Provisionally pencilled in for 22nd. February, according to League Express, with our Round 3 game being played in the last weekend in January.

Excellent! Shame its not the Eels though, but there would have been a bit of divided loyalty among the 'from Erith ' crowd. Now she can have a go at Melbourne for ruining her Grand Final dreams!! Still it will be nice to see a team from outside the heartlands playing good RL at the Stoop won't it?

Let's hope it's against Bradford!

Can't understand why you guys always get this game, should be shared round each year IMO.

Be careful what you wish for...

I think we get it due to the number of Aussies that work and live dowb here

I dont think there are as many Aussie's up north as down here

Yeah but there's a hell of a lot more RL fans in general up here.

To highlight RL in the South.

They want an easy warm up game

Who will go to the World Club Challenge if they want to see the NRL Champions, in a far more competitive game too.

Yeah but on principle I don't think you should get it.

Thats because you are a clueless baboon.

Run-a-long now.

Said principle being what exactly, that you have the brain cell capacity of a carpet tile?

We get it cuz they know there's no fear in us ever hosting the WCC

now now.......carpet mite at least. Give the principled one some credit

Yea of little faith

I'm gutted Parra didn't win the Grand Final. They're my NRL team and I've seen them play so many times it would've been great to see them at The Stoop - but some of the players that Melbourne could field in that game - wow!

More accurately

'cos we're =redSPECIAL



Shame it won't be Parra, it would have given us another chance to see what we nearly had in Feleti Mateo.

I wonder who our round 3 whingers will be this time? In the end we did badly out of our home game v. the Bulls being postponed for so long that we'd lost all form and they'd started playing, so let's hope for a mild Feb. 2010.

It doesn't matter. We're playing the Melbourne Storm. I shall now do a little dance.

Principle that you still haven't progressed as a club IMO, and such a high profile game should have gone to a club on the rise.

Pity the Eels didnt win the big one.

Personal opinion this would have been a far bigger drawer the the Storm out at the Stoop.

Do not quite agree as know there as loads more 'rules' fans in London than NRL supporters and the majority of them come from Victoria!! So let's hope that they will add to the crowd to see the Home State team who are the NRL champions!!

The one thing which should see a better crowd next February is that London RL/RFL has more time & experience in promoting the game.

We might even make it a7/8k 'gate'.......and even more if they include a ticket booking form/slip in the Aussie/NZ match day programme.