Hanover XIII

Seemed like a lot of old 'uns hit the mark this year. Thought Gary Numan was great, as were Shed Seven and The Prodigy. Also very much enjoyed Goat and Fat Dog.

Kurt Sorensen would get my vote for Widnes. Galvanised an emerging team of local talent before the superstar arrivals of Offiah and Davies particularly.

One of the national newspapers a few years ago had a columnist who pretty much claimed they always deliberately went to 1-1 so that the third test would have something on it instead of the Aussies just pasting us in the first two tests. So this is some kind of RFL double bluff. Going to a much smaller ground because if we knew in advance it would be 1-1 then the third test would be at Wembley for the extra sales!

As an example of being back-handed he could hardly have done it better.

Just been on and couldn't access anything in the top tier at Wembley yet. Plenty left in the sections that are open though. Everton seems to have sold really well, and Headingley had 1,722 on the Western Terrace with nothing else open. Has anything been held back at Everton and Headingley for general sale?

Absolutely. Travelling down this weekend for a day visit to see an exhibition and a play. Even to get into the exhibition was £25 each. The theatre tickets were about £60 each. We do that a couple of times a year, so this year the second such trip will be a couple of Wembley tickets for around £60-75. Stalls tickets for big theatre shows are running to three figures these days.

Really interesting film. Thanks for posting.

Got the diary blocked out. Properly excited by the announcement. Will be buying Headingley first just in case and Wembley last as it's least likely to sell out. And Everton's just down the road so happy days.

Great player, great coach, great guy all round. Nothing for me will beat watching the side he built at Widnes. You went to every game expecting something thrilling to happen, and we were privileged to see it. RIP Doug.

At Hull we were told to draw the blinds as we had pints in a box. I asked the steward if we could have them half open as I only had a shandy.

Headingley represents my best chance of getting on the pitch to help carry the victorious England captain round on my shoulders and thus be immortalised in RL history book pictures going forward. Based on our past record the pic should last a minimum of 50 years before it needs replacing.

Agreed. Imagine if it is the third test and it's 1-1.

5 questions - Y/N: 1. Will Warrington beat Wigan? No 2. Will anyone be sent off in Super League? No 3. Will Leeds score more points than Bradford? Yes 4. Will Hull FC score more than 3 tries? No 5. Will any SL or 1895 Cup match go to golden point? No Tiebreaker: The total combined points scored across the four main matches in Las Vegas. 174

With Out There I quite enjoyed the unresolved ending just because I thought it was better than one of those conclusions where after a decent series everything is ruined in the last half hour by a completely unlikely plot twist just to tidy things up in time.

Somehow took more goes than the first but thought that one was a bit easier.

I was pleased to hear they went over for commentary on the Hull KR game from Five Live Extra to the main channel after the football chat which doesn't always happen either.

Would be great for the second or third test. Plus Liverpool afterwards for a night out.

Good that. Enjoyed having a go.

A bloke I worked with agreed to cover an ice cream round for a mate so he could have a holiday. First day, drives onto an estate and when he tries to drive out again finds a couple of cars blocking the road. He'd been spotted as not being a usual driver and the suspicion was he was taking sharking in on someone's `trade'. I'll leave others to speculate what the trade might be.

Didn't see that coming at all and was way out with my prediction, but an enthralling contest. On another day a couple of the half chances get taken with better decision making, but I didn't think the game lost anything by ending scoreless in 80 minutes. It was tough, full of commitment and left to flow by the ref. Great build up too.

That's a good effort, and I think they're doing much better with fan events and activity now. The anniversary dinners etc seem to do well too.

If you do, make sure you see Danny Bradley supporting them. Extremely talented guitarist and singer.

Think Wigan by about 12-16 points. Should be a cracking opening night event, too.

It was £10 for adults and £5 for U16s. It said all tickets purchased will help cover the cost of production of the game. Not sure what that has entailed.