Re: OT - Eng vs NZ @ Hudds : Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:06 pm  

leedsnsouths wrote:

Well in the 90s we used to play matches at Old Trafford and Wembeley and go near to selling them out, so selling out a 24,000 seater stadium isn't exactly a brilliant achievement

Remember Marathon bars and white dog poo?
Happy days.

Re: OT - Eng vs NZ @ Hudds : Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:11 pm  

loiner81 wrote:

Remember Marathon bars and white dog poo?
Happy days.

Re: OT - Eng vs NZ @ Hudds : Mon Oct 24, 2016 7:25 pm  

leedsnsouths wrote:

Well in the 90s we used to play matches at Old Trafford and Wembeley and go near to selling them out, so selling out a 24,000 seater stadium isn't exactly a brilliant achievement

People like to rant and rave about the RFL but always either misremember facts or delude themselves that Rugby League has ever not been what it is - a battling, second tier (in popularity) national sport which has to fight for both crowds and attention.


Average attendances vs the Kiwis for series in the UK:

1980: 8,729
1985: 16,769
1989: 17,206
1993: 22,590
1998: 19,734
2002: 20,835
2007: 19,360
2015: 30,887

2015 was historically exceptional and the 2016 Huddersfield game being sold out is also very atypical of these matches. The RFL needed to bring a game to W Yorks as we haven't had a top ranking test match for some time and are one of the most loyal heartlands - and Hudds is the only viable option other than Elland Road.

Re: OT - Eng vs NZ @ Hudds : Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:26 am  

The Ghost of '99 wrote:

People like to rant and rave about the RFL but always either misremember facts or delude themselves that Rugby League has ever not been what it is - a battling, second tier (in popularity) national sport which has to fight for both crowds and attention.


Average attendances vs the Kiwis for series in the UK:

1980: 8,729
1985: 16,769
1989: 17,206
1993: 22,590
1998: 19,734
2002: 20,835
2007: 19,360
2015: 30,887

2015 was historically exceptional and the 2016 Huddersfield game being sold out is also very atypical of these matches. The RFL needed to bring a game to W Yorks as we haven't had a top ranking test match for some time and are one of the most loyal heartlands - and Hudds is the only viable option other than Elland Road.

But but but 1980's Great Britian tours muddy pitches shaun edwards the games terrible now compared to then.

[Bullseye]

Re: OT - Eng vs NZ @ Hudds : Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:07 am  

Attendances vs the kiwis were always poor compared with games vs the Aussie.

Odd really since often they were better games.

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: OT - Eng vs NZ @ Hudds : Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:17 am  

More brutal.

Looking for tickets for Saturday : Tue Oct 25, 2016 1:44 pm  

2 x kids and 2 x adults if anyone knows anyone as my last thread was derailed

Re: OT - Eng vs NZ @ Hudds : Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:28 pm  

Nice to see neutrality with Robert Hicks being selected as ref for this match

truly irks me how it STILL isn't compulsory to have a neutral ref in every international match like other sports.

Re: OT - Eng vs NZ @ Hudds : Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:41 pm  

Biff Tannen wrote:

Nice to see neutrality with Robert Hicks being selected as ref for this match

truly irks me how it STILL isn't compulsory to have a neutral ref in every international match like other sports.

When the annual or biannual outraged meltdown whingefest begins over an Aussie ref being appointed for the fixture between England and Australia, I expect you to join me in asking where that outrage was when an English ref was appointed for England's fixtures against the Kiwis and Scotland

Re: OT - Eng vs NZ @ Hudds : Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:52 pm  

William Eve wrote:

When the annual or biannual outraged meltdown whingefest begins over an Aussie ref being appointed for the fixture between England and Australia, I expect you to join me in asking where that outrage was when an English ref was appointed for England's fixtures against the Kiwis and Scotland

This is my point though! the outrage should be taken out of questions by having a neutral ref in every game.

and yeah, the outrage will come