted sooner rather than later

RUGBY league bosses anticipation to get a location Ashes bid signed and sealed, with hosts found, by the extremity of the year.

A alteration of reasoning past week saw Australia determine to question to these shores successful 2025.

Now talks person started some with the Aussies and imaginable venues, with 1 successful Yorkshire, 1 successful the northbound westbound and 1 successful London.

And sources person told SunSport they privation everything successful spot sooner alternatively than later, arsenic 'we privation them sold.'

Leeds looks acceptable to big 1 match, either astatine Headingley oregon Elland Road, and Wigan is starring the mode for another.

The venue successful the superior depends connected ambition, with Wembley, Tottenham Hotspur's ground, West Ham's London Stadium and Arsenal's Emirates each potentials.

Hosting an Ashes Series present has ignited dreams of England fans and brag Shaun Wane.

"All 3 successful Wigan would beryllium good,” helium joked.

"We’ve got that galore imaginable venues, Wigan holds 25,000, Bolton 28,000. Elland Road is simply a bully one, I’ve had immoderate bully ones astatine Elland Road.

“I’m definite they’ll prime 3 truly bully venues with the atmosphere. They’ve not been present for 20 years and look astatine the superstars they have. We’ve got our ain superstars, truthful it’s going to beryllium fantastic.

“I retrieve years agone going down to Wembley to ticker Great Britain play and determination were tens of thousands there, the ambiance was fantastic.

“We privation those times back. I privation to play Australia and for determination to beryllium 50,000 oregon 60,000 baying for their humor with a bully atmosphere.

"We’re each patriotic and that’s what I want. I’d emotion to beryllium manager successful a crippled similar that.”