Sat 22 Oct: RLWC: England v France KO 5pm

[Gomersall]

Brilliant gesture by the French.

This Saturday, the French will wear the jersey marked with the hashtag #BURROW7 in support of Rob Burrow, an English international suffering from Charcot's disease. Our captain Benjamin Garcia will give him a jersey bearing the number 7, signed by the players!
@rlwc2021 #RLWC #RLWC2021 

Edited October 21, 2022 by Gomersall

[Gomersall]

I bring with all the community of the French rugby league my support for @Rob7Burrow before this match against England, there is no border against the disease.

Edited October 21, 2022 by Gomersall

[John Drake]

Discuss England v France here.

[moorside roughyed]

Tan the frogs.

[SydneyRoosters]

England 38-16

[hunsletgreenandgold]

42-8 

[N2022]

WIll be there - predicting 52-12. Don't mind it being a bit closer than that if it makes it more exciting. On a practical level, has anyone been to Bolton's ground for a football game, say? Seem to be lots of industrial units offering parking nearby, but hard to gauge how early to get there to avoid a long walk to the ground, as it's a bit cut off.

[MattSantos]

19 minutes ago, moorside roughyed said:

Tan the frogs.

Rubbish comment that. 

[Moe syszlak]

4 minutes ago, N2022 said:

WIll be there - predicting 52-12. Don't mind it being a bit closer than that if it makes it more exciting. On a practical level, has anyone been to Bolton's ground for a football game, say? Seem to be lots of industrial units offering parking nearby, but hard to gauge how early to get there to avoid a long walk to the ground, as it's a bit cut off.

I went to a Bolton game last month. There is a massive free car park opposite the stadium behind the police station. Just a couple of minutes(if that!)walk across a bridge to the ground. 

[moorside roughyed]

17 minutes ago, MattSantos said:

Rubbish comment that. 

No it's not . Can't stand the french, period.

[WN83]

They’ll be spirited and try and lay a marker down to help them get more games against England in the future. I certainly don’t think the margin will be as big as last weekend. 
 

I’ll go- 

England 38 France 8

[bratman]

32-12

[yipyee]

60-6 for me, England too clinical, French not disciplined enough will loose their heads once a couple scores behind 

[Harry Stottle]

10 minutes ago, yipyee said:

60-6 for me, England too clinical, French not disciplined enough will loose their heads once a couple scores behind 

Not only are France not disciplined enough they are simply not good enough.

[Niels]

I don't think France have sufficient pace to win. 

They will have to keep it tight around the middle and make it a forward game. 

[The Partisan]

As a neutral international rugby league advocate, I'm a bit torn on this one.

On one hand it would be good to see England flex their muscles again and show that they are a real chance to go all way in this tournament.

 

On the other hand, a real challenge from the French ending with them losing by less than 20 would give their supporters and those behind 2025 some confidence in their future.

I'll hope for a 32 -14 result with England skipping away in the last twenty. 

 

 

Edited October 21, 2022 by The Partisan

[kiggy]

Big win by the English but we will be watching all the same. Just shared the plane over with Remi Casty, he is a genuinely nice bloke, and Mrs Pellisier and kids. Lots of French lads on the same flight going to the match too.

[north yorks trinity]

I'd love French RL to be stronger but tomorrow I want to see the biggest England win possible and establish the ruthless mindset we'll need later in the tournament when we face bigger challenges. If it's at all close I want it to be because France have completed high, made minimal errors and shown great skill levels and not because England have taken it easy. 

[marklaspalmas]

Looking forward to this one.

England to win comfortably. 

But I like France, and we've had some grand French laikers at Fev, with more to come in 2023. Go Gadwin! 

[SalfordSlim]

2 hours ago, Moe syszlak said:

I went to a Bolton game last month. There is a massive free car park opposite the stadium behind the police station. Just a couple of minutes(if that!)walk across a bridge to the ground. 

I'm not sure where the Police Station is but I assume you're probably talking about Middlebrook Retail Park? It's literally a 2 minute walk but it will be absolutely hammered with a big crowd. I went to the UOB Stadium for an EFL footy match a couple of months back and there were barely 7k/8k in the stadium yet it still took half hour to get off the car park after the game.

If you're able to walk 15 mins then I'd recommend parking up off Chorley New Road near the Beehive Pub. There are some restrictions in place but you'll find some on street parking and much quicker to get away after the game (and the Beehive is also a reasonable boozer to have a pint or 2 if you want to hang around).

[Wellsy4HullFC]

90-6

 

[Jim Prendle]

26 minutes ago, SalfordSlim said:

I'm not sure where the Police Station is but I assume you're probably talking about Middlebrook Retail Park? It's literally a 2 minute walk but it will be absolutely hammered with a big crowd. I went to the UOB Stadium for an EFL footy match a couple of months back and there were barely 7k/8k in the stadium yet it still took half hour to get off the car park after the game.

If you're able to walk 15 mins then I'd recommend parking up off Chorley New Road near the Beehive Pub. There are some restrictions in place but you'll find some on street parking and much quicker to get away after the game (and the Beehive is also a reasonable boozer to have a pint or 2 if you want to hang around).

If you want a pint beforehand head into Westhoughton, park up and have a few beers. Get the train from Westhoughton to Horwich Parkway station.

[StandOffHalf]

France to pull the first big upset of the cup.

24-20 to Les Chanticleers.

I can see there being a red card or two on the morrow.

[Alan Robertson]

England by 50+ unless they get bored of scoring.

[Young Blood]

England 26 France 18