Sun 16 Oct: RLWC: Scotland v Italy KO 14:30

[Gerrumonside ref]

What a tackle

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

2 minutes ago, johnh1 said:

Or the kit clash for those watching in black and white.

A lot of those black and whites sets still.all around up north right?

[DavidM]

Just now, dkw said:

If he did that on purpose then it should have been a red, a shocking "tackle".

He’ll get banned for that , shocker 

[Dunbar]

What an enjoyable half.

[Futtocks]

Great tackle by the Italian FB!

[bratman]

Unlucky Scotland at the end, thought they were in

[Futtocks]

Just now, Bedfordshire Bronco said:

A lot of those black and whites sets still.all around up north right?

Colour TV is considered too enjoyable by Proper Fans©.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

5 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:

I was just thinking we needed a bit of those yesterday 

....get the Headingly band on for the next England game 

If we're having a trumpeter and the Headingley band we might as well chuck the cowbell man into the mix as well. 

[Gerrumonside ref]

Gripping stuff.

You suspect Scotland could offer more second half, but Italy deserve to be in front for their efforts in defence if nothing else.

 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Look at all those empty seats at Headingley, all those sections they claim have sold out and they're just empty, are they freebies that are given away and just not taken up or something? 

[MatthewWoody]

Enjoyed this 1st half.

Italy are very well prepared for the game. Brown and Santi led by example, but I think all the Azzurri played very well. 

We resisted in defence and let's hope we have it for another 40 mins. 

[Jim Prendle]

If the Italian wingers could catch they would have been out of sight by now.

[Dunbar]

1 minute ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

If we're having a trumpeter and the Headingley band we might as well chuck the cowbell man into the mix as well. 

The trumpeter and cowbell men should fight to the death on that tilting spikey platform from Flash Gordon and use their instruments as weapons.

Now that is half time entertainment. 

[Archie Gordon]

All set for a decent second half.

[Big Picture]

12 minutes ago, DavidM said:

I do wish bbc would cut down on the replays during play 

Replays during play should never happen, they should be limited to breaks in play.  The viewers should never miss any of the live action.

[tommyace]

2 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Look at all those empty seats at Headingley, all those sections they claim have sold out and they're just empty, are they freebies that are given away and just not taken up or something? 

Isn't this game in Newcastle? 

[ATLANTISMAN]

If you take away the expected England crowds i would reckon sold so far

3 group games 95000/100000

Qtr Final 25000

Arsenal Semi 40000

Final 50000

 

Thats around 225000 tickets sold then you can add female and wheelchair maybe another 30000 lets say 250000 all up so if its 350000 sold then that's 100000 for the other matches around 4000 per match.

 

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[The Hallucinating Goose]

2 minutes ago, tommyace said:

Isn't this game in Newcastle? 

The sarcasm is not lost on this one. 

[Jim Prendle]

1 minute ago, tommyace said:

Isn't this game in Newcastle? 

It doesn’t matter, every word apart from the name of the venue is able to be copied and pasted into every match thread.

who cares what is happening on the pitch, it’s far more entertaining counting empty seats.

[Northern Eel]

18 minutes ago, Jim Prendle said:

I love Tabasco.

Me too. Assume you don't drink it by the pint, though? 

[Jim Prendle]

11 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

The trumpeter and cowbell men should fight to the death on that tilting spikey platform from Flash Gordon and use their instruments as weapons.

Now that is half time entertainment. 

The spikey platform would probably suffer a power cut.

[Jim Prendle]

1 minute ago, Northern Eel said:

Me too. Assume you don't drink it by the pint, though? 

Nah, the bottles are way too small.

[Northern Eel]

6,206. Not bad that.

[Futtocks]

Scotland aren't that much worse than Italy - you get the feeling they can score if they sharpen up a little and take their chances.

[Hughsehhh]

6,206 attendance. That's very decent