Bedfordshire Bronco Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 What is the barrier to a couple games against France and Wales? Financial? Can't be Covid as Catalan games all gone ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 6 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: What is the barrier to a couple games against France and Wales? Financial? Can't be Covid as Catalan games all gone ahead Probs a mixture of financial, the ending of our season in late November (which itself is a finance related) and the usual cba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 It would a single squad of players. All of whom surely would like a run out and team game Stick it on the telly we'd all watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: It would a single squad of players. All of whom surely would like a run out and team game Stick it on the telly we'd all watch What he said. We don't need the NRL based players to play necessarily, give a run out to some fringe players, might make it a big more competitive, can't have a crowd in anyway so doesn't matter what ground it's at, Leigh here we come! Wales had said about playing an NHS Cup game and Wane had said he would be willing to play on Christmas day to get a game on, now I'm not saying do that but there's no reason it can't be played late on in the year, let's just get an international played in 2020 so we don't go 3 sodding years without a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Kevin Sinfield Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 France yes, Wales sadly no, they are simply not good enough for a competitive game. Australia play an annual fringe side in a game against PNG, we should do the same and have at least one annual game against France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 You're all just being silly , with a world cup next year , probably the most important in the game's history, all you need is a few friendly games a fortnight before the tournament and the BBC to tell everyone about it the week before, that should guarantee RL grabs the national interest . Look at football, England played three games in a week, and who cared about that, nothing in the papers at all. Oh...hang on....I got that wrong......I need a lie down......excuse me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hela Wigmen Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 We’re only announcing Super League games a few weeks in advance, so I don’t know why we’d announce an International so early on. If we do and I think it would be a big if, it would have to be against the Exiles. France and the three home nations and Ireland all, to some extent, rely on players from the Championship, who haven’t played for the best part of eight months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 I’d like to see a couple of test matches before the World Cup (Not against France as they’re in our group) but I don’t think the end of this season is a good time for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Chopra Posted October 17, 2020 Share Posted October 17, 2020 I don't think you could judge any fringe player's suitability for international rugby during the current phase, it's too abnormal. Let's not prolong this weird season any more, just get it done, get the players onto their break, and then start afresh in January. By all means, clear some time mid season if we can and play France and Wales without the NRLers. That would be something to look forward to and more useful to Wane then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilCarrington Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 On 16/10/2020 at 15:50, Bedfordshire Bronco said: What is the barrier to a couple games against France and Wales? Financial? Can't be Covid as Catalan games all gone ahead Might struggle to play the games in Wales, given their new rules against "foreign" visitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I love internationals and want more and more and more of them. However, I think in 2020 we have to get to the end of SL and turn off the lights for the year. Everyone involved in the game needs a break to regroup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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