England Knights to play France B and Scotland

[shrewsbury roughyed]

by 20 or 30 points, not 20 points to thirty. 

 

 

 

[Phil]

I’d like to see France get a couple on the scoreboard 

[Phil]

Was that Lewis? Did he get sent off? 

[my missus]

sin bin i think

[my missus]

 

[my missus]

getting on top france

[Toby Chopra]

France giving it a good go here

[my missus]

game over 18-6 good hard game that.

[Phil]

Not a bad effort by the french 

[Number 16]

I watched only the last twenty minutes and was impressed by what I saw of the French team. Plenty with the potential to make it! 

[Hvy wg]

Thomas Lacans is head and shoulders above Da Costa and many others ive seen in the SL this year.

[Number 16]

3 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said:

Do it again next year but double up with Elite 1 game. Good game that 

Why? Which would be the opening game of the double header?

[daz39]

A game of attrition i think they call them.....good effort from the french lads.

Good to see Huddersfield offering nothing to the game again too.

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

54 minutes ago, Phil said:

Was that Lewis? Did he get sent off? 

I thought I heard the commentator say it was Dan Walker who just got the 'carton jaune'.

I liked M. Casty, the referee's low-key, undemonstrative style.  I think he is on the World Cup panel, so I hope he gets some good games,

[StandOffHalf]

Will Pryce is very raw - but there's a lot of talent there.

It was a drab enough game but I was pleased to see all the young guys from both countries.

It easily could have blown out when Thewlis crossed. The Knights drifted though and then Lewis was binned. I felt that France B came on quite strong in the last 15 minutes. Their big guys were making plenty of ground. Another try with 10 to go could have made it a nervy end for the youthful visitors.

Thanks for the YT live stream!

[Gomersall]

47 minutes ago, Wiltshire Warrior Dragon said:

I thought I heard the commentator say it was Dan Walker who just got the 'carton jaune'.

I liked M. Casty, the referee's low-key, undemonstrative style.  I think he is on the World Cup panel, so I hope he gets some good games,

Remi’s brother if you weren’t aware.

[Number 16]

3 hours ago, ShropshireBull said:

To get more people to the game and make it more of an event to market. Elite 1 game.

Well, the game was played in Bordeaux, which is hardly a RL stronghold. 

So taking an E1 game as warm up with two clubs travelling one or two hundred miles and who average only a few hundred at home, will make it a success?

[Desert Skipper]

Is there a report anywhere on this game? The BBC doesn’t even have the fixture scheduled.

[The Lad]

The more games the Knights get the better, the more players get games in the international set up it will only strengthen the pool of players who are ready to play for England. I would love to see more games against Fiji and PNG as they will prove a real test for the knights. 

[jim_57]

1 hour ago, The Lad said:

The more games the Knights get the better, the more players get games in the international set up it will only strengthen the pool of players who are ready to play for England. I would love to see more games against Fiji and PNG as they will prove a real test for the knights. 

PNG & Fiji get so few games as it is they shouldn’t be wasting limited International weeks helping England’s B team get some experience, they should be playing full Internationals against the best teams in the World. If a pacific nation was touring up there they should be playing France, Ireland, Wales or Scotland if/when they aren’t playing England.

Knights should be playing teams exactly like France B. If the Knights want to tour again fair play trying to get games against the Island teams but I’d hope those teams would be too busy in proper Internationals & tournaments.

[UTK]

6 minutes ago, jim_57 said:

PNG & Fiji get so few games as it is they shouldn’t be wasting limited International weeks helping England’s B team get some experience, they should be playing full Internationals against the best teams in the World. If a pacific nation was touring up there they should be playing France, Ireland, Wales or Scotland if/when they aren’t playing England.

Knights should be playing teams exactly like France B. If the Knights want to tour again fair play trying to get games against the Island teams but I’d hope those teams would be too busy in proper Internationals & tournaments.

Yep the Knights should be used as a 'B' team that plays other B teams, 18-6 is a very competitive scoreline especially considering this is effectively an Elite One French selection vs a fully professional Knights side. 

England have to worry about avenging the GB clash with PNG before thinking about sending a Knights team out!

[SydneyRoosters]

47 minutes ago, UTK said:

Yep the Knights should be used as a 'B' team that plays other B teams, 18-6 is a very competitive scoreline especially considering this is effectively an Elite One French selection vs a fully professional Knights side. 

England have to worry about avenging the GB clash with PNG before thinking about sending a Knights team out!

Yeah I would love to see a knights tour of Melanesia next year that would be great.

[jim_57]

5 hours ago, UTK said:

Yep the Knights should be used as a 'B' team that plays other B teams, 18-6 is a very competitive scoreline especially considering this is effectively an Elite One French selection vs a fully professional Knights side. 

England have to worry about avenging the GB clash with PNG before thinking about sending a Knights team out!

There is definitely a place for the Knights and it is a good concept but yeh they should be playing similar teams and teams like PNG & Fiji should be playing full internationals wherever possible.

One off games against weaker European opposition is fine if need be but the Knights shouldn’t be involved in official tournaments like they have in the past. If they are touring there are plenty of options like PMXIII teams, QLD/NSW/Digicel Cup select teams or under 21/23 teams from any of Australia, NZ or the Pacific nations.

[Balmainboy]

Yeah what!? PNG beat GB - why would they want to play England reserve grade??? 

Fiji has made the past three consecutive world cup semi's....Based on the England RL squad - Fiji would give them a serious run for their money. 

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

11 hours ago, Desert Skipper said:

Is there a report anywhere on this game? The BBC doesn’t even have the fixture scheduled.

Only one I have found is this:

Equipe de France - La France B tombe avec les honneurs face à l'Angleterre Knights - Rugby à XIII - Treize Mondial

How's your French?

I think the BBC's lack of information on pre-World Cup games is not just disappointing, but also a bit bizarre, given how they are emphasising their full coverage of the cup competitions themselves.