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Tommygilf

Tommygilf

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7 minutes ago, RugbyLeagueGeek said:

Presumably there are large ex-pat Jamaican and Scottish communities in Featherstone...

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Tommygilf

Tommygilf

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5 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said:

Yep dont blame anyone unless you a playing eng or in a tournament for England for not putting their hand up.  The lack of crowds will then be used for why Eng cant play them and on the cycle will go. 

Sad reality is that with barely any promotion and playing only the Knights, the Jamaica game a couple of years ago got a pretty decent crowd given the circumstances at Headingley.

Its all lip service.

Scubby

Scubby

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The first decision seem to be "what's the cheapest venue we can get" as opposed to where can we make this the biggest and best event. That's what happens with after thoughts.

Scubby

Scubby

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1 minute ago, The Future is League said:

England should be playing France in France

Picking on bloody Leigh again, you guys are all the same. It's the train station thing isn't it?

dkw

dkw

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10 minutes ago, The Daddy said:

Is there a reason why Scotland can't play in Scotland? Is RL banned in Scotland?

Are there any stadiums available? Are medical personnel available? Are ballboys, cleaners, stewards, caterers, general helpers, bar staff etc...

I expect its pretty damn difficult to find a venue to play any games at such a late time after being shafted by the cowardly antipodean. How about RL fans see this as a positive that we get to see any kind if international RL after what's happened and get right behind it.

Sir Kevin Sinfield

Sir Kevin Sinfield

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1 hour ago, welshmagpie said:

Looks as if we’re getting the following:

Jamaica vs. Scotland (Featherstone)

France vs. England (venue TBC)

Wales vs. Ireland (venue TBC)

I’m pleased to hear some Internationals will be taking place, but please tell me it’s not going to be held at Featherstone.

gogledd

gogledd

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19 minutes ago, The Daddy said:

Is there a reason why Scotland can't play in Scotland? Is RL banned in Scotland?

I watched Scotland v Wales in Galashiels....and a friend of mine goes to watch community games regularly

 

 

gogledd

gogledd

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39 minutes ago, Wellsy4HullFC said:

Awaits France v England at Leigh and Wales v Ireland at some small rugby union club house in central Wales.

More likely Wales will play in either the Racecourse Stadium Wrexham (previously hosted Wales RL games in RLWC2013 and later dates too) or Stadiwm Zip World, Eirias Park, Colwyn Bay (hosting Wales RL U16 and U17 on 22nd August and current home of North Wales Crusaders RL)....

RugbyLeagueGeek

RugbyLeagueGeek

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29 minutes ago, Scubby said:

The first decision seem to be "what's the cheapest venue we can get" as opposed to where can we make this the biggest and best event. That's what happens with after thoughts.

Exactly this. If you're not going to bother making these things in to an event then just don't bother. It just undermines the international game.

moorside roughyed

moorside roughyed

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I'll wait until next year's World Cup. I went to the recent England game at Warrington, the atmosphere was ###### and a halt empty stadium to boot. Plus an England side who couldn't beat a team only finalised on the Tuesday as they played at the weekend. 

RugbyLeagueGeek

RugbyLeagueGeek

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The more I think about this, the more stupid I think it is. No offence to Fev - been there loads of times and thoroughly enjoyed each visit to Post Office Road - but it's hardly a vibrant tourist/party destination. 

These games should be an advert for next year's World Cup for heaven's sake. Almost like a free hit to raise the profile of the teams involved - "if you enjoyed this then we've got a World Cup next year". 

It beggars belief that anybody involved at the RFL or with the teams involved would think playing at Fev would be a good idea.

nadera78

nadera78

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I no longer have a club to support. I've stopped watching the NRL because of their behaviour re the RLWC. And if this ridiculous schedule comes to pass I won't be watching these internationals. I'm not sure that leaves me very many options, and the question continues to be asked; why should I take rugby league seriously when the sport itself refuses to?

"Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart."

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gingerjon

gingerjon

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2 hours ago, welshmagpie said:

Looks as if we’re getting the following:

Jamaica vs. Scotland (Featherstone)

France vs. England (venue TBC)

Wales vs. Ireland (venue TBC)

Well, if you need a working definition of doing the least possible so you can pretend you’ve tried ...

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jim_57

jim_57

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2 hours ago, welshmagpie said:

Looks as if we’re getting the following:

Jamaica vs. Scotland (Featherstone)

France vs. England (venue TBC)

Wales vs. Ireland (venue TBC)

Not bad for the first weekend, what about the 2-3 weekends after that?..

Damien

Damien

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It's good to see the games being put on, and I am hoping that this isn't just it, but for goodness sake it's like the RFL doesn't even want these things to work or be a success so it doesn't need to do them again. 

dkw

dkw

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26 minutes ago, Damien said:

It's good to see the games being put on, and I am hoping that this isn't just it, but for goodness sake it's like the RFL doesn't even want these things to work or be a success so it doesn't need to do them again. 

Or there is very little money available for an international programme and the team 8s doing the best they can with incredibly limited funds and time. Maybe you can fo volunteer your money qnd time to show them how they should do it?

dkw

dkw

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1 minute ago, Johnoco said:

On one hand you're correct. But on the other, seriously, who thought Jamaica v Scotland should be in Fev? 

I would say it's better than nothing but I aren't so sure. 

But we have no idea as to why, immediately people are jumping all over it without knowing if its even true, or if it is why its happening.  Most stadiums will have been desperately trying to fill their calendar as soon as they were allowed to have sport played there, there's a very good chance of limited availability for games organised at such short notice.

Damien

Damien

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1 minute ago, dkw said:

Or there is very little money available for an international programme and the team 8s doing the best they can with incredibly limited funds and time. Maybe you can fo volunteer your money qnd time to show them how they should do it?

I find these kind of replies pathetic to be honest and you are a better poster than that.

The RFL is a professional organisation with full time staff. It is certainly not a fans job to do their job for them for free. Fans are customers who need to be persuaded to buy into an event, maybe you and the RFL should remember that.

There is no excuse for a Jamaica v Scotland match being at Fev. None at all. It's a village with a population of 15k. Jamaica got over 7k v England Knights at Headingley. Leeds Beckett have used Headingley for goodness sake, it's not that expensive but infinitely more prestigious and based in a major city.

dkw

dkw

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3 minutes ago, Damien said:

 

There is no excuse for a Jamaica v Scotland match being at Fev.  

You literally have no idea of this, of course there can be an excuse/reason for it, there is no information on it as of yet (we don't even know if it's true). 

I do apologise on the last post though, was unnecessary.  But it gets my back up when people immediately pile in without having any facts around something. 

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