www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... ticle.html Who is Mark Maguire though? first time ive ever heard his name mentioned

www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... ticle.html Who is Mark Maguire though? first time ive ever heard his name mentioned

About time too, it'll be four years since the last International at the KC which is far too long.

not going to complain but would've been good to have the aussies as we seem to always get the kiwis'

at least my mum will be pleased being half kiwi

thats because they know they can sell out an england v australia game more or less anywhere in the rugby league heartlands but the only way they'll get a decent crowd for the kiwis is in Hull. sadly I reckon the poor crowds for the last NZ tour largely killed off the traditional 3 test tour of this country and made way for the 4 nations competition and the extremely popular ashes tours were a big casualty of this.

Do we?

2003 - Australia
2004 - New Zealand
2005 - Australia
2006 - Samoa
2007 - New Zealand

In a way, I wouldn't mind having the England vs France/Wales game at the KC. Wouldn't mind seeing someone different for a change, and I reckon we could get a decent crowd for it in Hull (better than at Donny anyway). Think the RFL need to start being a bit more ambitious with their stadium selections. Picking a 14k ground for an international will only make people think it's not that important.

If Wales win the European Cup though, I would hazard a guess that it would be in the North West area (closer to Wales). They could probably sell out the DW with the right kind of promotion.

fair enough, maybe as it will be 6 years(next year)since we had the aussies they could have carried on alternating the venues, seems the jjb always get them

Would have had it the last time round if it wasnt for that to$$er Duffen.

thats all under the bridge now, atleast were moving in the right direction!

Cant we have OZ v NZ

I'd imagine that'll be at the Stoop as in 2009.

Would sooner watch that than our shower of $hit and would get a damn sight better crowd here than it would down there.

Oh I quite agree. Aus v NZ at the KC would be awesome. I just think the RFL will go for the Stoop, they got over 12,000 in 2009.

Pi$$ poor though that isnt it for a match of that stature....there are a damn sight more convicts and Kiwis in london than that....sod them down south...bring it up here and get a full crowd in.......23.000 shouting for the Kiwis...lol

I would think the red and white lot would be supporting Australia

This conversation had nothing to do with us not one of us commented on it but some still just cant help bringing us up.
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Indeed, it's a thread about international rugby league.

Sadly you do reckon.

What killed off any three-test tour was financials and logistics.

It simply is no longer feasible to continue in the traditional 3-test format

Well most of our Aussie stars are Test-level IMO.





Re the news, absolutely fantastic, common sense says this city should have international rugby, brilliant for all RL fans in Hull.

Be nice to see some decent rugby at the KC

Eh?

It's only five weeks and a day since the stadium witnessed a world-class display by a team of Test-level stars.

bet quins ground gets that game

Wouldn't interest me live personally - would kinda be a great spectacle, but the atmosphere would surely be dead.

GB/England match over Aus v NZ everytime IMO.

Hey O/T with the popularity of NFL over here I wonder if we'll ever see an American Football game played at the KC?

I ing hope not roofs.

Would rather have a decent band play.

Agree 100% Sheldon, just meant because they manage to sell out Wembley every time for (IIRC) exhibition matches, wouldn't be a big shock if they staged some kind of 'On the Road' travelling tour of matches to cash in on it's popularity.