Re: Anyone going to watch the RU World Cup? : Sat Sep 19, 2015 11:26 am  

Re: Anyone going to watch the RU World Cup? : Sat Sep 19, 2015 12:10 pm  

I wonder who will speak at the next RL world cup? The chuckle brothers diary must be pretty clear.

Re: Anyone going to watch the RU World Cup? : Sat Sep 19, 2015 2:28 pm  

There was an amazing number of royal family and associated hangers on at last nights game. Likewise Wimbledon. Now it may well be that they like rugby union and tennis. However, if that's the case, they should be queuing and paying for their seats in the same way that other fans do. On the other hand if they are there on business, to represent the monarchy, they should also have a presence at premier rugby league events.

Re: Anyone going to watch the RU World Cup? : Sat Sep 19, 2015 2:58 pm  

One aspect of Union I like is the lack of the formulaic plays which have ruined League. It is unpredictable. Plus some of the contact is heavier than league. Contested scrums too add something. The rest of it you can keep.

Marketed and ran superbly. League would do anything to have an international game half that of union.

Re: Anyone going to watch the RU World Cup? : Sat Sep 19, 2015 3:01 pm  

Bobby_Peru wrote:

I wonder who will speak at the next RL world cup? The chuckle brothers diary must be pretty clear.

Just the usual "professional Northerners"
so that's
Michael Parkinson
"Dickie" Bird
Bernard Cribbins and Colin Welland

Just your usual Royal Box loiterers on CC Final day.

Re: Anyone going to watch the RU World Cup? : Sat Sep 19, 2015 3:48 pm  

Wire wrote: Definitely the spitting image of his dad.......

Wire wrote: Definitely the spitting image of his dad.......

Re: Anyone going to watch the RU World Cup? : Sat Sep 19, 2015 6:31 pm  

I work with someone who tried to buy two tickets for a South Africa game, £248, for the two, standard seats too.

Re: Anyone going to watch the RU World Cup? : Sat Sep 19, 2015 7:26 pm  

Certainly if Royal patronage is going to take place it should be spread across the whole sporting spectrum, otherwise it looks very biased.

Re: Anyone going to watch the RU World Cup? : Sat Sep 19, 2015 10:33 pm  

TF and the wire wrote:

I work with someone who tried to buy two tickets for a South Africa game, £248, for the two, standard seats too.

Guy at work paid £150 each for 5 England/Fiji tickets - the true definition of "more money than sense"

Re: Anyone going to watch the RU World Cup? : Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:20 am  

The irony of this thread is brilliant