Sun 16 Oct: RLWC: Jamaica v Ireland KO 17:00

[JimBronco]

Cheesy Irish anthem

[DavidM]

Just now, JimBronco said:

Cheesy Irish anthem

I like it . I think the Union team sing it 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

1 minute ago, JimBronco said:

Cheesy Irish anthem

I really belted it out in my living room. 

[JimBronco]

That's not the Irish anthem though 

[DavidM]

That one wasn’t so stirring 

[Futtocks]

Just now, DavidM said:

I like it . I think the Union team sing it 

I don't like it. I know the Union team sing it.

But there's no official anthem for Ireland as a whole, so it'll do.

[Stuff Smith]

19 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

Ellery doesn't mind talking to the media these days, I see.

"Actually, actually, actually."

I've been having a drink every time Ellery says "actually".

Now comatose.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, DavidM said:

I like it . I think the Union team sing it 

They do and the fans don't like it. Watch the Irish players sing the Soldier's Song and you'll see a big difference in emotion.

[Damien]

Great to see a domestic Jamaican player in the starting lineup.

[Irish Saint]

4 minutes ago, BD20Cougar said:

I hate to be negative about attendances but this game was shown as having low availability on the ticket website. Dread to think what the crowds will be like for the medium/high availability matches.

Perhaps all the tickets are being purchased by union trolls who aren't turning up thinking it will make the sport look bad.

 

[Hughsehhh]

1 minute ago, NW10LDN said:

They do and the fans don't like it. Watch the Irish players sing the Soldier's Song and you'll see a big difference in emotion.

What, and completely exclude the Northern Irish players. No, thanks, unless you're happy for them to sing God save the King first

[Hull Kingston Bronco]

Just now, BD20Cougar said:

I hate to be negative about attendances but this game was shown as having low availability on the ticket website. Dread to think what the crowds will be like for the medium/high availability matches.

Scary isn't it?

This World Cup will only have decent crowds at the obvious games I'm afraid. Dutton admitted as such when he said the 750k "stretch" objective was no longer one he was thinking about. If the target is now 500k and with Newcastle in the bank we've the final, 2 semis (including a hoped-for England match in London), 4 quarters and another 2 England group matches then do the maths. Write off the rest, the team has.

The core fact is this: They've got the pricing strategy ridiculously wrong for marginal fixtures. We should have held the 'event' prices for the real matches, I agree, and not discount like 2013. But jeez we should have sold 'em cheap for the ones nobody in their right mind would actually want to pay more than a tenner to watch. I love my League, but come on, "Jamaica" versus, ahem, "Ireland"... we can't kid anyone else if we can't even kid ourselves. Poor strategy.

Even I ummed and ahhhh'd about shelling out £170 for 3 seats to watch England next week, because much as I love the game I already know the result and it's half a month's heating bill. 

 

[Guest]

Just now, Hughsehhh said:

What, and completely exclude the Northern Irish players. No, thanks, unless you're happy for them to sing God save the King first

Sing both then. Irish people shouldn't be denied the right to sing their own anthem. Ireland has 26 out of the 32 counties and the majority of the population.

[Jughead]

Sparse crowd but given the choice between this or last nights game, it’s not a major surprise. 

[Irish Saint]

Nope for me bounced that

[DavidM]

I don’t understand referrals like this , what is the role of a touch judge ?

[corvusxiii]

3 hours ago, Live after death said:

Salt fish fritters for me.

I've never heard of such a thing...... but it's right up my street! I can just tell.

[Irish Saint]

Now foot in touch from Senior denies Ireland

[Irish Saint]

Senior in this time 4-0 12 minutes played

[Irish Saint]

King muscles over 8-0

Chamberlain hits the post remains 8-0

Edited October 16, 2022 by Irish Saint

[Just Browny]

Cheeky double that for me. But Ireland have got way too much for Jamaica.

[wilsontown]

Ireland taking control now but I don't think that was a try.

[Big Picture]

15 minutes ago, Hull Kingston Bronco said:

Scary isn't it?

This World Cup will only have decent crowds at the obvious games I'm afraid. Dutton admitted as such when he said the 750k "stretch" objective was no longer one he was thinking about. If the target is now 500k and with Newcastle in the bank we've the final, 2 semis (including a hoped-for England match in London), 4 quarters and another 2 England group matches then do the maths. Write off the rest, the team has.

The core fact is this: They've got the pricing strategy ridiculously wrong for marginal fixtures. We should have held the 'event' prices for the real matches, I agree, and not discount like 2013. But jeez we should have sold 'em cheap for the ones nobody in their right mind would actually want to pay more than a tenner to watch. I love my League, but come on, "Jamaica" versus, ahem, "Ireland"... we can't kid anyone else if we can't even kid ourselves. Poor strategy.

Even I ummed and ahhhh'd about shelling out £170 for 3 seats to watch England next week, because much as I love the game I already know the result and it's half a month's heating bill.

Yes it is scary, and it could create a very bad look over the next couple of weeks.  One wonders why they stuck with the same ticket prices.

@Dave T and others can ridicule my suggestion of that being because of the pressure from the government "to do all the right things" which Jon Dutton mentioned, but I note that none of my detractors have been able to suggest another reason why someone familiar with the "RL family" and its ways would have done as he's done.

[Futtocks]

23 minutes ago, Hull Kingston Bronco said:

I love my League, but come on, "Jamaica" versus, ahem, "Ireland"... we can't kid anyone else if we can't even kid ourselves.

It's not a case of "kidding" ourselves. We all know that the current state of the international game has to be pragmatic due to RL's lateness to realise the benefits of expansion. It is what it is and nobody's pretending otherwise. But if we don't go through this stage, we'll never step up to become truly international and reap the benefits.

What we do have is people who are desperately eager to loudly rubbish anything and everything about the game at any level and dress it up as "telling it like it is". I wouldn't be surprised if we found out that many Rugby Union trolls just gave up trying, because they couldn't compete with the torrents of self-destructive hatred from "Proper Rugby League Fans".

Edited October 16, 2022 by Futtocks

[Irish Saint]

Magical run from Keary surprisingly Myler didn't make the line.

Ends with drop out forced