JonM
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On 25/03/2022 at 09:41, RigbyLuger said:
Does the casual viewer of union on ITV know those teams better than the Super League one on C4? I doubt it.
No, they don't.
The average person in this country hasn't a clue that Wakefield is a smaller place than Warrington. Given Leeds anonymity/ overall low profile relative to just about every other UK city, I'd suggest that most people don't know that Leeds is a pretty big place either. I doubt the average punter knows much about any of our top flight teams or the places they represent. The idea that 60% of the audience for the first game decided not to watch a month later based on who was playing or the size of place they represent is laughable.
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15 hours ago, Scubby said:
Over 4,300 tickets sold with walk up available on the day. Should be a great occasion. Wish I was there, love going to Whitehaven!
That is brilliant - well done Haven and Saints fans. In recent years, it's often felt like no-one was interested in these kind of games anymore - too one-sided, magic of the cup gone etc.
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21 minutes ago, Sidi Fidi Gold said:
Italy out of World Cup , beaten at home by North Macedonia .
Well worth a watch on the highlights too - hilarious stuff. Italy camped out in the Macedonia penalty area for 90-odd minutes, passing it to each other, barely losing possession but barely making a chance. Macedonia get the ball in injury time and score a wonder goal on the breakaway,
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Sean Long is still assistant coach at Leeds isn't he? He's been coaching for 10+ years now, wonder if/when he'll step up to head coach anywhere.
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29 minutes ago, Josef K said:
What was the official attendance at Catalans ?.
6783.
I guess very few away fans. Also Toulouse being at home means a lot of the diehard treizistes from Aude, Tarn etc. have an alternative. Lot of criticism in France about the decision to play at 8:30 on a Friday night too.
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York 28 Widnes 6, with about 15 to go. York forwards very much on top in the second half.
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Pretty evenly matched teams and a good game so far. Widnes bombed a couple of tries in the last few minutes. You can see why Levi Edwards got an England Knights call though, made two tries and very much involved in the third.
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More brilliance from Levi Edwards puts York in at the corner makes it York 16 Widnes 6 after 30.
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York 12 Widnes 6. Two bits of individual skill for both tries, Adam Lawton chipped two defenders to score, then brilliant from Levi Edwards for a second length of the field try for York.
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York 6 Widnes 0 after 13 minutes, very nicely worked try taking advantage of the extra man after Eribe Doro was sinbinned - couldn't see why, seemed like a perfectly normal tackle, but the ref is obviously much closer than me.
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On 16/03/2022 at 14:27, gingerjon said:
A quote from Good Omens.
'Shadwell hated all southerners and, by implication, was standing on the North Pole ...'
i've spent the last week on Svalbard (amazing place). The locals consider the people from the Arctic North of mainland Norway to be soft southerners living a life of luxury with their fancy plants that grow outside in summer and all.
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On 18/03/2022 at 14:54, Spidey said:
First away trip for me this year - hoping York & Widnes put on a show
I can walk to this one from my (temporary) new home.
The last time I walked from my house to a Widnes match was an Easter Monday game against St. Helens on the way to the league title.
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As requested by Big Picture - this was in the October 1994 issue of British Rugby League magazine, Open Rugby.
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Ten teams taking part in a Nines tournament in Athens this weekend (8 mens teams, 2 womens teams)
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Four crowds of over 3000 in one round in the championship, suspect it's been quite a while since the second tier achieved that.
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5 minutes ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said:
It’s the best stadium in Super League by some distance
LOL.
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3 hours ago, Graham said:
Great atmosphere from this big crowd.
16 901 the official figure.
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43 minutes ago, Eddie said:
We do amazingly, what other regional sport in Europe gets 8k average crowds in their top division and can draw 70k+ for a cup final? If you consider that the population of the heartlands is say 5m it’s incredible.
Yorkshire is over 5 million population by itself. How much of that you call "heartland" is another matter, but it's already higher than Ireland, Wales or New Zealand, and only marginally lower than Scotland.
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Everton's home form is OK though. A lot will depend on whether Leeds get a "new manager bounce". Burnley probably still slight favourites to go down, although I'd certainly rather have Sean Dyche as manager than Lampard.
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37 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:
Ref is having a great game to be fair. Getting some crucial 50/50's right.
Cameron Worsley.
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1 minute ago, dkw said:
Barra have been easily the best team, fully deserve to be ahead.
Yes, 12-0 down after 10 minutes, but well on top for the rest of the game. Nathan Mossop in particular, has been excellent.
Both teams have way too many errors in them to be anything other than fringe play-off contenders, but a very enjoyable game with plenty of good attacking moves.
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How was that not a forward pass?
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Those of you watching on tv - what was Tyrer sin-binned for there?
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Some places have more 'cut through' than others though. Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow - people recognise the accent, might know films or tv shows set there, bands from there, celebrities, well known buildings or landmarks. I suspect the average person might be able to conjure up a reference to the Norfolk Broads, Colmans Mustard, Delia Smith or Alan Partridge if Norwich were mentioned. Leeds has nothing, maybe too wrapped up in a wider Yorkshire identity. Wigan possibly has more national recognition as a place than anywhere else in SL.