Sat 19th Oct: Betfred Championship Grand Final: Wakefield Trinity v Toulouse Olympique KO 7pm

[RigbyLuger]

1 hour ago, The Masked Poster said:

Yes - and there was 25 years between those games. It's a shame that the game isn't being shown anywhere except a minor channel, when in the past it would have caught a decent number of casual sports viewers. As I say, the world has moved on but it's not really beneficial to RL, particularly lower league stuff. 

It's available free to all though, which is better than being hidden on Premier, which is far more of a minor channel than being shown on YouTube.

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

9 hours ago, Agbrigg said:

I wonder how many will be watching and is there anyway of finding out the live viewing figures. 

There are now at least a thousand waiting for the broadcast to start in about seven minutes time.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

The stream is just starting! Approximately 2,000 people watching at the moment.

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

Even western terrace packed out tonight. Great atmosphere, just waiting for the rugby to spoil it. 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

4,500 watching now.

Edit. As soon as I typed that I went back on it and it had gone up to 6,600!

Edited October 19, 2024 by The Hallucinating Goose

[Just Browny]

Please tell me Wakey have paid their electricity bill.

[dkw]

Atmosphere sounds superb, really looking forward to thus game.

[moorside roughyed]

Someone put some money in the meter please . Absolutely brilliant.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

11,000 watching as the teams come out!

[moorside roughyed]

The atmosphere seems to be brilliant. Wish I was there. Awesome.. Here's to a great 80 minutes.

[TrueBull]

Here we go, as expected, the two full time teams are in the final. 
interestingly, Toulouse do have a ball playing #13 and a lot of their attack goes through him. 
Wakefield have an edge in the forwards which should give the halves a bit more time & space. Both back lines are fast. 
Should be good. 

[dkw]

Bloody hell, that's a ridiculously risky pass.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Wow! Some major acrobatics there!

[Just Browny]

Think the ref has got that right, nothing really wrong with what anyone did even if it had a spectacular outcome.

[Hopie]

Not sure what happened there, but isn't jumping over a tackle against the rules in Rugby League?

Edited October 19, 2024 by Hopie

[The Blues Ox]

Can't jump in to the tackle for that very reason. Should have been a penalty to Wakey at least.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

19,000 currently watching.

[The Masked Poster]

1 hour ago, RigbyLuger said:

It's available free to all though, which is better than being hidden on Premier, which is far more of a minor channel than being shown on YouTube.

Right. And how many people (casual viewers, not RL fans) are going to come across it? And I never mentioned Premier, I was talking about the 'old days' when anything on the Sky Sports channels captured a certain percentage of viewers. This is nothing to do with Wakefield by the way, just bemoaning the visibility of the game. 

Just to add, You Tube is a great way to get things seen but it should be in addition to other things, not the only thing. 

Edited October 19, 2024 by The Masked Poster

[The Hallucinating Goose]

And Wakey open the scoring!

[17 stone giant]

Who is the Aussie co-commentator?

[Barry Badrinath]

1 minute ago, 17 stone giant said:

Who is the Aussie co-commentator?

Andrew Henderson is it not?

[moorside roughyed]

Just now, Barry Badrinath said:

Andrew Henderson is it not?

Yep

[Barry Badrinath]

First time seeing wakeys new stand   impressive, not grade A for the rest of the ground impressive but a massive improvement.

 

Interesting they've left the sides open

[moorside roughyed]

Come on Wakey!

[moorside roughyed]

20k watching now on the sportsman.