His views on some of our grounds are hardly surprising. First impressions count and his first away game was at Leeds. A dump if ever there was one!
He may have talked down a few of our grounds but he did talk up us supporters.
Quite a fair article really.

youve got to take in to account that the weather is worst over here so the pitches are never going to be at the best standard but rating pitches it would be:

Odsal - dont know why people are slagging the pitch off because as a regular spectator it always seems to be up to standard.

Probiz colliseum - alway seems to be a very good pitch.

Catalan - always looks good

Giants - very good

FC - good to say football is played there too.

KR - quite decent

Rhinos - at start of season terrible but seemed ok after that

London - always quite good

salford - really good

saints - very good

wakey - quite good but not the best

warington - always seems good

Widnes - cant fault it and very modern apart from players getting grazed knees

Wigan - very good

You can only expect bad pitches at the start of the season because the bad weather with the snow in australia they dont have that same problem so therefore its easier for them and the ground over there is solid.

So on that's basis the ground where they play the grand final, origin and host the big Sydney derbys is average cause it's too big? Utter drivel.

I'm a Warry fan, but on the gems in SL in my humble opinion is Castleford's. great atmosphere and genuine decent people. A fixture I will look forward to this year.

I'm a Warry fan, but on the gems in SL in my humble opinion is Castleford's. great atmosphere and genuine decent people. A fixture I will look forward to this year.

His quote is confusing. If he is referring to the pitches at UK grounds then places like Leeds and, indeed, Wigan at times will not have impressed (whereas Wakey for example will have done). If he is referring to the behind the scenes stuff that players see - changing rooms etc then places like Leeds and most of the flatpack stadia will be up there with the Aussie stuff whilst Cas for example would not.

The third option is that he is referring to spectator comfort. But that seems unlikely.

He played in the Cup at Post Office Road, I'd expect that's where the cow paddock comment came from. Not exactly controversial

cant agree more about castleford really like the atmosphere there

Been to ANZ numerous times and yep it is a crap ground for club games. Great when 50K+ in it but given 99% of club games played there get sub 20k its moon like atmosphere kills the enjoyment of being at the game. Throw in a lack of anything around it, pain to get to, terrible look for the game on TV with 60,000 empty seats and 90% of RL fans in Sydney dislike of it as a club ground and I think I can safely say the RL majority would agree with me. Be like London Broncos playing at Wembley and suggesting it is a great venue for SL games.

Oh right so it's atmosphere now.

So Leichardt must be a good ground on a sunny weekend afternoon?

Your criteria is inconsistent.

Talking about australia stadia, This very day there's an article about suburban grounds here. www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6524122584

Talking about australia stadia, This very day there's an article about suburban grounds here. www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6524122584

I'm amazed that the government owns most of the grounds.

its the way it is over there..

if people read the whole story he is quite complimentary towards the fans/atmosphere of sl..

Atmosphere is one factor, amongst many. Leichardt is a poor ground anz is an avg ground, IMO.

One of the most iconic sporting stadiums in the world, most players would love to play there every week. Manly loved it last year and Melbourne will love it this year. I sit in my old seat every home game and feel proud to be part of a club and ground steeped in history and heritage. You would all secretly miss it if it suddenly disappeared. Ask the Salford fans if they would rather be back at the "dump" that was The Willows, i think you'd get an unequivocal Yes. The new place is a soulless flatpack nightmare.

bang on fella...

That said there are some who like the soulless SCS usually based on the fact it has decent toilets and plastic seats etc.....

Salford's new stadium is crap though.

If they had one like the KC now, they'd never want to see the Willows ever again.

Well said.