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Great day (despite the result) and a good night out around Sint Helens. Banter in the pub before the game was first class and the Saints fans singing "Your just a bus stop in Wigan" made me chuckle regarding how much stick Leigh get on here for having no train station.

Solved.. Heading "North" this afternoon . A mate of a mate walked to the Saints ticket office and purchased a couple of tickets for us. Just hope he shows up tonight at our Haydock hotel.

As an ex Town player I could get freebies for the game. But as a guy who has also been through the ups and downs that come with trying to expand the game(North Wales Coasters in 99 and set up the Dutch RL 8n 2002) I know how every penny helps. Full price if we come down and will also purchase a few beers to help you off course

Yes you can no longer decide in the morning to do a road trip and take in a game. Hotel booked at Haydock ...lost that..maybe. Been in touch with a Dutch Saints legend so maybe just maybe we could be heading north

Working in Somerset so a mate suggested going to the Saints game Looks like we now may head South and take in Cornwall v Town instead. I'm sure we can pay on the gate Disappointing really because I don't have many free weekends in the UK but as an ex West Cumbrian Penryn is a nice alternative.

Trying to get two tickets for the Saints semi final next weekend. Going around in circles on the Saints website. Seems like you need to be a club member. Cant find any link on the RL website just Tonga, CC Final and SL Grand Final tickets. Anyone point me in the right direction

The Netherlands is one of those countries where English is used as a first language in many places due to diversity of the country. Im sure someone would come along and complain that they cant understand the twitter feeds if they were in Dutch. As for a "niche sport for foreigners" I would say around 75% of the registered players are born and bred Dutch and this is increasing every year. As for the rugby Im going to have to see whats going on .Den Haag have won every Premiership and been in every Grand Final since the competition started six years ago. To go winless in their first two games is a bit of a shock.

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From their FB. "what teams are involved in this? Will the 6 or so Spanish clubs launched in the pandemic now be joining this league?" Already sorted

In June I went to work in the UK for the first time in 25 years. Massive construction job...long term...great money but walked away at Christmas. When asked why I was leaving I gave a quote I once read. "Good men dont walk away from good jobs they walk away from bad management" Seems this has been the case in the Refereeing department.

Working in London at the time and went to the Valley a few times. Bought that kit..not that I supported them but it was Iconic .

The last attempt to stream SL outside the UK was a tin pot effort that stopped with no explination and no refund . Customer care was S### Compapared to a decent priced "Watch NRL .com" which gives every NRL game live or on demand plus all the RL shows and I pay for ......it was a ###### poor effort. A what they call "Jaibreaked" firestick is the only way at the moment to watch a decent stream. Not hat I would do it Plenty of illegal poor quality streams around but why oh why can SL EUROPE !!!! Not make games available at a decent price and a decent quality outside the UK !!!! Loads of European countries are taking up the game ...give them a chance to watch it....it can only be in everyones benefit in the long run.

Short answer ....legally NO.

WOOOOOO JUST LOOKED AT THE PRICES !!!!!!!!

No longer buy from UK sources. My soccer kits come from China and from 15 -25 euro a shot with all the tags and logos I would never dream of paying full rip of price again. Was in Hamar Norway last year wearing a "Chinese" Man United top and this guy wearing a 150 quid United replica asked me where I got my " Players issue" from ..thats how authentic it was. Even started buying my South Sydney shirts and NSW shirts from China. 2023 United top arrived yesterday...woops not launched till 1st July

Serious we were in the local here in NL. Three screens showing the game but there was a private party also in so no sound from the TV. I said to some Dutch mates thats a smart England shirt with the blue and red flashes. It was not until we had a close up that every one realised we were all shouting for the wrong sides. This carried on as other people came in the bar. Very very confusing. Personally I thought a great mind games from Sarina Wiegman who knows how win in "Oranje". PS won 20 quid of the daft cloggers.

I get what your saying but I should think its easier to get some decent level players to travel to Cornwall than to Ottawa, which is what was going to happen if the Ottawa situation had not changed. Maybe the backbone of the Cornwall club is already in place as did a number of league one (and maybe even championship ) players not sign for the Canadian outfit and could already be on the Cornwall register ?? Maybe Im wrong on this but something tells me they had some players signed up.

