Went to Rochdale last night for Ireland v Fiji with Hilda, Macolm, and Mrs R

What a brutal game it was Ireland were hammered by a really big and strong Fijian team To be truthful I was glad that Luke Ambler wasn't playing just for Fax's sake A lot of the Irish lads spent the game looking over their shoulders to see where the next big Fijian tackler was

But what really impressed us was the size of the crowd It was a sell out. . 8800 plus with a huge Fiji contingent too If you've not yet got a ticket for the Italy Tonga game I'd say get one.

We really enjoyed the game, Its nice to be able to watch a game as a neutral without all the worry of wondering how Fax will perform and it's a real good event, the whole of the World Cup so far. Sat next to us was a guy who supports Manchester City and that was his first live Rugby League game, didnt know the rules etc but he really enjoyed it.

Apparantly a record crowd for Spotland which is a really nice stadium seated on three sides too, looking forward to Fax going there next se4ason.

Bumped into Matt Calland and Martin Hall too who passed on their best to Halifax fans

Id love to be going to see Fijians play Australia, they really were a big tough nasty team just what you need at this level and its going to be a tough game against the Aussies

Mike R

Well I hope fax will be handing out flyers at our game for season tickets maybe even with an offer included with the match ticket stub

A good idea but would they be allowed to do it as it`s run by the RFL?

I'd prefer us to take some blank contracts to games and get a big centre etc signed up from the likes of Fuji. Sheffield seem to do well from this part of the Southern Hemisphere.....

Fuji? Isn't that a Japanese mountain? Wait a minute a mountain would do nicely....lol

Fuji is a Camera , and a make of Film ,Charlie knows , ask Littlerich or Halifaxjohn they know .

Flippin iPhones and the auto correct!! Wouldn't mind a centre built like Mt Fuji but we should look at Fiji players...

1 to 5 of last nights Fiji team are NRL players.

Italy v Tonga, when first announced, looked like being a very minor game. With the results so far it could turn out to be a cracker. Typical as I'm working and will have to record it for later viewing.