Like what? Japan?

That is probably the most sensible post I've ever read from you

Well said, both clubs have much bigger fish to catch before we even get chance to fry it at present !!

However if the situation was to progress into a reality (which I am sure it never would ) there would have to be a weeks grace/ week off after the match to allow the combined team a chance to rest their players before re entering the SL fixtures or the match would have to be played after the season has ended or early in the season (around now) . my choice would be to play it as a nations warm up match prior to the comp starting to help get our lads into a competetive match ...
However as we all know our season here is already too long and.....
1, do we need another match of this intensity to further burden our by then walking wounded players?
2, isnt this sort of exersize what the exiles is all about ??
3, be very difficult for any coach to leave players out of this which could be demoralising for those not picked..

anyway just for fun my team to play would be as follows..

Coach : lee Crooks (knows both teams and is then immune from favouritism)
Team : assuming those being spoken to by SM get picked for the full England squad...

S Briscoe
Fox
Welham
Whiting
Sharp
Horne
Dobson
Omeley
Houghton
Vella
Newton
Mason
Fitzgibbon

Subs from :

Manu
Murrell
Lauaki
Webster
Obst
Tickle

Problem is that pack would IMO smash most teams anywhere on the planet and is the point of the warm up match to cabbage the england forwards ???

all just pie in the sky tho

5 years ago that pack would have, not now.

And the length of the season isn't that relevant to the hull sides, they won't be playing far into the playoffs.

TBF match for match attendances are over 2000 up on last season

Stopped reading at that point

I thought that, if you were to pick a coach both sides of the city would be happy with it'd be James Webster.

I thought Hulls were down?

I know what you mean however he is still involved with FC hence why i went for an off the top of my head choice of coach that is not involved any more, at the end of the day apart from a few set plays a match like this will have very little actual coaching involved, at the most the coach will get the first round in after the match but as for coaching there would be little if anything more than a few passing drills to keep them warmed up .....

read the rest of that line, it explains

Why?? It makes even less sense

Correct....my mistake, thought you meant Rovers attendances





Note to self - read all posts properly

to the brainless maybe

The point is he's useless as a coach, thats why both Hull clubs got shut.

but a city legend that has been involved with both clubs, little coaching will actually be involved, what part of that dont you get

Clueless!!!!

Well done JR!

If it's just a figure head you want look no further than the great Johnny Whiteley. I am certain he'd be far more acceptable to both sets of fans than someone who is best known for his liking of alcohol and he is a TRUE legend of the game

Nothing new

Oh good dumb and dumber are here.

I never suggested Westerman and Tickle were the strongest 2nd rowers in Hull, I said it would be a better idea to showcase English talent.

I notice neither picked up that Murrell was in over Fitzgibbon.

Fook Me Hull aginst Rovers is Hull V Aus

I have just read 7 pages of this tripe and not one person has realised that on Good Friday Hull are playing Australia.


And the best thing is dwarf man wont be making a penny out of it.

Will never happen.

What a miserable bunch of s, neither side will amount to much but both teams have great individuals. It needs to happen and the petty, I'm not supporting them is . It is a great concept no matter who's idea it is. If you were to cut me open I'd have black and white hoops inside. I truely believe a merger is now the way forward a la wests/balmain, st george/ illawarra.