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Just don't bother and give the selected England squad an extra week together at the end of the season. No point giving them a match in June when the WC squad will be completely different.

CM Punk wrote:

Just don't bother and give the selected England squad an extra week together at the end of the season. No point giving them a match in June when the WC squad will be completely different.

I think this would be a far better option than wasting everyone's time by playing a meaningless game against another made up side.

McBanana has apparently said he is going to push for another 2 Exiles games next seasons, which is ludicrous IMO.

Yorkshire vs lancashire - 3 game series throughout season at neutral grounds.
England vs exiles at end of season for one game.
England and england knights then go on tours to places like new zealand and australia

I'd have one England vs Exiles game and go to France for a game as well. It's all well and good wanting us to have a real test via the Exiles match but we also need to keep trying to grow the game on this side of the world and the French are our best hope. They're developing some decent players, there's a good fan base and a trip to France would be a good bonding exercise for a young-ish side ahead of the world cup.

NickyKiss wrote:

I'd have one England vs Exiles game and go to France for a game as well. It's all well and good wanting us to have a real test via the Exiles match but we also need to keep trying to grow the game on this side of the world and the French are our best hope. They're developing some decent players, there's a good fan base and a trip to France would be a good bonding exercise for a young-ish side ahead of the world cup.

I'd do it all at the same time then, Knights to play France as a curtain raiser. If there are no changes to the RL calendar next year then there simply isn't enough time for 2 games. We should have one free weekend dedicated to an international game like this year but without the stupid cramming of a 2nd fixture in midweek.

One Saturday afternoon in June at a reasonably-sized stadium (Langtree/Halliwell maybe Hudds/KC/DW):

3 pm England Knights v France
5.30 pm England v Exiles

We need the game to have its own sponsor, a decent incentive for playing in it (ie prize money) and if possible we should be looking for the release of the NRL-based players so the squads are as strong as possible. If it is marketed well and sensibly priced, together with 2 strong playing squads then the concept will grow. The RFL got greedy trying to add a 2nd fixture this year and it backfired massively.

[Sheldon]

Cleck Bulls wrote:

Yorkshire vs lancashire - 3 game series throughout season at neutral grounds.
England vs exiles at end of season for one game.
England and england knights then go on tours to places like new zealand and australia

Not a bad idea but I wouldn't have the exiles game at the end of the season, i'd leave that for the wcc.

Sheldon wrote:

Not a bad idea but I wouldn't have the exiles game at the end of the season, i'd leave that for the wcc.

Explain?

One Exiles game. One game against France and one game against Wales.

Or...

Two week break. Fly down to NZ for three test series. Friday night, Weds Night, Sunday night. Could help the NZ/SoO situation also.

Wellsy13 wrote:

One Exiles game. One game against France and one game against Wales.

For once I concur