A pre-season [utour[/u of Australia will be extremely beneficial for both the coaches and players alike.

aslong as the wcc *should we win superleague* is still in england i dont care lol as i wont be able afford go australia lol

when does next season actually start then? if we play these on the 4th it must start the 10th weekend ? bet us to lose our 1st game lol

I am actually gonna look in to going to this, would be nice to get a bit of winter sun, now to convince the missus! :s

You can get them over here - there's a thread on that very subject.

You can't get proper Nike Broncos or addidas Titans stuff over here but be warned - NRL Jerseys cost around 180 AUS$ which equates to around £90. It's not an NRL thing either, I was in Australia this time last year and it would cost about £60 to buy a World Cup jersey.

This will be the first time we see Kingy face the P&B. Smash him!

Down Under Leisure in Wigan is well worth a visit, has the lot from the NRL including training wear and shirts.

down under leisure you say?

Bloody hot in Coffs at that time of year.

I've been to a few games at that venue - USA V Japan - Fiji V Cook Islands - a few other games put on by the Coffs council at the same time as Russell Crowe runs his Orana Valley 7s tournament (near his property, about 10 miles from Coffs).

Take plenty of sunscreen and a big hat. I got sunburnt badly every time I went, and i'm used to the sun.

It's a pretty ground - you drive out of town through hills covered in Banana trees for as far as you can see.

Crowd picture - Usa v Japan match at the stadium on Jan 26 - people dressed for the weather.

Jeez, it looks like a crap version of Vicky Park.

Current exchange rate is £1= $1.50 aus

Score board at the ground - should read Japan 0 - 82 Malta



Jarrod Sammut on the break for Malta - the Japanese are too polite to tackle him.

kit-clash-tastic

Trying to find a shot that shows the condition of the ground - which is excellent by the way.

This one of Fiji V Cook Islands is the best i can find.

It's a medium sized country town, halfway exactly between Sydney and Brisbane. The ground has about 4k seats I think, and can fit another 5k around the hills - but only a mad dog or an Englishman would sit in the sun.



Wide shot of the ground (USA and Japan sides lined up for anthums)

Never heard of it, thought somebody might have mentioned it on here...

This one is of Fiji playing in the Orara Valley 7s the next day.
Shows the sort of countryside.

Paying good money to sit on the floor?

Disgraceful.

With the spidrs and snakes too, sod that.

It's not bad in good weather - not sure if i can explain that concept to you. It's when the sky goes a funny blue colour and no water falls on you - it's like that a lot in Coff's in Feb.

8 out of 10 for sarcasm

I've just got back from oz, had a brill time, went to a few match including state of origin, my origin top cos me 180 bucks which is about £120, the club teams you could pick there tops up from nerellan shopping centre for about 90 bucks which is about £60, I will be making the trip in feb, it's easy for me as I only need to pay for flights and luxurys, hope to see many wire fans on my trip.

There is a massive rl shop in Parramata, ( Peter Wynn) ims, get any nrl top in there + rl related goodies. Even get Wigan shirts.

This could become a very expensive trip. Apparently CH is some 600 km away from Sydney towards Brisbane. surely, it would have been more punter friendly to play the game in Sydney or Brisbane.

cheapest flights we have seen is £750

Were booking them next week and weve allready booked a cheap hotel wooooooo

who was them flights with