2blackrooks Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 On a domestic front Edinburgh Eagles travel south to Hartlepool to play the Hurricanes in the 1st rd of the North East RL cup 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakstorm Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 It's great to see the Edinburgh Eagles actively seeking additional games to play and for the North East Rugby League to help accommodate them. Also great to see that newcomers, the Forth Valley Vikings, have already launched a juniors program for ages 13 - 18 as well. 7 PACIFIQUE TREIZE: Join the team by registering as a fan today at pacifique13.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZH Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Forth Valley Vikings played our first league fixture yesterday losing 70-28 away to Strathmore Silverbacks. I wasn't there (unfortunately my season ended before it began with a broken wrist in training ) but apparently there were plenty of positives against good opposition. 5 tries scored shows we can cause problems with the ball. Defending in league is obviously very tough when you aren't used to getting back the 10 etc. It'll come though. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2blackrooks Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 1st game against an established side, any result is a positive no matter the score, Plenty to review from and grow 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frying Scotsman Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 5 hours ago, 2blackrooks said: 1st game against an established side, any result is a positive no matter the score, Plenty to review from and grow @2blackrooks did you play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2blackrooks Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 Scotland U20’s to play Ireland at Dalkeith RU 4/9/21 12pm Then England Community lions at Leigh miners 11/9/21 12pm 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2blackrooks Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 Scotland u20 37-30 Ireland u20 Scotland now travel to Leigh to face England community lions next Saturday 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henage Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Score line suggests a good tight game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2blackrooks Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 On 04/09/2021 at 18:25, henage said: Score line suggests a good tight game Couldn’t make the game but apparently it was good with a decent crowd, Scotland RL FB page has some highlights 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2blackrooks Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 Highlights 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2blackrooks Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 England Community Lion 48 Scotland U20’s 22 Good run out for the Young Scottish team and a great experience to build on 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2blackrooks Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 24th October at Featherstone Scotland v Jamaica 3pm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Frisky Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, 2blackrooks said: 24th October at Featherstone Scotland v Jamaica 3pm The Frying Scotsman is going to be choking on his haggis at this announcement and venue... - he hasn't spouted any RL negativity for over an hour so stand back and enjoy.... Rugby league fans however will just be pleased the games on. Edited September 16, 2021 by Mr Frisky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, Mr Frisky said: The Frying Scotsman is going to be choking on his haggis at this announcement and venue... - he hasn't spouted any RL negativity for over an hour so stand back and enjoy.... Rugby league fans however will just be pleased the games on. Weird that he mentioned Fev the other day when they’d never played there before, maybe he’s secretly the Chief Exec of Scottish RL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 I'm not a fan of staging internationals in 3rd countries without a real reason to do so. Would love to have seen Scotland playing in Scotland again. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 10 minutes ago, Dave T said: I'm not a fan of staging internationals in 3rd countries without a real reason to do so. Would love to have seen Scotland playing in Scotland again. I agree with you in principle but all the players will be coming from Lancs and Yorks, so it makes sense to minimise their travel and accommodation costs, and get a decent crowd in. If it was played in Scotland they’d have to pay for hotels for a couple of nights at least, and the crowd would probably be smaller than at POR. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 19 minutes ago, Eddie said: I agree with you in principle but all the players will be coming from Lancs and Yorks, so it makes sense to minimise their travel and accommodation costs, and get a decent crowd in. If it was played in Scotland they’d have to pay for hotels for a couple of nights at least, and the crowd would probably be smaller than at POR. So, and I don't have an answer here as I'm more thinking aloud, who, or what, is this game for then? It's not in Jamaica, it's not in Scotland. It's not being played anywhere else notably connected with Jamaica or Scotland and everyone involved will be from Yorkshire or Lancashire. I'm pleased it's going ahead but the fatalism that says we can't do anything more than the absolute bare minimum makes it very hard to be excited by it. 7 3 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Picture Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 minute ago, gingerjon said: So, and I don't have an answer here as I'm more thinking aloud, who, or what, is this game for then? It's not in Jamaica, it's not in Scotland. It's not being played anywhere else notably connected with Jamaica or Scotland and everyone involved will be from Yorkshire or Lancashire. I'm pleased it's going ahead but the fatalism that says we can't do anything more than the absolute bare minimum makes it very hard to be excited by it. And with it being played in a little town like Featherstone, no one outside Yorkshire or Lancashire will pay it any attention either, assuming they even hear about it that is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 22 minutes ago, Eddie said: I agree with you in principle but all the players will be coming from Lancs and Yorks, so it makes sense to minimise their travel and accommodation costs, and get a decent crowd in. If it was played in Scotland they’d have to pay for hotels for a couple of nights at least, and the crowd would probably be smaller than at POR. But the problem with this is this will always be the case. We are either bothering with a Scotland team or we aren't. And that also goes for Jamaica. I don't like all these 'international teams' that are created in Australia that play in Sydney. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, Dave T said: But the problem with this is this will always be the case. We are either bothering with a Scotland team or we aren't. And that also goes for Jamaica. I don't like all these 'international teams' that are created in Australia that play in Sydney. Neither do I, and I’ve often said on this forum that the Scottish and Irish teams are pointless too (and get shot down for it). Jamaica are slightly different because they have a domestic quota and were going to have a minimum number of domestic players (4 iirc) in their WC squad, same with Greece. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dealwithit Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Seems pointless and really misses a trick for Scotland. You’ve just fulfilled a domestic season. Why wouldn’t you host this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, dealwithit said: Seems pointless and really misses a trick for Scotland. You’ve just fulfilled a domestic season. Why wouldn’t you host this? Because they haven’t got a pot to slash in and they’d have to pay accommodation and travel for 50 odd people, at least, and they’d get a small crowd to fund it. Unsatisfactory I know but if they get 3,000 at POR it will bring some revenue in at least and they probably won’t have to pay for hotels even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POR Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 25 minutes ago, POR said: Nice. I wonder how many of the team have ever been to Scotland though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2blackrooks Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 It’s classed as an away game for Scotland I know I’m pushing it but that area of Yorkshire has strong Scottish routes due to mining, many Scots moved their in the 80’s not that I’m saying they have any interest in a Scotland RL side, At least Scotland are playing an international that’s progress 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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