Cumbrian Fanatic

Well we've got 18 going, 8 of whom live in London so we've beat his figure

You get 40% discount for a group booking of 15 or more, it's possible that this is where this has come from

Glad to hear that. I hope they get in as I think it would be good for Allerdale to have a presence in the NCLK

Heard it was the East Cost line this year and anyone travelling from Yorkshire needed to travel from Sheffield. Thought the West Coast main line to Euston was supposed to be ok this year, we bought our tickets a few weeks ago and nothing was mention about the West Coast main line, has this changed?

Beat me to it Davo, not forgetting Barrow Island, Askam, Millom and Hensingham also in the NCL

They are great when they are competitive, many of the players have worked together or went to school together and are friends, as are many of the spectators, so it makes for a real rivalry. This weekends game between Egremont and Wath Brow should be a real humdinger. I would have Egremont as slight favourites but it could go either way.

Probably because banning rugby will allow it to get on its soap box but have virtually no effect on sales whereas banning football would absolutely decimate sales. To say The Sum are being disingenuous about this is an understatement, whatever misguided assurances the RFL might have given The Sun knew they were banned from Anfield and almost certainly knew that this applied to all events. As others have said, boycotting The Sun would be easy for me as not only will I not buy it I wouldn't even take it when they were giving them away for free in the newsagents a few weeks ago

It's a fair question and the answer is probably not, though I'm not sure who would do it. I haven't seen this at Whitehaven as I tend to go home straight after the game but I seen it on a very few occasions at amateur games and it always makes me cringe

I was at the game and thought Coventry played well and after the first 10 minutes were the better team in the first half, and that wasn't because Whitehaven were poor but because Coventry moved it well. It was the same last year when it took a late score from Forster for us to beat you. As for Charlo, I wouldn't take things to heart. I've known him a long time and he's always been a bit like that

Maybe Harlequins are anticipating a poor season and need someone to blame

He's as hard as a coffin nail that lad, which sometimes isn't the best thing when it comes to saving yourself from further injury. All the best to him, I hope he makes a full recovery as he's earned the right to go out on his terms

Good article on the BBC website https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/48327428

I've enjoyed Magic whenever I've been to it but have often wondered if 3 double headers in different cities may work better, this gives a bit of what Magic does with multiple fans and also a bit of one-the road games. If each of them was on a different Saturday the combined attendance may be higher too.

That's actually a great point and possibly more important than breaking the SL record

Yes, that's one of the reasons on why I thought the crowd would be lower at Espanyol rather than Camp Nou, the other being that I know several people who went specifically because of where the match was held. To clarify my original post I meant book the Camp Nou again to play the Champions next season