welshmagpie Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 What would you like to see? Fri: Ireland vs Scotland (Dublin)*** Sat: France vs England (Toulouse)* Sat: Canada vs USA (Toronto)*** Sun: Wales vs Jamaica (Cardiff)** * BBC coverage would be great again. ** Get S4C interested *** Time for IRL to launch their own YouTube page/streaming service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 It's already been stated that England are playing the Combined Nations during the international break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whippet13 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 11 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said: It's already been stated that England are playing the Combined Nations during the international break. They are, and the BBC won't go anywhere near it.....I don't blame them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whippet13 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I'd Iike to see an International Magic-Bash style event on a single day as a World Cup promotional tool. Hold it at Headingley with Jamaica v Ireland, Wales v Scotland and England v France. Have a womens event the day before or after at the same stadium with a single ticket price covering both days. Half price to season ticket holders in any pro league as with Magic, or clubs keep the proceeds of any tickets they sell. Offer it all to the BBC for free and I'm pretty sure they'd be interested, red button at least. Call it the World Cup Skirmish, Rugby League 6 Nations or similar and ask one of the WC commercial partners if they'd like to sponsor it. Spend 6 months promoting it. Do it all again in 2023. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC77 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 It occurred to me while watching the Ire vs NZ match (tbh it’s rare that I watch RU now, but as it was against NZ i did) that there really is no chance for RL to gain any traction in nations where RU is established (and vice versa with RL, namely Aus). Seeing the scenes at full time, the spot for a collision based game that involves throwing an oval ball backwards is taken. There’s not much of a crossover in interest between them, so the view that “whoever establishes itself first becomes the popular one” that Tony Collins spoke about definitely applies to the rugby codes. They are almost too similar to follow both...one cannot exist where the other exists. They are essentially eating from the same trough. There isn’t the contrast that other sports have with each other so as not to take up the same footprint. Eating from the same trough is what made Wales a RU nation, as they continually beat an England team that had been weakened after the Northern Union was formed and had taken away half the England players. As Tony Collins states, the creation of English RL inadvertently strengthened Welsh RU, giving the Welsh something to celebrate. Had Wales kept losing (which they would have done), they don’t get the same foothold in Wales. In relation to this, what really gives RL no chance is RU’s smallness in that the nations that play RU will always be competitive as so few play it. Nine nations (max) do to any real degree, so automatically your nation is in a quarterfinal of a RUWC (unless you are the odd one out), so it has a national prominence without having to do much. Scotland can just about put out a XV (and rely heavily on two clubs sides to do so), it’s the bare bones of a set up, and yet they can beat the Aussies for the third time in a row. Comparatively speaking the Scottish football team is more talented than their Union team but because they face much sterner and greater number of opposition they struggle to qualify for a tournament never mind be in the quarterfinals of one. Wales are in the same boat...from Rush to Giggs to Bale, they’ve had world class footballers who have never played in a World Cup, yet their Rugby side is in the last eight of a tournament without having to do a thing. This easy (instant) pathway for the RU teams in tournaments means their profile will always be high, it’s nigh on impossible for it to slip. They always sit at the top table in RU as it’s a small table, making it mission impossible for a code that eats from the same trough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 I'd be happy enough with what welshmagpie proposes. We know we won't get it though and it will be the contrived combined nations game again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Moore Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 12 hours ago, welshmagpie said: What would you like to see? Fri: Ireland vs Scotland (Dublin)*** Sat: France vs England (Toulouse)* Sat: Canada vs USA (Toronto)*** Sun: Wales vs Jamaica (Cardiff)** * BBC coverage would be great again. ** Get S4C interested *** Time for IRL to launch their own YouTube page/streaming service. Channel 4 have Ireland's Autumn Internationals in Union, wonder if they might be interested in picking the League games up too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 12 hours ago, welshmagpie said: What would you like to see? Fri: Ireland vs Scotland (Dublin)*** Sat: France vs England (Toulouse)* Sat: Canada vs USA (Toronto)*** Sun: Wales vs Jamaica (Cardiff)** * BBC coverage would be great again. ** Get S4C interested *** Time for IRL to launch their own YouTube page/streaming service. I think a realistic aim from that list should be for Wales to have a credible match (double header with a women's international perhaps) and S4C or BBC Red Button coverage. We already know England are playing their made up opponents. 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...
