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

[JimBronco]

Class from Keary. Even the Jamican players stood and admired his ability to run with ball in hand

[Jughead]

Floodgates open. 

[Irish Saint]

O' Hagan with third try for Ireland. Chamberlain with the kick 14-0

[DavidM]

Gonna be very ugly for Jamaica at this rate . Ireland have a tidy side and having Keary there is just massive 

[MZH]

Jamaica look out of their depth tbh. 50+ on the cards here.

[Damien]

Ireland look very good.

[Futtocks]

That was one hell of a catch, what with his team-mate almost running into him.

[Archie Gordon]

We may not see a close game until TON-PNG. It's a bit disappointing. 

[Hull Kingston Bronco]

21 minutes ago, Jughead said:

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

There's a location/scheduling point in here too I think, same with Newcastle today. I understand the desire to make logistics simple, but that should be secondary versus not over-tapping a market in a weekend. 

[DavidM]

I’m wondering when our first close game is gonna be , it’s good but we need one , the comp needs one 

Edited October 16, 2022 by DavidM

[Just Browny]

Biggest cheer of the night when the horny fullback shelled that one.

[Futtocks]

1 minute ago, Damien said:

Ireland look very good.

Not one of the official top sides, but so far heading Italy in the "potential banana-skin" rankings. If any higher-tier sides take them lightly, it could really backfire.

[Irish Saint]

Error from Myler gives Jamaica a chance starting from Irelands 20 

[ATLANTISMAN]

36 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.

The whole RLWC ticket office has been a shambles.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

2 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

Biggest cheer of the night when the horny fullback shelled that one.

"you're s**t but your ex is fit! You're s**t but your ex is fit!" 

[Hughsehhh]

Golding putting in a huge shift for Jamaica 

[londonrlfan]

The stadium choice was too ambitious. Maybe York or the RFL's favourite stadium Leigh would've been a better choice. I think not having a Jamaica match is London is another RL missed opportunity. Especially the game against NZ, which would draw a bigger crowd than in the heartlands. Too many games on the M62, and not enough new or neutral venues. 

Unfortunately Jamaica do look out of their depth, but hopefully this will raise awareness for the sport and gain them sponsors to help grow the sport there. 

Disappointed that Ronan Michael isn't involved at all. You'd think it'd be the perfect level for him.

[Guest]

Just now, londonrlfan said:

The stadium choice was too ambitious. Maybe York or the RFL's favourite stadium Leigh would've been a better choice. I think not having a Jamaica match is London is another RL missed opportunity. Especially the game against NZ, which would draw a bigger crowd than in the heartlands. Too many games on the M62, and not enough new or neutral venues. 

Unfortunately Jamaica do look out of their depth, but hopefully this will raise awareness for the sport and gain them sponsors to help grow the sport there. 

Disappointed that Ronan Michael isn't involved at all. You'd think it'd be the perfect level for him.

York and Leigh wouldn't have been better. A smaller venue in London would have worked because that's where most British Jamaicans live plus the other West Indian nations. Plenty of Irish people as well.

[Just Browny]

4 minutes ago, Hughsehhh said:

Golding putting in a huge shift for Jamaica 

Run his blood to water.

[Irish Saint]

Great defensive effort from Jamaica there.

[Irish Saint]

Bentley being Bentley. 

[Hull Kingston Bronco]

16 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

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".

We're in a group of fellow-travellers here. We all want the same thing. If we can't be honest with ourselves in this group, where can we be? There's nowt wrong with saying "we got the pricing strategy wrong"... without that reflection, we'll never get it right. 

[Bostik Bailey]

47 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.

I think the pricing structure is starting to bite for these group matches 

[londonrlfan]

5 minutes ago, NW10LDN said:

York and Leigh wouldn't have been better. A smaller venue in London would have worked because that's where most British Jamaicans live plus the other West Indian nations. Plenty of Irish people as well.

Just meant better in terms of them being smaller, but then they probably wouldn't have sold as many tickets. 

[Hughsehhh]

1 minute ago, Hull Kingston Bronco said:

We're in a group of fellow-travellers here. We all want the same thing. If we can't be honest with ourselves in this group, where can we be? There's nowt wrong with saying "we got the pricing strategy wrong"... without that reflection, we'll never get it right. 

The pricing strategy was probably agreed way ahead of the cost of living crisis and war in Ukraine tbf