Sat 12th Nov: RLWC SF: England v Samoa KO 14:30

[barnyia]

Are the Catalans playing today? Looks like Wembley in 2018! 

[shrewsbury roughyed]

Radley is a character, as well as a class player. Said the word ‘hard’ about 15 times in that interview. Better hard than clunky. Love it

[YCKonstantine]

Hope people are milling about under the stands because it’s looking a bit sparse at the moment!

[JonM]

1 minute ago, YCKonstantine said:

Hope people are milling about under the stands because it’s looking a bit sparse at the moment!

Many thousands in the stadium concourses and thousands still outside.

 

[Wendigo7]

Depends what time they are letting people in.

[jacksy]

Is Wilkin correct about the aussie try off the ground? Did Kendall sc rew up?

[Wendigo7]

Starting to fill up fairly quickly it seems. Clearly not full but seats are filling fairly rapidly.

[Chrispmartha]

4 minutes ago, YCKonstantine said:

Hope people are milling about under the stands because it’s looking a bit sparse at the moment!

It looked sparse last night right up until kick off, international crowds seem to leave it til the last minute to get to their seats. Probably because its an event so spend more time in the bars than s normal game.

[Welshleaguelover]

1 hour ago, ShropshireBull said:

England might need it but the NRL nations dont and if Samoa win today all the best nations in the world will be in the Oceanic Cup.

A consequence of not building meaningful comps and opposition in northern hemisphere. 

Win today and conversations about 4 nations half way between world cups have weight. England lose and NRL can say “You aren’t that good,  your best players play here in NRL anyway and you are just a farm system to us. “

England don't just need to win today. They have to win next week too.

[The Ghost of 99]

Only one more time now i've got to hear that God awful poem 

[johnh1]

How does Sam manage 3.25 passes per run?

[glossop saint]

1 minute ago, jacksy said:

Is Wilkin correct about the aussie try off the ground? Did Kendall sc rew up?

Let's leave that minefield to the other thread

[Roy Haggerty]

Does *anyone* like deafeningly loud PAs with over-enthusiastic announcers?

[Man of Kent]

Feels a huge event here outside the Emirates. 

[barnyia]

Just now, Man of Kent said:

Feels a huge event here outside the Emirates. 

Doesn't look it on TV!!! 

[JonM]

Looks like middle tier - club arsenal or whatever is going to be near empty though.

[Welshleaguelover]

I can't stand Matt Parish.

Can never get past how smug he was at Salford. He thought he was a genius coach. Then lost a few games and ran away.

Samoa could be playing anyone today. I would still want them to lose just because Parish is their coach.

[Futtocks]

4 minutes ago, jacksy said:

Is Wilkin correct about the aussie try off the ground? Did Kendall sc rew up?

Years of people slagging off every single utterance that has fallen from Wilkin's lips, but as soon as he says what people want to hear, "hey, maybe this guy's talking sense after all?"

[Man of Kent]

1 minute ago, barnyia said:

Doesn't look it on TV!!! 

Must be in the queue like me

[Charlie]

Not one to complain about crowds. But why do they clearly lie about tickets sold, it doesn’t look anything near 40-45000 which was going round.

[shrewsbury roughyed]

 45000 expected according to the bbc website 

[MatthewWoody]

Guy with the England ru jersey.

[Chrispmartha]

Just now, Charlie said:

Not one to complain about crowds. But why do they clearly lie about tickets sold, it doesn’t look anything near 40-45000 which was going round.

It hasn’t started yet, there will literally be thousands still outside.

[Wolfey Rovers]

Looks like no more than 19k

[Charlie]

Just now, shrewsbury roughyed said:

 45000 expected according to the bbc website 

Maybe there still coming in?