Do you know if the Catalan RL will be selling any merchandise at the stadium this saturday?

You'd have to hope so.
I'm hoping to get meself a commemorative t-shirt

Playing-wise, no Bird. He's in Australia attending to some legal business. Fakir, Ryles and Greenshields are all back. Stacul, Pelo, Ferriol and Elima all have fitness tests on Friday.


Matchday-wise.... At 1:00 on La Rambla, there's a photo op for supporters. From 2:00 until midnight, there's a bodega near the stadium. Tapas, paella and sandwiches available. 4:30, Catalonia v Czech Republic kicks off. 7:00, Dragons v Wire kicks off.

Bartheau in the 19? Any chance Perry to go to Oz with Bird?

From the Frnech fans, Which TV station will the game be shown on ??

Fingers crossed

Orange Sport, though TV3 and Sky will have cameras there for their own nefarious purposes.

Do you have web sites to any of these Channels ??

Ticket sales have now broke 15,000 www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... elona.html

Ticket sales have now broke 15,000 www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... elona.html

Is this game on sky?

No but they'll be showing highlights after the harlequins-leeds game.

Yes, there will be two official Catalans shops/ stands selling merchandise at the ground. One will be on the inside of the stadium and one just outside. They are situated near to the entrances to the stadium so you should be able to find them pretty easily. Happy hunting.

It is going to be a memorable weekend whatever the score. I hope plenty of wire fans join in the festivities on the way to the stadium. Many Catalans fans have arrange to march there en-masse(or on mass as they say in France

) and hopefully many Wire fans will join them. At the end of the day, it is a show-piece event for us all (no being silly beggers please!

). Plenty of this

plenty of this

but hopefully none of this

It's live on Catalan station 33. More than likely they'll be showing highlights of the Catalonia-Czech Republic game at half time.

Good luck with the event! It sounds like a lot of hard work is paying off given that the pre-match ticket sales have pushed through the 15,000 mark. I hope the target 20,000 is reached, that both teams play their best rugby and that the Dragons win!!


Highlights are also being shown at 2.30pm on Sunday, which is a decent time for the highlights show for a change (why can't all the highlights shows be at decent times?)

No and neither does anyone else.

details about that on the official site now...

oooooh

ffs. Perry in, no Bentley. Why oh why oh why...?

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I reckon, what the heck. Bentley tops the tackle count in the test & still can't get a start!!!

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12.30-13.00: Meeting of Catalans supporters at the Canaletes fountain (Rambla).

14.00: Ticket office opens at l’Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys de Montjuïc.

14.00: On the stadium walk, special area to eat and drink until midnight, with a giant paella from 14:00 and again during the '[itercer temps[/i' at the end of the Super League game.

15.30: Stadium doors open.

16.30: International match between Catalonia and the Czech Republic.

18.00: On the pitch, once the international match has finished, there will be a performance by '[icastellers[/i' (traditional Catalan human towers) and choirs who will perform the Catalan national anthem, '[iels Segadors[/i'. The flame of Canigó will then arrive at the stadium.

19.00: Match number 100 of the Catalans in Super League, against the Warrington Wolves.

20.45: The '[itercer temps[/i' in front of the stadium.

Walters out. With his squad selection I'd rather the squad was picked by Goulding.

Andy Wilson from Guardian here, just chuckled at that gag about Briers and Bird in the preview, hoping to get a bit of space in Saturday paper on the Barcelona thing, spoke to Christophe Levy and Remy on Monday but wondered if any posters to this site nearer the scene and could provide any first-hand info of what sort of profile game has had, etc - yes, i know we should be there ourselves, but recession-hit newspaper budgets don't stretch to paris and barca on consecutive weekends.

CAtalancs, over to you...

Full page ad in Catalonia's leading sports paper last weekend.
Game to be covereed live on 33 (read BBC2) with highlights/full game of Catalonia-Czech Republic on afterwards.
Reports this week on sports section of TV3 news.
English language newspaper, Catalonia Today had an 8-page pull-out in their latest weekend supplement.
Full day of events announced on Catalan Rugby League website (posted earlier).