Re: Wire (A) Challenge Cup : Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:34 pm  

He doesn't seem that keen on resting slight knocks. Some he has, granted, but Ryan had tight hamstrings this week so surprised me he played on a wet heavy field in a game we were almost guaranteed to win!

Re: Wire (A) Challenge Cup : Wed Apr 18, 2018 12:48 pm  

Warrington not allowing game to have a delayed stream (surprising as Warrington aren't exactly a team needing brass and are one of the more forward thinking clubs) Least Chalmers's statement was a little more PC this time.

On a more positive note, sounds like it will be a decent following from us with possible 2500 fans going over. Nice little payday.

Re: Wire (A) Challenge Cup : Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:00 pm  

https://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/article ... eam-update That's the statement he should have made last time.

https://www.bradfordbulls.co.uk/article ... eam-update That's the statement he should have made last time.

Re: Wire (A) Challenge Cup : Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:14 pm  

Bull Mania wrote:

Warrington not allowing game to have a delayed stream (surprising as Warrington aren't exactly a team needing brass and are one of the more forward thinking clubs) Least Chalmers's statement was a little more PC this time.

On a more positive note, sounds like it will be a decent following from us with possible 2500 fans going over. Nice little payday.

Warrington aren't allowing a LIVE stream. The full game will be shown at 6pm on Sunday.

And I will be amazed if we take 2500 supporters.

But yes, at least this one was a bit more professionally written than the Workington shambles.

Re: Wire (A) Challenge Cup : Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:05 pm  

Yeah, it's a bit more reserved than the Workington one. But I think that's because it's not been a case of the permission being pulled 24 hours before the game after all the preparations including the Proper Sport guys driving all the way to Workington and back to discuss setup positions has happened.

Warrington have said that they don't want the game shown live but have no objection to a delayed showing at 6pm, the same as the other cup games we've had this year.

There are some interesting things said in the statement re future streaming of games mind you. It does seem that the idea is to see how well the service does this year in terms of viewers and the potential for monetizing those views in the future - a sensible course of action and I've no doubt that other clubs will be looking on at Bradford's experiment to see if this is something they could use.

Re: Wire (A) Challenge Cup : Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:15 pm  

Are the BBC not streaming a match this weekend?

Re: Wire (A) Challenge Cup : Wed Apr 18, 2018 5:58 pm  

roofaldo2 wrote:

Warrington have said that they don't want the game shown live but have no objection to a delayed showing at 6pm, the same as the other cup games we've had this year.

It actually says that they have objected to it being shown at 6pm on Saturday, instead they have to wait until Sunday 6pm to show it.

[Bullseye]

Re: Wire (A) Challenge Cup : Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:40 pm  

U16s streamed live tonight. Good to see.

Re: Wire (A) Challenge Cup : Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:54 pm  

rugbyreddog wrote:

Are the BBC not streaming a match this weekend?

York vs Catalans on Sunday at 3.00 pm

Re: Wire (A) Challenge Cup : Wed Apr 18, 2018 8:35 pm  

[quote="paulwalker71"]York vs Catalans on Sunday at 3.00 pm[/quote]

With streaming being a subject on twitter again and some people moaning at Bradford again for doing it, it will be refreshing to see York's actions for the game against Catalans.

While fans on twitter moan about streaming and Catalans bringing no away fans, York will relish this game as chance to showcase their club to a wider audience and will get a healthy crowd. They're already heavily marketing it. Dont see them moaning about lack of away fans or that its being streamed by the BBC for free so no one will turn up. Great to see and they're putting sl clubs to shame (3.5k at Widness and just over 4k at Huddersfield last week)