Lets all hope that this game makes the snow, as more is due to drop from Tuesday onwards.

I doubt for one minute that this game will take place, going by what the BBC weather forcast says but here goes any how.

Bradford Bulls 34 - Hull Kingston Rovers 20

Attendance 11,678

It's snowing on and off here in Brighouse, but an inch or two have fallen already.

With last weeks snow to add to that, the Odsal steps will be a nightmare.

I feel that the game won't make it just for that fact.

Friday night it's non stop snow, which will just top up what is already on the ground.

Silly question but has anyone been to Odsal in the past 48 hours?

I have faith in the Bulls! And with this weeks game being cancelled they will do everything possible to avoid a fixture list headache.

Do the club own any covers.. I had a feeling they didn't, which could be a problem.

No we don't own any covers

Did they get rid of the ones that were bought in the late 80's early 90', or were they just borrowed?

Not 100% sure about that, maybe we could ask Leeds to borrow there covers?

Could it be switched to Valley Parade, to avoid it being cancelled

Remember a match v Leeds in 93 moving to VP and one in 95-96 moving mcalpine cos of frozen pitches

Yes I have it's in a bad way there looks to be good 4 inch of snow on the pitch and the terracing is bad.

If Odsal faals to the weather it's just as likely VP will too.

No chance, we've got important games there on Saturday and Tuesday next week.

Temperatures are supposed to hit the dizzy heights of 8 degrees by the end of the week so I don't think there's much need to worry about frozen pitches or snow being a problem, the biggest problem might be it all melting onto an uncovered surface.

Well I for one am so glad we switched to summer rugby so we can forget about the Odsal steps turning into a ski slope... oh, hang on



Anyone else remember the first game of summer rugby at Odsal featuring snow? or am I making that up? Home against Cas early in 1996 and we had snow IIRC.

As for the Hull KR game, I reckon it'll be on and we'll win a close one.

I don't know where you've got your weather forecast from but it's not that good according to [url=http://weather.excite.co.uk/forecast/europe/united%20kingdom/bradford/14723this[/url

I use [url=http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/forecast2.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&postalcode=BD1%204NL&metric=1this one[/url.

Ah well, what will be will be.

Exactly.

I remember that Castleford game, we won 30-12 in awful conditions (are first ever Super League game).

Any one remember the 1999 match v Halifax at home?
We won 20-2 and it was non stop rain that night (the worst that I have ever experienced at Odsal), the Fog v Wigan (both games) coming a close second.

What are the conditons like now ?

Ever seen The Day after Tomorrow?

Well it's currently like New York City was in that.

Head South before it's too late.

Hope you get some sun before Sunday.

I like AccuWeather. Their confidence is inspiring.

I live about 3-4 miles away from Odsal as the crow-flies. Here it is sunny and warmer than forecast so a thaw has set in. However, Odsal is a bowl, and the popular (standing) side of the ground will pretty much be in shadow all day in winter.

Also the overnight forecast is -1 to -4 with some snow for the rest of the week, so getting snow/ice off the terraces might be the biggest problem.

Lastly, not that I'm a pessimist or anything, but sometimes the pitch gets waterlogged (although I think they did something about drainage a few years back?). It was not unknown, before 'summer rugby', for games to be reliant on one of our supporters and his road cleaning vehicle squeegeeing the pitch.

I dont think covers would do any good. I dont think the pitch would be the major hurdle, it will be the steps and walkways, if these are iced up there is no way the safety people will allow it.

Shirt sleeve weather in Wibsey (1km from ground). If it stays like this for a couple of days we'll be fine.

cheers mate, looks about 50/50 then.

I have just read an article from 2004 in which Simmo says that the drainage of the pitch has been vastly improved by adding over 60 tonnes of sand over the years. At that time he was waiting for a second pump to arrive to reduce the time to water the pitch! (Apparently it is now too free draining and, before 2nd pump, would take over 8 hours to water!).