Sun 16 Oct: RLWC: New Zealand v Lebanon KO 19:30

[JonM]

Perfect start!

[Damien]

2 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

The no singer just comes across as cheap and is really easy to fix. You've got the Royal Northern College of Music up the road. Get a student or two from the singing course to lead it.

It does and it should be par for the course when it comes to internationals. This is especially so when premium prices are being charged.

[Futtocks]

2 minutes ago, welshmagpie said:

Over-saturation is definitely another factor.

Wahey! Someone complaining that a RL international is being televised.

Fun-Sponge Bingo!

[bratman]

6 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Where’s the crowd . This kiwi team is packed with stars and Lebanon have guys like Moses ? And things like no national anthem singer , it just seems disappointing and low key 

First disappointing crowd

[londonrlfan]

Is league bigger than union in Jamaica and Lebanon?

[saintspete83]

3 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

It's nowhere near as bad as that.

It's just like the games we've forgotten from 2013.

Personally I appreciate and get excited by seeing international rugby league. It's different and exciting. 

I also have no problem with the ticket pricing as the game has undersold itself for years. 

But it's clear to me and sad to say that nobody really seems to give a $hit beyond the England side. Time to save the embarrassment and get the free/Groupon tickets out for select games. It might upset those who have already paid top dollar but there's probably not that many of them anyway. 

Apparently this was classed as low availablity on the ticket website ???? 

[DavidM]

Dunno , It just seems so disappointingly low key 

[JimBronco]

Looks good to me

[JimBronco]

Try Kiwis 

[welshmagpie]

3 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

Wahey! Someone complaining that a RL international is being televised.

Fun-Sponge Bingo!

I think you’ve misunderstood what I’m getting at. My point is that there are too many games clustered in the same town/area - for example Leigh are hosting THREE group games as opposed to just one that they can market as an event. 

[Futtocks]

2 minutes ago, bratman said:

First disappointing crowd

If you're a "real" Rugby League fan, every crowd is a disappointing crowd. Even if people can't get in due to overwhelming demand, you can rant about the lack of foresight from Nigel Wood or Ralph Rimmer or chemtrails or something.

[nadera78]

4 minutes ago, londonrlfan said:

Is league bigger than union in Jamaica and Lebanon?

Yes to both. I'm not sure RU is actually played in Lebanon at all.

[JimBronco]

Seems like a very early captain's challenge 

[londonrlfan]

Just now, nadera78 said:

Yes to both. I'm not sure RU is actually played in Lebanon at all.

Yeah I'm sure it probably is, just I've never heard of it. League is played in schools and universities there. Think Greece could maybe become bigger too. 

[Moe syszlak]

Regarding the crowd, I didn't fancy paying what they were asking when it's going to be a pretty one sided affair. Png v cook islands will be a contest and I'll be attending that one.

[Archie Gordon]

Lebanon are pumped!

[bratman]

Lebanon making a game of this so far

[bratman]

Just now, Moe syszlak said:

Regarding the crowd, I didn't fancy paying what they were asking when it's going to be a pretty one sided affair. Png v cook islands will be a contest and I'll be attending that one.

How much were the tickets?

[Dave W]

9 minutes ago, JimBronco said:

If this was in London you'd get a heck of a lot more than 5,000 fans in attendance 

I can think of a lot of grounds where they'd have got more than 5000. 

 

[Wendigo7]

Lebanon have made a decent start here. I'm not surprised tbf it is Cheika after all

[DavidM]

Are you allowed to drop it and pick it up

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Been busy, only just switched on, looks like I've missed a good start. Has the crowd been mentioned on here yet?

[PEANUT HEAD]

Is it my tv or are the lights shocking at warrington. 

[londonrlfan]

21 minutes ago, JimBronco said:

If this was in London you'd get a heck of a lot more than 5,000 fans in attendance 

If it was in London, we'd be banned from hosting games forever.

[Dunbar]

2 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Are you allowed to drop it and pick it up

Yes.