True and,tbh,if memory serves me right,was a decent crowd as well....who did they play in next rd at boulevard...Widnes?

Was it Oldham? I remember they were comfortably beaten and as I left Rob Darcy was loudly celebrating because it had won him a few bob at the bookies.

May be right....i know they got well beat...remember widnes at home....that was bloody cold as well.

I was there. Went straight to LAs afterwards and warmed up

their game against the bulls tomorrow might be also called off

I'll be gutted if this is called off, after such a promising display against Bradford, with Warrington missing key players like Briers and Joel Monaghan...and 4 years of dreary rugby...

Please health and safety officers, let us play!

Just watched Salford v Cas the pitch was covered in snow .Been snowing from early on
both set of fans got there .It just didn't snow on the pitch .KC Stadium has under - soil
heating that should have kick in .If other can get to games so should we .The only time a
game should be called off is if the pitch is unplayable .The Leeds game when ahead and it got colder
has the game when on

The main issue is about getting in and out of the ground. If there was an evacuation, the ground has to allow the stadium to fully empty in line with its safety certificate.

The club may well have spoken with the council about having the ploughs and gritters paying a mid morning visit to ensure the walkways immediately around the ground are safe.

As someone who can and has called off pro-games, I would be unconcerned about the pitch given there is undersoil heating to prevent freezing - there might be snow on the pitch, but if there is no ice then its game on with yellow balls and blue lines!!!

Outside the stadium is different and I would be liaising with the ground safety officer to understand the risks to a potential 15,000 crowd. If there was to be a 5000 crowd that could be contained within a small area of the stadium, then clearing less of the outer area may help to get the game on, but a large crowd in all 4 stands presents a bigger challenge to the safety.

If the ground outside could not be made safe, I would call the game off.

Coming on here with your rules and regulations.





How do you rate the chances of the game going ahead?

Knowing our council, I would say that at the mo it is 30% max that the game will go ahead imo.

Its not just the council. It'll be the club and the police who make the decision.

Its not nice out there at present and a few more hours of it tonight and it'll be a no go tomoz im sorry to say. If the game was on monday i dont think it would be a problem.

Perhaps the club might put out a call early tomorrow to help clear certain areas then there could be a possibility.

The decision will have to be made pretty early and also the safety of the Warrington team/fans taken into consideration.

Can't see it going ahead if I'm honest.

Got to agree with that. I would think travel over the Pennines won't be too clever. I'm out in Market Weighton and its still snowing heavily here and is pretty deep on the ground.

On Twitter:
staff apparently asked to go help clear snow at 8 in morning pitch fine and game not dead yet.....

Just heard KC need ppl to go down in the morning & clear the walkways!

As posted earlier, I'm a wire fan living in Hull and would be more than willing to go and help in the morning. If just 20 said the same it would surely be enough to ensure the game goes ahead?

If rumours about key players being missing are to be believed, wouldn't be a bad thing for the game to be called off.

I don't believe that Hull would have been stupid enough to name 3/4 injury doubts in the squad, and you aren't going to find a better time to play Wire than with Hodgson, Briers and J Monaghan out.

Sportsmanship at its finest. [i[u"in any kind of weather????[/u[/i

Reckon the pitch will be fine, but without looking at the surrounding areas it's hard to tell. If it just snows and the temparature doesn't fall too much, reckon a hundred hardy souls could clear the surrounds tomorrow morning. If it freezes underneath the snow, it could be iffy.

The steps into the stadium might also be frozen and that could jeopardise it.
My rfl colleagues will no doubt be down early to inspect.

Forecast for tomorrow is warmer and no more snow so that will give the game every chance.

The snow's expected to stop around midnight and there's no more forecasted so if they can clear the surrounding areas especially the bridge /steps on the south east corner then it may be ok.

What on earth does it have to do with sportsmanship?

Sportsmanship- the fact you want a game to be cancelled because you don't think your side is strong enough. Latter part was a reference to the snow, let's all rally together and make sure the game goes ahead!

Any word of what time a pitch inspection will be?

I'd imagine that when staff arrive early in the morning, it will be apparent quickly enough whether the outside areas are salvageable in time for the match.

Really hope it goes ahead - travelled back from uni and gave up Super Bash tickets. :/

I didn't say I wanted the game called off. Of course any fan would want their best players players playing in each game so if it was to be re-scheduled, it wouldn't be a bad thing. (for either club)

Why would their be a pitch inspection, when we got under soil heating, think its all to do with the snow round the k.c and walk aways leading to the kc