Phil W Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 There isn't enough put on internationals in rugby league. One weekend for fixtures shows that. A strong international game would boost rugby league without a shadow. I'd like to see England go to Cardiff, Dublin and Edinburgh as one thing that everyone likes is rivalry. Anything advertised as Wales, Ireland or Scotland against England would create a buzz. They have to try it as a game against an all star team is more like a warm up game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 France v England is a no brainer and the Combined Nations makes no sense at all in terms of promoting a World Cup. France v England (men) France v England (women) France v England wheelchair Live on the BBC. How bloody difficult is that? Play it in Avignon or even London. FFS we really do not know how to build an international brand and promote international sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsontown Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 I don't personally have any problem with England playing a combined nations team, but it absolutely should not be happening instead of us playing France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipedream Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 We should be playing France and Wales every year same time of year every year, drop the loop fixturs and make it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Kevin Sinfield Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 14/11/2021 at 20:06, welshmagpie said: What would you like to see? Fri: Ireland vs Scotland (Dublin)*** Sat: France vs England (Toulouse)* Sat: Canada vs USA (Toronto)*** Sun: Wales vs Jamaica (Cardiff)** Presuming England v All Stars is already fixed in, the main thing for me is for all European World Cup Teams to play a game. England Knights should play France imo, it’d be a close game and France would actually have a chance of beating an English Rep side which could really get the country behind the National Team in a World Cup year. Engalnd v All Stars Totally Wicked Stadium St Helens France v England Knights Toulouse Wales v Ireland Eirias Stadium Colwyn Bay Jamaica v Scotland Headingley Stadium Leeds Serbia v Greece Belgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barley Mow Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 15 minutes ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said: Presuming England v All Stars is already fixed in, the main thing for me is for all European World Cup Teams to play a game. England Knights should play France imo, it’d be a close game and France would actually have a chance of beating an English Rep side which could really get the country behind the National Team in a World Cup year. Engalnd v All Stars Totally Wicked Stadium St Helens France v England Knights Toulouse Wales v Ireland Eirias Stadium Colwyn Bay Jamaica v Scotland Headingley Stadium Leeds Serbia v Greece Belgrade If you're giving all the European WC teams a match, Serbia didn't qualify, Italy did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fearnowt Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 14/11/2021 at 20:06, welshmagpie said: What would you like to see? Wales v anyone, anywhere in Wales. For all the latest news on North Wales Crusaders, please click on the link below to the new club website. https://www.nwcrusaders.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Barley Mow said: If you're giving all the European WC teams a match, Serbia didn't qualify, Italy did. The Serbian team is made up of Serbs rather than Aussies, much more worthy of the IRL’s support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 If England were playing the combined nations in the park near us I still wouldn’t bother going. Can’t understand why it’s not France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barley Mow Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 52 minutes ago, Eddie said: The Serbian team is made up of Serbs rather than Aussies, much more worthy of the IRL’s support. Yes, I had assumed that was the reason for the suggested fixture, it just didn't fit in with the premise of "all European World Cup Teams to play a game". Aren't a lot of the Greek team based in Australia as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Toppy Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 21 hours ago, wilsontown said: I don't personally have any problem with England playing a combined nations team, but it absolutely should not be happening instead of us playing France. Why ??? Even though the England team will be a weakened one with no NRL players available for selection its Wane's last chance to play a game and get an understanding of his WC squad. The friendly just before the tournament starts will be too late for that. Having a free weekend at least removes any restrictions on player selection in terms of player numbers from individual clubs and also stops players pulling out Like it or not the All-stars team will provide a much sterner challenge for England than France would and allow Wane to see who is likely to be able to step up for a WC spot and who isn't. Its more than likely that Wane asked the RFL to play the all-stars again and not France as opposition. France isn't going to progress out of the group stages in the WC so they should focus on playing a team much nearer their level like Wales or Ireland. A hard fought game where they're likely to pick up a win will give them a much bigger boost than another loss to England. St.Helens - The Home of record breaking Rugby Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 29 minutes ago, Barley Mow said: Yes, I had assumed that was the reason for the suggested fixture, it just didn't fit in with the premise of "all European World Cup Teams to play a game". Aren't a lot of the Greek team based in Australia as well? At the WC maybe, but they do have domestic players in the squad too, and a domestic comp, Italy don’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshmagpie Posted November 16, 2021 Author Share Posted November 16, 2021 2 hours ago, fearnowt said: Wales v anyone, anywhere in Wales. And multiply that by at least 2 or 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Kevin Sinfield Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Barley Mow said: If you're giving all the European WC teams a match, Serbia didn't qualify, Italy did. Yes but I imagine the vast majority of their World Cup squad will be based down under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Kevin Sinfield Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 41 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said: Noone is going to watch England´s b team play France. We need to give it a rest with putting out the worst product possible then criticising people for not watching. England vs France in France would have been ideal. After the World Cup I hope that France vs England in France is the annual fixture, at a minimum. I disagree, I think plenty would show up to watch France v England Knights in France. We already know England are playing the All Stars so England v France that weekend is not an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Gordon Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 I know that Eng-CNAS is pencilled in but it can't be difficult to change that plan - no agreements can have been signed. So much better to go for Fra-Eng. Wane should not be driving this fixture (assuming the rumours that he picks the oppo are true). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 You only have to look at the attendances at various France international games to wonder waft happened from the mid 1960s onwards. List of France national rugby league team results - Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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