Count down to Wollongong: the Poms (and French) are coming

[Coparugby]

Hi Albert.

Lol

My point is, if sport is about an entertaining match day experience, the SL match with its crazy attacking style combined with its singing passionate fans is far more entertaining than most NRL matches.

 

[latingringo101]

Drove down from Sydney for this match and was fantastic! The chanting plus crazy attacking flair of SL teams was awesome to see! Only 12 K went but it felt like over 30 K!

Bit sloppy at times both teams but the majority of the match was high intensity and great quality

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Escare with the stuff up to gift Hull FC a try

It was another Wigan player who stuffed up Escare's take of the high ball.

 

[Coparugby]

Drove down from Sydney for this match and was fantastic! The chanting plus crazy attacking flair of SL teams was awesome to see! Only 12 K went but it felt like over 30 K!

Bit sloppy at times both teams but the majority of the match was high intensity and great quality

I agree. The whole package, fans, , singing, stadium music, attacking style etc was far beyond anything any NRL cub can offer for a match day experience.

It was awesome. Really really awesome.

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

I thought the best French fullback was an Egyptian Australian?

No. Escare was injured during the World Cup. Before this season he hadn't played for nine months.

 

[The_Shield]

It was another Wigan player who stuffed up Escare's take of the high ball.

No that was definitely Escare’s stuff up and it was a grubber not a high ball. He should of left it for the guy coming forward onto it. Just admit he had a poor game

 

[The_Shield]

I was at the game last night.

I’ve been to 100s of NRL games and that SL game had a better atmosphere than every one of those NRL matches. The Hull fans could really make some noise.

In fact it had a better atmosphere than any match, in any sport, I’ve ever been to in Australia involving Australian clubs. It was great fun.

The atmosphere may have been good but that doesn’t change the fact the game itself was disappointing.

 

[Vee]

No that was definitely Escare’s stuff up and it was a grubber not a high ball. He should of left it for the guy coming forward onto it. Just admit he had a poor game

Albert? NEVER!!!

 

[Coparugby]

The atmosphere may have been good but that doesn’t change the fact the game itself was disappointing.

I never attend matches purely for the game. I attend for the whole package. If last night is any indication, SL beats NRL every time and SL should bring rugby league to the world and not the NRL.

 

[Pig Hunter]

I never attend matches purely for the game. I attend for the whole package. If last night is any indication, SL beats NRL every time and SL should bring rugby league to the world and not the NRL.

OMG really? You're dilusional like the OP.

 

[The_Shield]

I never attend matches purely for the game. I attend for the whole package. If last night is any indication, SL beats NRL every time and SL should bring rugby league to the world and not the NRL.

Yeah well for me, I would rather watch a good game of footy then listen to the crowd play sing song

 

[Coparugby]

OMG really? You're dilusional like the OP.

Yes. The skills were lower with the SL players but the whole match day experience was superior in every way. Significantly superior.

 

[Evil Homer]

Yeah well for me, I would rather watch a good game of footy then listen to the crowd play sing song

Game wasn't any worse than plenty I saw in the NRL last year, get over yourself.

 

[Coparugby]

Yeah well for me, I would rather watch a good game of footy then listen to the crowd play sing song

Most people want a complete package of experiences. The NRL competes with cinemas, concerts, the beach, bowling alleys etc for family attention. Standing on a dirt hill in the rain with a quiet crowd barely appeals to anybody.

Regardless, the NRL will never match what Wigan v Hull FC could as Australian fans are simply too passive.

 

[The_Shield]

Game wasn't any worse than plenty I saw in the NRL last year, get over yourself.

Get over myself? All I said was the game was a disappointment. I never said it was the worst game I’ve ever seen or anything like that.

 

[The_Shield]

Most people want a complete package of experiences. The NRL competes with cinemas, concerts, the beach, bowling alleys etc for family attention. Standing on a dirt hill in the rain with a quiet crowd barely appeals to anybody.

Regardless, the NRL will never match what Wigan v Hull FC could as Australian fans are simply too passive.

The atmosphere at all the games I’ve been to have been great.

And wouldn’t most people at that game have been aussies.

 

[Coparugby]

The atmosphere at all the games I’ve been to have been great.

And wouldn’t most people at that game have been aussies.

There were 1000s of English fans. Hull had over 2000 travel over although it looked like they had even more.

 

[_snafu_]

Carige > Escare

 

[Suitman]

Most people want a complete package of experiences. The NRL competes with cinemas, concerts, the beach, bowling alleys etc for family attention. Standing on a dirt hill in the rain with a quiet crowd barely appeals to anybody.

Regardless, the NRL will never match what Wigan v Hull FC could as Australian fans are simply too passive.

Don't bother mate.
Some people around here cannot handle ANY constructive criticism of the NRL.
I've been to A-League games that shit all over S.O.O. for atmosphere.
As you say, it's all part of the package.

 

[Albert Rosenfeld]

Escare didn't get many chances, but he set up the try that wasn't by the Wigan centre Dan Sarginson with his electric speed.