PaulF

Ironically, the majority of the time we played as GB the Australians would call us England

Just so you know the goal kicker is a West Bank player.

I've just had this reply to my query as to whether tickets are being held back for open sale Thank you for your email. We are not aware of any tickets due to be released. Kind regards, Rugby League Ticketing

I know because I was there.. We was robbed.

My dad took me to see Widnes v Australia in 1967 and then Saints v Australia in 1970. A relative took me see Widnes v Wire at Wembley in 1975. I went on my own to see Widnes the 1st game of the following season at home to Cas on a Friday night and convinced my dad to allow me to buy a season ticket. He was a religious man and wouldn't have let me buy it if he'd known all the other games were on a Sunday!! In at the start of 20 years of success.

Widnes were involved with Ghana for a while sending volunteers to help out so much so one of their teams took on the vikings image.

Just imagine if the whole Pacific region and places like adelaide and USA & Canada were serviced by all the NRL teams like Souhs are doing. The game would explode. As Rocket says SL teams could do something very similar in the embryonic leagues of Europe and Africa with a similar outcome. All SL teams need to see how Salford, of all clubs, have funded a development officer for Ghana.

Other than organising tours and the National Cup I struggle to see what BARLA did in it's heyday that would be relevant to developing the game today.

Can you tell us the makeup of the Midlands league Richard?

There are fears about serious injuries because the match is being played on a foreign surface but there shouldn’t be: Allegiant Stadium’s field is all grass, not synthetic nor even partly synthetic. I went on the stadium tour earlier this year. The guide said that only the raiders play on the grass pitch. All other users play on an artificial pitch. That pitch is completely different to those like Widnes'. It's like walking on the softest, thickest luxury carpet.