The thing is what will people judge Cornwall on as being a success ? Are London Skolars a success ? been around for years providing people with the oppertunity to play the game at semi pro level and progressing onto a higher level. Are Newcastle a success ? I remember going to play in Gateshead International Stadium for North Wales Coasters in the early 90s. Out of this Gateshead team Newcastle Thunder have developed including the local amateur scene. Are Coventry Bears a success ? Steady away building and even took the brave step of re branding in an effort to survive. North Wales Crusaders......now at Colwyn Bay. North Wales Coasters played out of Llandudno, Abergele, Rhyll and Colwyn Bay in the early 90s at NW Counties division 5 level. Now 20 years on a semi pro team is continuing from the Coasters......similar to Gateshead and Newcastle Thunder. Are Crusaders a success ?? So what will make Cornwall a success ?? If they are still around in ten years time and have a junior set up and are providing a path way for any talent to step up to a higher level then we have to say yes. Look at some of the heartland clubs,400,500,600 crowds yet we class them as traditional rugby league clubs who struggle year in year out to survive BUT provide a path way for players, have a local community behind them yet are never going to be any bigger than 1st division or championship level. Lets not judge Cornwall RL on having to reach super league in a new 15 thousand seater stadium. Newcastle have taken 20 odd years to get where they are. If Cornwall can settle into a mid table league one side within five years attracting a crowd that allows them to progress financially then hey we have a another area producing players . Skolars, Newcastle and Coventry are examples of slow slow steps. Gateshead (mark one), Crusaders , Kent Invicta, Cardiff , Carlisle etc etc etc are examples of #### or bust.

Sixteen years ago you had no footprint in Europe. Holland, Russia and Serbia were the only countries playing the game. World cup qualifiers then Georgia came and went. Now we have a European A ,B,C and D competition. The game is in a healthy position all over Europe, at basic level , its took a long long time but we are getting there. But again the UK heartland (Yorkshire and Lancashire )people that wont even accept a team in Cornwall are maybe holding the game back. Think about it .

sorry didnt get back to this .Busy weekend, Anyway TNS and their history shows they are not "an outfit based in England playing in a mostly part time Welsh league purely as a way of guaranteeing themselves European football." Llansantffraid were quite successful in the early mid 90s and attracted the attention of Total Network Solutions an Oswestry based computer / IT company who became head sponsors. Name change to TNS Llansantffraid then later to just TSN. 2003 TSN merged / bought out a struggling Oswestry Town who despite being an English club played in the Welsh leagues. TSN (the company) were then taken over by BT and the sponsorship of the club stopped. To keep the TSN name, for which they had become known, they changed to The New Saints which reflected The Saints....... knickname of the old Llansantffraid club. You proberbly know all this but the " Cuckoo" part of your post is wrong. The New Saints are a Welsh club ,who have ALWAYS played in the Welsh leagues, that attracted a sponsor, due to their on field success which in time allowed them to go full time (Barry Town were also full time). They then merge with another WELSH league club ( Oswestry Town) who happen to be 8 miles away in England and decided to play out of Oswestry. So never opted to play in the Welsh league "purely as a way of guaranteeing themselves European football." They have always played in the Welsh league (as did Oswestry Town) .

Hmmm any different than Cardiff or Swansea playing in the English system or even Colwyn Bay who played in England at Northwich and Ellesmere Port from 91 to 2019. Mergers ,buy outs happen. What I know or remember TNS Llansantffraid were the ones who instigated the buy out of Oswestry Town ( an English club playing in Wales) Not sure how you can call them a cuckoo club

St Johnstone,Dundalk,The New Saints,Shamrock Rovers, Glasgow Celtic. The small clubs from Scotland, Ireland and Wales all excelled last night.

Oranje Dames bang in 8 against China. That's 21 goals in three games. Bring on the USA . Eight against is a worry but never short of goals when the Dutch play.

Sorry cant log in on the phone for some reason so just replying now. Spakenberg Derby who wants tickets