Dave T

That doesn't make sense with regards to this debate.

The problem is that if you played it in a non-RL ground, the terms may be too high for what could then be a sub-5k crowd.

I don't disagree with you, but ultimately the London club were not confident enough to make a case for a more neutral venue. I'd expect a crowd of around 6k. Do you realistically think a London or Midlands venue could have attracted that, personally I'm a bit split on it?

It would appear that London are happier to make money than push for a more neutral location.

I'm sure they will be happy with the £££'s that the Wigan fans provide.

I don't think that's the case. It indicates that they think the decision is the right one.

I didn't suggest you weren't the best team, but that you weren't good enough to win the trophies, as you don't win the trophies by being great week in week out. You need to be good all season and then perform in the high pressure games.

So basically not being good enough to win trophies? I say this as a Wire fan who has seen his team not be good enough to win the SL Trophy.

Absolute disgrace from Maden - good refereeing and he deserves a big ban.

Good game, some nice tries, Skolars extremely committed. Well done Crusaders!

Another Crusaders try. Could be it now 26-18

i dont agree. It looked more like shadow to me.

Maybe you two had a different camera angle from me, the VR and the commentary team. Good use of the trademark 'farce' though.

Roets got exactly what he deserved there.

i thought b.o.d try was the right call

Think the ref is doing well. Shows how many cameras you need for effective vr - difficult for the vr on a couple here.

40:20 skolars. Split on who to cheer for here. I naturally side with the underdogs but also really like Crusaders.

16 all at half time with Skolars finishing the stronger team.

Anybody watching this? Really good game, couple of nice Skolars tries to level it.

I actually don't believe them though. There are plenty of fans who use forums and the internet and it is mentioned in plenty of places. Their fans will be aware what their national team will be doing each year, they will know that the Kangaroos are coming over for a WC. They may not be able to name venues or much else about it, but they will know about it. On the NRL.com homepage their is an article about England RL selection for the WC. I've been to Oz a few times, and I do find many of the ones I met quite inward looking, but ultimately their crowds at the last world cup were better than ours, and with a smaller population. 300k of them turned up to only 18 games.

im sure thats not true.They may not be able to go into much detail but rl fans over there will be aware there's a wc on. In the pr last week it said tour sales were good. How true that is i have no idea.

Yep - quite a nice simple idea that seems to be creating a buzz.

I can't see the link, but tbh, if it was in the League Weekly, I'd suggest that it is wrong.

Why do people repeat the nonsense about the RFL being worried about London winning - this could be played anywhere in the country and Wigan would be overwhelming favourites. The RFL have made this decision based on finances - as it happens I still think they have made the wrong choice, but its clearly nothing to do with thinking it helps Wigan.

I think Hudgell may get there first! Do these laws only apply to televised games?