The Future is League 3,259 Posted June 16 Report Share Posted June 16 https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/15294751/hull-boss-brett-hodgson-slams-fact-club-games-are-on-the-same-night-as-england/ 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Rupert Prince 1,920 Posted June 16 Report Share Posted June 16 Yes ... seems amazing. Link to post Share on other sites
Damien 14,311 Posted June 16 Report Share Posted June 16 It really is just common sense. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Kevin Sinfield 2,660 Posted June 16 Report Share Posted June 16 Brett Hodgson is spot on. There should be no Super League or Championship games on that weekend with as many Internationals taking place as possible. I’d like England v Exiles France v England Knights Wales v Jamaica Ireland v Scotland 3 Link to post Share on other sites
yipyee 1,243 Posted June 16 Report Share Posted June 16 23 minutes ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said: Brett Hodgson is spot on. There should be no Super League or Championship games on that weekend with as many Internationals taking place as possible. I’d like England v Exiles France v England Knights Wales v Jamaica Ireland v Scotland Or just England vs France, How would you get the other nations playinf if some of the players are 0laying for the stupid made up team... Also France would smash the knights 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cheshire Setter 1,585 Posted June 16 Report Share Posted June 16 36 minutes ago, yipyee said: Also France would smash the knights Would they? I’m not so sure. Link to post Share on other sites
Damien 14,311 Posted June 16 Report Share Posted June 16 3 minutes ago, Cheshire Setter said: Would they? I’m not so sure. I don't think they would either. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Kevin Sinfield 2,660 Posted June 16 Report Share Posted June 16 1 hour ago, yipyee said: Or just England vs France, How would you get the other nations playinf if some of the players are 0laying for the stupid made up team... Also France would smash the knights 53 minutes ago, Cheshire Setter said: Would they? I’m not so sure. 49 minutes ago, Damien said: I don't think they would either. France v England Knights would be a great competitive fixture that could go either way, why has it never happened? Link to post Share on other sites
yipyee 1,243 Posted June 16 Report Share Posted June 16 7 minutes ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said: France v England Knights would be a great competitive fixture that could go either way, why has it never happened? Why would France lower themselves to play England B Stupid suggestion unless a touring team for an exhibition game against squad players Link to post Share on other sites
boris74 21 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 Yep, the international weekend should be a free weekend for all pro and maybe even amateur clubs. This should be the pinnacle of our sport watching the national team play. It certainly will be the pinnacle for the players selected to represent their country. Club driven no doubt - cram the games in and scrape every last penny out of the paying punter. Player welfare? Give over cash is king... Link to post Share on other sites
Hela Wigmen 3,467 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 Didn’t the club chairmen vote for Super League games on the same weekend as the exhibition game anyway? A blank domestic weekend with International fixtures for England, France, Ireland, Jamaica, Scotland and Wales would be a massive step forward for the sport and international rugby league in the northern hemisphere. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Spidey 4,369 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 I get not having a free weekend in a condensed season but clashing fixtures is just bonkers. Don’t get the logic at all. It may as well be a game on a training field Link to post Share on other sites
Gooleboy 1,722 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 12 hours ago, yipyee said: Or just England vs France, How would you get the other nations playinf if some of the players are 0laying for the stupid made up team... Also France would smash the knights When did France last smash anybody? Link to post Share on other sites
Eddie 4,743 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 When I saw the link I assumed it meant the England football team, ie the two SL fixtures tomorrow that clash with England v Scotland and will I expect reduce their crowds and online viewing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dave T 19,732 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 13 hours ago, yipyee said: Or just England vs France, How would you get the other nations playinf if some of the players are 0laying for the stupid made up team... Also France would smash the knights 13 hours ago, Cheshire Setter said: Would they? I’m not so sure. 13 hours ago, Damien said: I don't think they would either. 12 hours ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said: France v England Knights would be a great competitive fixture that could go either way, why has it never happened? 12 hours ago, yipyee said: Why would France lower themselves to play England B Stupid suggestion unless a touring team for an exhibition game against squad players 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
gingerjon 18,013 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 4 minutes ago, Dave T said: Thanks for that, I thought I'd imagined it. 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 post Share on other sites
Dunbar 11,547 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 5 minutes ago, Dave T said: So you think a video of the game being played is actually proof the game was played. How gullible do you think we are. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Damien 14,311 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 2 hours ago, Dave T said: Thanks, I forgot all about that! Yes it certainly proves the point. I can certainly understand why France wouldn't want to lower themselves to play the Knights. It is a hard sell and their prerogative if they think it devalues the jersey, which I agree with. I think these type of games only really work in tours which obviously wont happen. It is plainly absurd to say that France would smash the Knights. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Davo5 5,855 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 17 hours ago, yipyee said: Also France would smash the knights Give over Link to post Share on other sites
Davo5 5,855 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 4 hours ago, Gooleboy said: When did France last smash anybody? Dec 2 1805 Battle of Austerlitz,battered the Russians & Austrians with a wee scrum half calling the shots. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Rupert Prince 1,920 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 5 minutes ago, Davo5 said: Dec 2 1805 Battle of Austerlitz,battered the Russians & Austrians with a wee scrum half calling the shots. Yes, the Russians and Austrians got stuck in the mud on a short pitch and fighting up the slope. (well not that far off the truth) Not too different from Waterloo for the French and where their replacements never turned up. Link to post Share on other sites
Bedfordshire Bronco 2,140 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 Is the All Stars game on TV? If so what channel Link to post Share on other sites
Davo5 5,855 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 5 minutes ago, Rupert Prince said: Yes, the Russians and Austrians got stuck in the mud on a short pitch and fighting up the slope. (well not that far off the truth) Austria’s version of Mount Pleasant Link to post Share on other sites
Chris22 1,562 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 Ideally, internationals should be on a stand alone weekend. If not possible (and I get why not this year), then there is no excuse for Super League matches being on at the exact same day, Why the other matches couldn't be Saturday I do not know. 1 Twitter: @TrylineUK Latest Blog: Rugby League's Road to Nowhere Link to post Share on other sites
Harry Stottle 4,630 Posted June 17 Report Share Posted June 17 19 hours ago, yipyee said: Also France would smash the knights Not a cat in hells chance. Link to post Share on other sites
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