Just the usual "professional Northerners"
so that's
Michael Parkinson
"Dickie" Bird
Bernard Cribbins and Colin Welland

Just your usual Royal Box loiterers on CC Final day.

Definitely the spitting image of his dad.......

I work with someone who tried to buy two tickets for a South Africa game, £248, for the two, standard seats too.

Certainly if Royal patronage is going to take place it should be spread across the whole sporting spectrum, otherwise it looks very biased.

Guy at work paid £150 each for 5 England/Fiji tickets - the true definition of "more money than sense"

The irony of this thread is brilliant

As Baldrick once said 'Irony..it's like goldy and bronzy'

I must confess i tried watching some of the Wales match & was asleep after 10 minutes. Luckily i managed to find an old Bargain Hunt when i woke up.

https://twitter.com/rugbyworldcup/statu ... 0366728194

https://twitter.com/rugbyworldcup/statu ... 0366728194

Sums em up.

Just fyi, this is getting removed in the morning, let's not give em any more intenet traffic

So, as someone who attended public school, has siblings who live in Hertfordshire, has played rugby union a lot, spent £165 each on 2 tickets to the rugby union world cup opening game (to take my dad for his 70th birthday (as he always played union, but also introduced me to league and incidentally warrington rlfc from when he worked as a surgeon at warrington general hospital)), spent this morning coaching my sons U14 rugby union team on the wirral, is very much interested in rugby union and the world cup......

but... is a season ticket holder at Wire (has been for over 25 years), got the train back from London on Saturday after the union game specifically to get to yesterdays wire game, also played rugby league to a decent standard, makes sure my business sponsors players/ matches (to do nothing more than support the club), doesn't read the daily mail (can't stand it), is already talking to club about sponsorship next year, bends over backwards to support the club in everything it does, doesn't always get to away games, but has been to an awful lot (including France on 7 occasions), supports international rugby league, lives and breaths wire......

Have I 'more money than sense', am a boring 'yawnion' upper class prick, doesn't fit in on this message board, shouldn't be tolerated???????????

I sit back and look at the narrow minded, tedious, negative drivel that is endemic on this message board and amongst many fans. I wonder why people look down on our sport.......

I think next season is going to be great. And if it isn't, so what? I'll still love the wire. Its whats in your heart that matters. If you don't like it, go find something else to whinge about...............

Did you enjoy the game?
Who were England playing & what was the score.

Quote ="daveandferdy"So, as someone who attended public school, has siblings who live in Hertfordshire, has played rugby union a lot, spent £165 each on 2 tickets to the rugby union world cup opening game (to take my dad for his 70th birthday (as he always played union, but also introduced me to league and incidentally warrington rlfc from when he worked as a surgeon at warrington general hospital)), spent this morning coaching my sons U14 rugby union team on the wirral, is very much interested in rugby union and the world cup...... but... is a season ticket holder at Wire (has been for over 25 years), got the train back from London on Saturday after the union game specifically to get to yesterdays wire game, also played rugby league to a decent standard, makes sure my business sponsors players/ matches (to do nothing more than support the club), doesn't read the daily mail (can't stand it), is already talking to club about sponsorship next year, bends over backwards to support the club in everything it does, doesn't always get to away games, but has been to an awful lot (including France on 7 occasions), supports international rugby league, lives and breaths wire...... Have I 'more money than sense', am a boring 'yawnion' upper class prick, doesn't fit in on this message board, shouldn't be tolerated??????????? I sit back and look at the narrow minded, tedious, negative drivel that is endemic on this message board and amongst many fans. I wonder why people look down on our sport....... I think next season is going to be great. And if it isn't, so what? I'll still love the wire. Its whats in your heart that matters. If you don't like it, go find something else to whinge about...............'" Get yourself a copy of this for your next train ride. An interesting read.www.amazon.co.uk/The-Forbidden-G ... 1901347052

