France vs England - October 23rd Perpignan

[Hartwood]

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but I couldn't find a thread anywhere.

From loverugbyleague.com - "the Rugby Football League is close to securing an agreement with their French counterparts for an autumn international at Stade Gilbert Brutus on Saturday, October 23"

 

[Coastbloke]

Looks to be a goer. A company called Catalan Sports Tours has announced a very nice looking 3 night tour From either Liverpool or Manchester to Barcelona then a transfer to Perpignan. Quality accommodation, wine tours, Buffet brekkies etc.

Also it looks like it'll be a double header with both women's and men's Tests..

 

[jim_57]

Scotland V Jamaica & England Knights V Jamaica confirmed.

Hopefully Wales V Ireland can happen as well.

 

[Coastbloke]

Meanwhile in Oz....

 

[siv]

Finally

 

[Perth Red]

Meanwhile in Oz....

the sound of silence................... But hey lets talk about Origin next year lol

 

[Hoofhearted]

Looked at the guide, they are showing the womens game as well.

SCRUM-FREE TEST

Fox Sports has secured the rights to Saturday night’s France-England Test, which holds particular interest because it will be played without scrums.

Eliminating scrums has been an argument around the NRL for years, with some pushing for it and others in fierce resistance.

The Test, in Perpignan, gives supporters a chance to witness the scrum-less game at high level. Roosters coach Trent Robinson will be one interested observer, with Robinson a director of the French rugby league. Coverage starts 9.55pm Saturday.

 

[Coastbloke]

I'm actually shocked. But awesome anyway...

 

[Eric F]

8 new caps for England, but France really fielding an inexperienced squad.

 

[jim_57]

Men’s game starts about 12:30am (11:30pm QLD) as best I can tell. Definitely staying up for this, first top tier international for 2 years.

 

[Perth Red]

Solid game for England, good opportunity to blood some new players. France started very slowly but got into the game and had some really good spells. Thought the ref was a bit lenient with englands offside which didn’t help the French, Nice to be able to watch international RL!!

 

[miguel de cervantes]

for those unaware, the ref was Benjamin Casty, brother of Remi Casty playing his last game.

talk about a conflict of interest! [joke]

 

[miguel de cervantes]

full mens game:

 

[baselinepanther]

the sound of silence................... But hey lets talk about Origin next year lol

why wouldn't we talk about the biggest sporting event/events held in this country annually lol
i mean seriously ...
its your soap dodging mates that brought about the end of the international game 50 years ago when the game in the UK fell over , not our fault you couldn't keep up

we've moved on to bigger & better things after flogging your lot got boring ...

 

[Coastbloke]

I'm afraid to ask about the crowd, but.......
Did it at least get to early 5 figures...

 

[miguel de cervantes]

I'm afraid to ask about the crowd, but.......
Did it at least get to early 5 figures...

6xxx

 

[LeagueXIII]

I'm afraid to ask about the crowd, but.......
Did it at least get to early 5 figures...

No, but the All Blacks got to 3 figures against the 17th ranked team in the global game

 

[LeagueXIII]

Solid game for England, good opportunity to blood some new players. France started very slowly but got into the game and had some really good spells. Thought the ref was a bit lenient with englands offside which didn’t help the French, Nice to be able to watch international RL!!

Agree with you there, thought he was reluctant to blow a penalty.

Maybe a case for neutral refs.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

No, but the All Blacks got to 3 figures against the 17th ranked team in the global game

Who did they play and what was the crowd?

 

[siv]

France need to play a warm up game before they play England

So they can develop combinations