France vs. England

[rhino]

England by 10

[jim]

I still have not recieved an answer from fox, anyone who wants to help me "put pressure" on them so to speak, use the following e-mail.

[e-mail]

I have even tried 9 on the off chance that they might play it.

Win TV Contact

Any help would be appreciated.

[Druzik]

Yep will be getting onto them over lunch.

[Marv]

watchings skys boots and all show yesterday and was happy to see a small preview on the Eng v France game.................................until the presenters opened their mouths...........

first question: what sort of side should tony smith pick?

stevos Answer: his strongest..........(fair enough by me)

2nd question: should he not be looking to squad players as last years france game? (again fair point)

stevos Answer: no, he should be looking at Peacock and morley in FR with roby look to get that combo going (again no worries i understand the need for the right team balance, but here is where stevo makes me think "why do we bother")

he continues: If we are realistic only 3 sides can do anything in the WC (this from the top caller of the company which has agreed to screen the games live )

he carrys on: I dont care if we smash france 70-0 we need to get things right for the Aussies.

fair comment but if he seriously thinks a warm up game against france is perfect preperation for at least 2 games of much higher standard (nz and aus) then he is sadly mistaken and needs earlier retirement than i first thought!!!

not once did they consider what France wil take from this game, infact I see the game as far more important to France than England, we all know Eng can beat France and they almost certainly will but I personally hope that France can better last years scoreline of 40-14 a game in which they were by no means embarresed.

glad I got that off my chest but its been bugging me all night

[Druzik]

Marv am 100% with you on that.

Stevo is sounding like our own Rabs... knows lots about the technical points of the game, but F-all about the general stste of the game.

Rabs comment 2 years ago on our own Boots 'n all, bugs me to this day. He was complaining about the 'lack' of international RL, ststing the usual, East coast oz, Auckland NZ, nth england and.... here is the doozy.... 'Forget about franc its non existent'. Now last I looked, there are towns in France where RL is all they think about.... Catalans crowds put some NRL ones to shame, the Elite finals drew respectable crowds as well.

He also neglects the fact that there are over 30 countries playing IRL... now last I looked at the dictionary that means its an international sport... its insular myopic thinking of people like rabs that keeps the game from getting big.

I think IRL and RL in general could do with a good overhaul of commentators and reporters... there are some that need to go, not just in the UK but also Aus.

[Druzik]

from the RLWC08 site... lets help him out.

This is mainly for people in New Zealand who want to watch the game. Sky TV in NZ will try secure the rights for the match, if theres enough interest in it. So it will require quite afew emails. If theres demand they try to show. So just wondering if anyone could help out. Im dying to watch the match, it being world cup year. That would be awesome.

Email- [e-mail]

Or the proper way they want you to do it- go to www.skytv.co.nz and go to contact.

Thanks for your help if you do

[Marv]

I agree druzik, anyway heres john monies provisional France squad for next weeks test.

Jean-Christophe Borlin (Saint Gaudens)

Laurent Carrasco, Sébastien Planas, Adel Fellous, Constant Villégas, Fred Vaccari, Trent Clayton (Toulouse)

Christophe Moly, Teddy Sadaoui (Carcassonne)

Maxime Grésèque, Sébastien Martins (Pia)

Pierre Sabatié (Villeneuve)

James Wynne, Jared Taylor, Mickaël Tribillac, Nicolas Munoz(Lézignan)

Fred Zitter (Lyon).

Superleague players will be added to that list

[Marv]

Greseque Out

[jim]

Jun 19, 2008 20:27:26 GMT 10 Druzik said:

from the RLWC08 site... lets help him out.

This is mainly for people in New Zealand who want to watch the game. Sky TV in NZ will try secure the rights for the match, if theres enough interest in it. So it will require quite afew emails. If theres demand they try to show. So just wondering if anyone could help out. Im dying to watch the match, it being world cup year. That would be awesome.

Email- [e-mail]

Or the proper way they want you to do it- go to www.skytv.co.nz and go to contact.

Thanks for your help if you do

I can't sign in

dan you want to do me a favour? put the link [e-mail] in there for me, and ask him to return the favour and for any other aussie who wants to watch the game. I will contact sky to help him out, I just wish Fox would be open to something like that instead of just ignoring emails

[jim]

Jun 19, 2008 20:29:11 GMT 10 Marv said:

Greseque Out

damn, that should ensure bosc plays 5/8 IMO.

[Druzik]

Jun 19, 2008 20:52:30 GMT 10 jim said:

Jun 19, 2008 20:29:11 GMT 10 Marv said:

Greseque Out

damn, that should ensure bosc plays 5/8 IMO.

Done!

[jim]

Jun 19, 2008 22:50:14 GMT 10 Druzik said:

Jun 19, 2008 20:52:30 GMT 10 jim said:

damn, that should ensure bosc plays 5/8 IMO.

Done!

;D

I tried contacting the RLWC website about why my account isn't working but shock horror it didn't work

I have noticed they have updated the broadcasters though, looks an impressive list so far, hopefull USA can get full coverage, not just an online feed.

[jim]

When are the squads anounced for this game?

[Druzik]

Dunno... maybe monday or tuesday.

[Marv]

Jun 19, 2008 20:52:30 GMT 10 jim said:

Jun 19, 2008 20:29:11 GMT 10 Marv said:

Greseque Out

damn, that should ensure bosc plays 5/8 IMO.

I think after such a great season at Catalans John Monie was going to go with both of them in the halfs, Full Back has been a problem for France for as long as I can remember. Kiwi Jared Taylor qualifies on residency grounds and has had a great season this year, so I hope it goes good for him, if thats what Monie does go with.