Quote ="daveandferdy"So, as someone who attended public school, has siblings who live in Hertfordshire, has played rugby union a lot, spent £165 each on 2 tickets to the rugby union world cup opening game (to take my dad for his 70th birthday (as he always played union, but also introduced me to league and incidentally warrington rlfc from when he worked as a surgeon at warrington general hospital)), spent this morning coaching my sons U14 rugby union team on the wirral, is very much interested in rugby union and the world cup...... but... is a season ticket holder at Wire (has been for over 25 years), got the train back from London on Saturday after the union game specifically to get to yesterdays wire game, also played rugby league to a decent standard, makes sure my business sponsors players/ matches (to do nothing more than support the club), doesn't read the daily mail (can't stand it), is already talking to club about sponsorship next year, bends over backwards to support the club in everything it does, doesn't always get to away games, but has been to an awful lot (including France on 7 occasions), supports international rugby league, lives and breaths wire...... Have I 'more money than sense', am a boring 'yawnion' upper class prick, doesn't fit in on this message board, shouldn't be tolerated??????????? I sit back and look at the narrow minded, tedious, negative drivel that is endemic on this message board and amongst many fans. I wonder why people look down on our sport....... I think next season is going to be great. And if it isn't, so what? I'll still love the wire. Its whats in your heart that matters. If you don't like it, go find something else to whinge about...............'" Get yourself a copy of this for your next train ride. An interesting read.www.amazon.co.uk/The-Forbidden-G ... 1901347052

Yet another super fan. We bow to your munificence.

It was a powerful read.

Boris Johnson having a go at Corbyn for not going. Forgive me if I'm wrong Boris but I don't remember seeing you at the Rugby League World Cup?

Quote ="Fantastic Mr Cat"Get yourself a copy of this for your next train ride. An interesting read.www.amazon.co.uk/The-Forbidden-G ... 1901347052'" It's a superb book. I was lucky enough to read it in the south of France so it made all the place names that more real. We have actually stayed in the village of ille sur tet where the great Jean Galia was born. The local sports stadium is named after him which is great. The subject of the book however is a ing disgrace. ..the way the snakes siding with the Nazis simply banned our sport and stole its money and assets just as it was about to become more popular than union. .. and while no other country has gone as far a France, they have all thought along the same lines at some time or other.... Its why rather than bitching about a sport that I wouldn't give the time of day to I'm going to make every effort to get to an England kiwi game this autumn ....and we should all try it.... Let's Stop giving air time to this pile of ing hopeless boring nonsense and get behind our own sport..

Quote ="Fantastic Mr Cat"Get yourself a copy of this for your next train ride. An interesting read.www.amazon.co.uk/The-Forbidden-G ... 1901347052'" It's a superb book. I was lucky enough to read it in the south of France so it made all the place names that more real. We have actually stayed in the village of ille sur tet where the great Jean Galia was born. The local sports stadium is named after him which is great. The subject of the book however is a ing disgrace. ..the way the snakes siding with the Nazis simply banned our sport and stole its money and assets just as it was about to become more popular than union. .. and while no other country has gone as far a France, they have all thought along the same lines at some time or other.... Its why rather than bitching about a sport that I wouldn't give the time of day to I'm going to make every effort to get to an England kiwi game this autumn ....and we should all try it.... Let's Stop giving air time to this pile of ing hopeless boring nonsense and get behind our own sport..

Well, we're into day 4, and I've yet to see a ball kicked into the crowd, or a 6'8" bloke being lifted up to catch a ball.

See, it can be done

Neither have i, I've not seen any of those things because i usually fall asleep

Well I saw a big bloke being lifted in the line out at least 3 times in the Welsh game, and I only watched it for 10 minutes at the most.

I noticed that the Japanese were well and truly stitched up. Four days between games at this level is ridiculous.

No Union fan myself, but they're obviously doing something right. Attendances for this tournament are incredible.

So, that was all over rather quickly. Hey-ho.

Day 16, and bar a few seconds on news updates, not seen any of it.

Let the sheep be influenced by what the media tell them.
I'm no more interested in this World Cup, than I am by the World Cups of Speedway, Squash, Table Tennis, Show Jumping, Poker, Ten Pin Bowling, Pool, etc.....

....I don't see why I have to be brow-beaten into liking a sport I have ZERO interest in.

The media control this country of sheep. It's about time people started growing a mindset of their own.