: Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:46 pm  

Bilko wrote:

No they'll play France away then as well.

This is a mid season test that is now contracted to be broadcast by the BBC. So it could be an afternoon kick off or a 5:30 if they do what they did in the 4th Round of the Cup last year.

The 4N is contracted to Sky.

tonight on sky -listed what there are showing this season, France v England plus the 4 nations was listed for sky

: Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:15 pm  

Bilko wrote:

Lot of plans by Wigan fans have already been made for Celtic away.

You'll have to leave Bridgend REALLY EARLY to be back in Wigan for 4.30pm.

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:44 am  

bryanthered wrote:

tonight on sky -listed what there are showing this season, France v England plus the 4 nations was listed for sky

so it looks like the pre 4 nations warm up will be on the bbc?

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:26 pm  

roughyedspud wrote:

so it looks like the pre 4 nations warm up will be on the bbc?

If so, it would be nice to play against a full strength Ireland team.

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:35 pm  

bryanthered wrote:

tonight on sky -listed what there are showing this season, France v England plus the 4 nations was listed for sky

I saw that aswell just wondering wot game the BBC are showing if its a warm up game it wont be played on a fri nite with thier schedule at BBC

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:53 pm  

good...i'll be able to go then..

: Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:05 pm  

Sod the "my club blah blah blah" suspects, playing a game in Paris is a tremendous idea.

Rugby League has already made recent inroads into the city with the Catalans-Nike-Champs-Elysées initiative and, as Mintball notes, Bernard Laporte has seemed far more positive towards RL than most of us treizistes feared when the former RU national coach was given the job of sports minister.

In spite of the World Cup, RL in France is in its best health for decades and I admire the ambition of the FFR13 in taking international matches onto a national platform. At the end of the day, a French RL match taking place in Perpignan would get as much national coverage as, say, an England netball international taking place in Carlisle. Pretty much zip outside of local media.

And contrary to what was implied earlier in the thread, Paris is certainly not a "hotbed" of RU. They have one large club bankrolled by an incredibly rich man who manage to put together big events a few times a season. And fair play to them. But people flock to RU matches in the Stade de France BECAUSE it's in Paris, and that's what gives glamour to those events. Anyone who's ever knocked about in any of the suburbs surrounding St Denis will know that it really is not RU territory.

: Sun Feb 08, 2009 3:55 pm  

that rich guy from stade francais is a bit of a league fan too btw

: Sun Feb 08, 2009 3:57 pm  

roughyedspud wrote:

that rich guy from stade francais is a bit of a league fan too btw

heard he follows swinton

[Hillsborough Lad]

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:25 am  

Is there a confirmed Kick off time for this? Wanting to book cheapo train tickets